Margaret Pelligrini, who played a Munchkin in 'Wizard of Oz,' dies Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant, center with black hat, honors The Munchkins from "The Wizard of Oz" as they receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on November 20, 2007. The Munchkins from left: Clarence Swensen, a Munchkin soldier, Jerry Maren, part of the Lollipop Guild; Karl Slover, the Main Trumpeter; Ruth Duccini, a Munchkin villager; Margaret Pelligrini, the 'sleepyhead' Munchkin and Meinhardt Raabe, the coroner. Back row from left: Ted Bulthaup, star sponsor and owner of a Trip to the Movies Theatre in Chicago, Hollywood Chamber Chairman Jeff Briggs, Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti, Johnny Grant, Tom LaBonge, Los Angeles Councilman, and Leron Gubler, Chamber President & CEO. UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen. PHOENIX, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Margaret Pelligrini, one of the last surviving actors who played Munchkins in the film "The Wizard of Oz," has died at her home in Phoenix, Ariz. She was 89. The BBC confirmed with her family that Pelligrini died on Thursday. The cause of her death was not reported. The actress played a flowerpot Munchkin and one of the sleepy-head children in the 1939 movie classic. Only two other Munchkins actors -- Jerry Maren, 93, and Ruth Duccini, 95 -- are still alive, the BBC said.