Hollyoaks appeared on screens for the very first time nearly 30 years ago in 1995, and has gone on to launch the careers of a whole host of actors.

The soap opera launched on Channel 4 with just one episode a week and has gone on to have a hugely successful 28-year run.

However, it was announced this week that Channel 4 will stop airing individual Hollyoaks episodes for the first time, as they will be moved to sister channel E4. 

The move is part of a digital strategy to freshen up viewing experiences and the new schedule pattern will come into force on September 25.

The weekly omnibus will continue to be broadcast on Channel 4 as individual episodes go out on E4, marking a huge scheduling change for the soap opera.

As the show’s individual episodes are axed from Channel 4, MailOnline takes a look at where the original 1995 cast of Hollyoaks are now.

WILL MELLOR

Will Mellor first appeared on Hollyoaks when he was just 19 years old, starring as James Bolton – better known on the show as Jambo.

The actor, now 47, starred on the soap opera for three years before moving on to star in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps in 2001.

He has since carved out a hugely successful acting career, securing holes in soap operas Casualty and EastEnders, as well as starring in Broadchurch and Line Of Duty.

Will also joined Coronation Street in March 2021 as drugs gangster Harvey Gaskell and appeared on the ITV soap opera until December 2022.

He also achieved huge acclaim when he appeared on Strictly Come Dancing last year, where he was paired up with Nancy Xu.

Will won a huge fanbase as he repeatedly topped the leaderboard during the series, but narrowly missed out on a place in the final as he was the 11th star to go home.

Despite his huge success on Strictly, Will told at the time how he has no plans to do another reality TV show.

He told The Sun: ‘This is it for me. If you’re going to do one do the biggest one and I’m glad I’ve learnt a skill every week.

‘I couldn’t sit on a show just waiting to be voted out, I’d rather at least learn a skill and put my hand to something and really get my teeth into it.

‘I’m enjoying every minute of it and I don’t want to just be in a popularity competition, this will be it for me, I think.’

In his personal life, Will married his wife Michelle McSween back in 2007 and they have since welcomed two children together – son Jayden and daughter Renee.

NICK PICKARD

Nick Pickard is the only original Hollyoaks cast member to still hold a role on the soap opera.

He first portrayed Tony Hutchinson on the show’s debut episode in 1995 and has held down the role for an impressive 28 years.

He remains to be the longest-serving cast member on the show and in 2017, he won the British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement.

Nick, now 48, has had a tumultuous time on the soap opera over the past three decades, with his character surviving near-death experiences and a serial killer, among other gripping storylines.

Nick previously told how he originally only signed up for 26 episodes on the soap opera, but ended up staying much longer than he’d planned. 

He told Digital Spy in 2013: ‘I really hope Hollyoaks goes on for as long as it can. I love the show and love the people more than anything – they’re like my family.’ 

Nick was in a relationship with his former Hollyoaks co-star Joanna Taylor, who played Geri Hudson, back in 2001, but they went their separate ways a year later.

Joanna went on to marry Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy in 2004, and they were married for 13 years until their split in 2017.

YASMIN BANNERMAN 

Yasmin Bannerman portrayed Maddie Parker, who ran local restaurant in the fictional Chester village.

She was a minor character on the show for two years until a gripping storyline saw her character’s ex Michael hold her hostage in 1997.

Yasmin, now 51, left the soap opera in 1997 and has gone on to star in TV show Cold Feet as well as hit films Maybe Baby and Killing Me Softly.

She also appeared as a regular on police drama Merseybeat and made an appearance on Doctor Who as Jabe in a one-off episode in 2005.

She went on to secure a role in spin-off show Torchwood as Kathy Swanson in the episode They Keep Killing Suzie, and continued working with the sci-fi series.

Since appearing in Casualty in 2009, Yasmin appears to have taken a step back from the spotlight and has no more acting credits.

JEREMY EDWARDS 

Jeremy Edwards portrayed Kurt Benson in Hollyoaks for three years until he left the Channel 4 drama in 1999.

He featured in many storylines in the soap including a turbulent love life as well as a toxic rivalry with notorious villain Rob Hawthorne, Warren Derosa. 

