Iconic silver screen actress Judy Garland was molested by men as old as 40 on the set of her breakout film, The Wizard of Oz, her ex-husband has claimed.
Writing about Garland’s on-set experiences in an unfinished autobiography about their 13 years of marriage, Sid Luft claimed Garland was repeatedly harassed by the actors playing the munchkins of Munchkinland, saying, “They thought they could get away with anything because they were so small.”
Released in 1939, Garland was just 16 years old when she filmed The Wizard of Oz.
In Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland Luft continued, "They would make Judy’s life miserable on set by putting their hands under her dress. The men were 40 or more years old."
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I'll never be able to watch this movie the same way again, knowing the torment that poor girl was going through. I also vaguely recall that she was put under extreme pressure to lose weight. So 'Dorothy' was sexually assaulted AND developed an eating disorder, which may well have been a catalyst for her drug abuse and eventual demise. Yup ... movie magic right there folks.
It's a pity she didn't give them a few swift kicks in the nuts with Dorothy's famous red shoes.