Romola Remus Dunlap (April 7, 1900 – February 17, 1987) was an American actress who was the first to play Dorothy Gale in film, in the 1908 multimedia stage/film production The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays. She worked directly with author L. Frank Baum, the creator of the character.
She was the daughter of George Remus, who is thought to be the model for Jay Gatsby in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. After serving two years for violations of the Volstead Act, he shot his wife to death and got off on an insanity plea.
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Was the first to portray Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz" on film. She had already been portrayed by an actress named Anna Laughlin in the 1902 stage musical based on the story. The stage musical had nothing to do with the famous 1939 film version.
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