The character was accused of attempted murder for pushing Spike, Tom Vaughan, from scaffolding, but went on to marry his teenage love Ruth Osborne, played by Terri Dwyer. 

However he went on to have an affair with Katie Patrick, Natasha Symms, which forced Kurt and Ruth to separate and he left the soap on a motorbike in 1999.    

Kurt then tragically died in a jet-ski accident, but 20 years on, it was revealed that all was not as it seemed.

In 2020, Jeremy dropped the bombshell that Kurt hadn’t actually died as viewers had been led to believe but had actually been on the run for many years.

Later that year, his character Kurt made a dramatic return on his signature motorbike to the village after leaving the soap 21 years previously. 

Marking Hollyoaks 25th anniversary, his return left his friend Tony Hutchinson reeling in shock after believing he had died in the jet ski accident.

It was thought that it might lead to a more permanent return, as he was due to feature for up to a year, but Covid impacted filming and his comeback was only temporary. 

Elsewhere in his showbiz career, Jeremy competed on the ITV series The X Factor: Celebrity in 2019 as part of a duo with Brendan Cole but was eliminated in the auditions stage.

He is also known for finishing fourth in the third series of Celebrity Big Brother and his role as Danny Shaughessy, a student nurse in Holby City. 

Jeremy was engaged to Rachel Stevens of S Club 7 in 2002 before breaking up the year after and eventually meeting his now wife Lydia Metz, who he married in 2009.

Last year, Jeremy told how he would be quitting the spotlight for good and lifted the lid on his reasons for leaving fame behind him earlier this month.

Jeremy decided to part ways with his acting agent and he now couldn’t be happier living a life out of the spotlight working as a drama teacher.

‘When Rishi Sunak was chancellor in lockdown he was saying that actor’s should look at other skills they could do. I agreed with him. I think that people don’t use their transferable skills enough,’ Jeremy told The Sun. 

‘During Covid the simple fact was there was no work and now there is an actor’s strike in America. There are so many reasons why you can be out of work and I thought, this is so unpredictable and I have a family. I thought I’ve got thirty years of experience here, what am I doing?’

Jeremy decided to teach drama at Film UK in Hampshire and has had parents sheepishly tell him he was on their wall when they were teens. 

Jeremy briefly dipped his toes into a career as a builder back in 2011 but went on to star in a few plays. 

But it was after an acting job where he got paid ‘pittance’ he decided to turn his back on showbusiness for good as he said it’s ‘dog eat dog’ and he ‘never enjoyed being famous’. 

The former soap star is now a father-of-two and happily married to wife Lydia Metz. 

SHEBAH RONAY 

Shebah Ronay portrayed Natasha Andersen when Hollyoaks came to screen in 1995 and she stayed on the soap opera for five months.

The actress, now 51, was the first Hollyoaks regular to be killed off when she suffered a drugs overdose after her drink was spiked with an ecstasy tablet at a party.

She had a brief acting career from 1989 until 1998, when she starred on the likes of Reunion and The Man Who Cried.

However, she then left her on-screen roles behind and instead concentrated on her work as a model, presenter and journalist.

Shebah is now married to artist Jonathan Yeo and the pair share two daughters together. 

She has proved an inspiration for his art career as he has painted her for two different works of art. 

BRETT O’BRIEN 

Brett O’Brien portrayed Louise Taylor on Hollyoaks, but her character’s appearance on the show was short-lived.

Louise was a free-loving character and was the best friend of Natasha Andersen and Dawn Cunningham, and she later claimed to see Natasha’s ghost after her death. 

She left the show when Louise fell in love with a ‘New Age’ traveller called Tree, and she left the village to be with him in May 1996. 

Since leaving the soap, the actress has featured in other shows including 2002’s Wire in the Blood, William and Mary in 2003 and Law And Order: UK.

In recent years, Brett has taken a step back from acting and has had no credits since 2009, and little is now known about her life away from the limelight. 

LISA WILLIAMSON  

Lisa Williamson arrived on Hollyoaks as Dawn Cunningham – the first member of the Cunningham family to appear on the soap opera.

