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CLARA BLANDICK

CLARA BLANDICK

4 June 1876 - 15 April 1962

THE WIZARD OF OZ  

            Clara Blandick is an American actress who worked on stage and screen. She is best known for playing Aunt Em in The Wizard of Oz (1939). She filmed all her Wizard of Oz scenes within one week and was paid $750. Blandick also appeared in Tom Sawyer (1930), Huckleberry Finn (1931), The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932), and A Star is Born (1937).

            Blandick was born aboard the American ship ‘Willard Mudgett’, which was captained by her father and she grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts, US. In 1879, she met actor E. H. Sothern and moved to New York City in 1900 to work as an actress. She married a mining engineer Harry Stanton Elliott, the couple divorced in 1912.

            She continued working as an actress after The Wizard of Oz and then retired when she was 74. During the 1950s her health suffered, her eye sight failed and she suffered from arthritis. She moved into seclusion at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

            On 15 April 1962, Blandick, 85, returned from church on the Sunday and started to rearrange her bedroom. She placed her favourite photos on display and laid out her resume and press clippings from her career. She put on a beautiful blue dressing gown and had her hair styled. She lay down on her chair and left a note. Her landlady, Helen Mason discovered her deceased later that day; she was cremated and interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Her ashes are interred not far from actor Charley Grapewin (who played Uncle Henry in The Wizard of Oz).

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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced today that 1939’s acclaimed and beloved classic The Wizard of Oz will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital on October 29th. Directed by Victor Fleming (Gone With the Wind) and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gayle, The Wizard of Oz is widely considered to be one of the most influential films in cinematic history. Adapted from L. #4KUltraHD #BertLahr #BillieBurk #CharleyGrapewin #ClaraBlandick #FrankMorgan #JackHaley #JudyGarland #MargaretHamilton #PatWalshe #RayBolger #Terry #TheWizardOfOz #WarnerBrosHomeEntertainment #NothingButGeek #NBGeek #NBG https://ift.tt/2KZzofW https://ift.tt/2MzXeSP

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On 15 April 1962, Clara Blandick, famous for her role as Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz, took an overdose of sleeping pills and placed a plastic bag over her head.  Suffering from arthritis and going blind, she left the following note: "I am now about to take the great adventure. I cannot endure this agonizing pain any longer. It is all over my body. Neither can I face the impending blindness. I pray the Lord my soul to take."