Dawn was the main focus of a host of hard-hitting storylines, including an unwanted teenage pregnancy after having an affair with her best pal Ruth’s father Jack. 

Though Lisa only appeared on the show for two years, the Cunningham family have continued to dominate the main storylines on the soap opera.

One member of the family still on the show is Tom Cunningham – the son of Helen and Gordon Cunningham – who has been played by Ellis Hollins, 23, since 2003.

Since leaving Hollyoaks after appearing in 127 episodes, Lisa has also appeared in Dream Team and Siren’s Bay.

She has since moved away from the screen and is known for being a voice actor for commercial adverts, while she is also a published author.

Lisa has published a whole string of successful young adult books including The Art of Being Normal, All About Mia and Paper Avalanche. 

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By Katie Hind

Published: 11:02 EDT, 8 September 2023 | Updated: 15:16 EDT, 8 September 2023

Some Republicans are saying Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell should not be holding his leadership position following rising ‘doubts’ about his health status after he experienced a second ‘freeze-up’ incident last week.

McConnell’s health has been under increasing scrutiny following his second public freeze-up in recent weeks during a press conference in Kentucky where he didn’t respond for 30 seconds after being asked if he would run for reelection in 2026. 

The episode mirrored the senator’s first freezing event that occurred at a July press conference in the Capitol. It also comes just months after McConnell suffered a concussion and broken rib when he tripped and hit his head at the D.C. Waldorf Astoria and was admitted to hospital for treatment. 

Now, some Republicans are publicly questioning McConnell’s health status and ability to lead as the Senate returns to the Capitol after a 40-day recess hiatus.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Wednesday he ‘absolutely’ doesn’t believe McConnell is the right lawmaker to lead the Republican Party as they try to take back control of the Senate in 2024.

He told reporters: ‘Is he able to do the job? I mean, he’s going to have to answer that question. Do I think he should be a leader? No.’

Hawley was one of a handful of Republicans who did not vote for McConnell to become minority leader at the end of 2022. The other defectors included Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Mike Braun, Ron Johnson, Rand Paul and Rick Scott.

‘I don’t think you can have it both ways,’ he continued addressing his other GOP colleagues’ commitment to standing behind McConnell after his health scare, while questioning 80-year-old President Biden’s health and mental acuity. 

The GOP leadership has put the full weight of their support behind McConnell. 

Sen. John Thune, R-N.D., who is the No. 2 Senate Republican, said Tuesday that he fully backs McConnell continuing to serve as leader. 

On Tuesday, the Capitol physician shut down speculation that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 81, suffered a stroke or seizure. 

Capitol Physician Dr. Brian Monahan said there is ‘no evidence’ that McConnell suffered a stoke or seizure or has a ‘movement disorder’ such as Parkinson’s disease, according to a letter publicized by the minority leader’s office on Tuesday ahead of his return.

The physician said he consulted with neurologists and examined McConnell’s MRIs and an EEG study in making his determination. As a result, he writes that there are ‘no changes in recommended treatment protocols’ since the senator’s fall and concussion in March.

The minority leader’s office said last week that he was just feeling ‘lightheaded’ and assured he would consult a doctor as a precautionary measure.

Dr. Monahan cleared McConnell to continue working, saying the episode could be attributed to dehydration and that it’s normal to experience lightheadedness during concussion recovery. 

The other Kentucky senator, Rand Paul, pushed back on his assessment, saying dehydration is not a ‘valid’ diagnosis.

‘Everybody’s seen the clips, it’s not a valid medical diagnosis for people to say that’s dehydration,’ Paul, who worked in medicine for 25 years as an eye doctor, said Tuesday.

‘Somebody ought to wake up and say wow, this looks like seizure.’ 

However, not all are concerned. 

‘He’s a fine leader. If he has a hangnail, I don’t need to know about it,’ said Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah.

‘The reality is that we may expect that Mitch McConnell will check out for 20 seconds a day, but the other 86,380 seconds on the day he does a pretty darn good job.’ 

Senators will reconvened on Tuesday for the first time since the end of July. 

McConnell made remarks on the Senate floor, but did not directly address his health challenges, only making a passing reference. 

He will have to face tougher questioning by the Capitol Hill press corps later Wednesday at the weekly GOP press conference.

The Senate has a busy few weeks ahead as government funding is set to run out by Oct. 1. 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has stated his plan to move forward a series of spending bills over the next several weeks.

But the House of Representatives is not set to return to D.C. until next Tuesday, not leaving much time to get a deal done and starve off a government shutdown.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has floated the idea of a one-month short-term funding bill, but he is receiving push back from farther right members of his conference.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is also continuing his blockade on military appointments – which sparked a rare public rebuke from the secretaries of the Army, Air Force and Navy in an op-ed this week calling it a ‘dangerous hold.’ 

The House minority leader made a series of calls to his Senate allies following the latest troubling episode, DailyMail.com confirmed last week. 

It was an apparent effort to assure them of his stable health and drum up support as worries intensify. 

South Dakota Sen. John Thune’s spokesperson Ryan Wrasse confirmed to DailyMail.com that the Minority Whip spoke with McConnell and the leader ‘sounded like his usual self and was in good spirits.’

A spokesperson for Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., did not confirm that a call took place between the senators, but said they were aware of reports that the two spoke.

McConnell told Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, that he is doing well when the two spoke after the incident on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the senator confirmed to DailyMail.com.

The GOP senators, known as the ‘Three Johns,’ are also next in line to replace the minority leader in the event that he steps down or is unfit to serve.

The very swift all-clear comes as reports emerge that a handful of Republican senators are discussing holding a meeting amid McConnell’s declining health. 

It does not appear that party leadership is involved in these alleged talks.

At least a dozen GOP offices said when reached by DailyMail.com last week that they are not aware of any meetings on the topic.

The latest episode has led to renewed calls for term limits in the House and Senate – even from those within the walls of Congress.

GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley called the Senate the ‘most privileged nursing home in the country’ after McConnell’s recent episode.

‘What I will say is, right now, the Senate is the most privileged nursing home in the country,’ she said last week. ‘I mean, Mitch McConnell has done some great things and he deserves credit. But you have to know when to leave.’ 

Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., said the limits would help restore ‘human decency’ for elderly politicians like McConnell and Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, who is also suffering public health scares.

‘For goodness sake, the family, friends, and staff of Senators Feinstein and McConnell are doing them and our country a tremendous disservice,’ Phillips wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

‘It’s time for term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court, and some basic human decency.’

His criticism of Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein comes after the 90-year-old was hospitalized earlier this month following a trip and fall at her home in San Francisco.

She was released after tests showed she was fine, but the latest health incident raised more questions about her ability to carry out her duties as a senator. 

Her many absences since the start of the year have hampered the majority Democrats’ ability to move nominations through the Judiciary Committee.

Dorothy, Glinda, the Wicked Witch of the West, the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion are characters that would likely be recognized anywhere – but the stars behind the beloved roles have a very different story.

While some of the cast members from The Wizard of Oz went on to have flourishing careers, starring in a slew of other movies and TV shows, others struggled to land prominent roles following the movie’s immense success.

Some even went on to lead troubled lives, before eventually turning to other work or stepping out of the spotlight completely.

Most notably, actress Judy Garland – who portrayed the teenager determined to get back home after she was sent over the rainbow with her dog Toto during a horrible storm in Kansas, only to discover a shocking new world filled with flying monkeys, evil witches, a bizarre talking scarecrow, and a magical wizard – went on a downward spiral after starring in the cult classic.

She struggled to deal with the immense fame after being propelled into the spotlight at age 16, and suffered from severe alcohol and drug addictions that left her hospitalized on multiple occasions. 

The star was kicked off of multiple movie sets after failing to show up and was eventually left in $500,000 in debt, before she tragically died of an accidental overdose at age 47.

It was certainly a heartbreaking ending to the former teen star who captured the nation in her pigtail braids and blue plaid dress decades earlier.

The Wizard of Oz, based off of L. Frank Baum’s novel, titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, hit theaters in 1939 and went on to become one of the most popular movies of all time.

But what happened to the rest of the cast? The question has come back into everyone’s minds amid the recent passing of Betty Ann Bruno, who was best known for playing one of the munchkins in The Wizard of Oz.

It was announced this morning that Betty, who spent much of her career as a news reporter after the Wizard of Oz, had died at age 91 on Monday after suffering from ‘a massive heart attack.’ 

As fans of the film come to grips with her death, FEMAIL went ahead and recapped everything that came of the rest of the Wizard of Oz stars – including Judy’s devastating fall from grace and what really happened to her costars from the 1939 film.

Dorothy played by Judy Garland

Judy, born in 1922 in Grand Rapids, Minesota, was only 16 years old when she was cast as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz. 

The young actress blew almost everyone away with her performance, which earned her an Academy Juvenile Award and turned her into one of the most sought after stars on the globe practically overnight.

Within one year of its release, she had landed three more movie roles – Andy Hardy Meets Debutante, Strike Up the Band, and Little Nellie Kelly. 

During the ’40s, she starred in a slew of other films like the musical flick For Me and My Gal (alongside Gene Kelly), the comedy Presenting Lily Mars, Meet Me in St. Louis, the drama The Clock, and The Harvey Girls.

But in 1947, while filming the movie The Pirate, Judy suffered from a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide, which resulted in her being sent to a treatment center. 

While Judy appeared in the popular musical movie Easter Parade one year after that, things continued to spiral for her and she soon developed a severe drug and alcohol addiction. 

She was cast in the 1949 flick The Barkleys of Broadway, but after missing several days of shooting due to her continued partying, she was replaced by Ginger Rogers. 

The former child star was also forced to drop out of Annie Get Your Gun that same year.

Judy was eventually sent to a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, where she underwent electroconvulsive therapy for depression and was weened off the drugs.

However, after she was cast in the 1950 movie Summer Stock, she started taking pills again in an attempt to lose weight – and later that year, she was once again kicked out of a movie, this time, it was the flick Royal Wedding, after she failed to show up to set multiple times.

The Wizard of Oz alum attempted suicide a second time in 1950, and parted ways with MGM Studios soon after that.

She made many appearances on Bing Cosby’s radio show between 1950 and 1951, while taking a break from acting.

She then embarked on a four-month concert tour across the UK, which was wildly successful.

In 1954, she returned to the big screen to star in A Star Is Born, for which she received the Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Despite its success, she focused most of her time on performing in the following years.

One of her most notable performances came in 1961, when she sang to a sold out crowd at Carnegie Hall. A live recording of the show was released later that year, which spent 13 weeks at number one on the Billboard chart and won her four Grammy awards.

She landed a few more acting roles during the ’60s, including the courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg (which garnered another Oscan nom) and the drama A Child Is Waiting. 

In 1962, she launched her own weekly talk show, called The Judy Garland Show, which earned her a $24 million paycheck from CBS (equivalent to $167 million as of 2021).

However, during the late ’60s, it was revealed that Judy was $500,000 in debt after her managers, Freddie Fields and David Begelman, parted ways with her and allegedly took almost all of her earnings.

Her final acting role came in 1963, when she starred in I Could Go On Singing. She sadly passed away in June of 1969 from an accidental barbiturate overdose.

As for her love life, she married musician David Rose in 1941, when she was only 19, but it was short-lived, and they split just two years later. 

The star then tied the knot with director Vincente Minnelli – who she met on set of Meet Me in St. Louis – in 1945, and together, they welcomed a daughter, named Liza Minnelli. Their marriage also ended in divorce in 1951. 

She wed for a third time in 1952, marrying her tour manager and producer, Sidney Luft, and they had another daughter, named Lorna Luft, later that year, followed by a son, named Joey Luft, in 1955. 

They went their separate ways in 1963, and afterwards, she claimed he had been physically abusive to her during their marriage. 

She then tied the knot with her tour promoter Mark Herron in 1965, but they separated five months later. 

The star married her fifth husband, a nightclub manager named Mickey Deans, in 1969, just months before her passing. 

The Wizard of Oz played by Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan, who was born in 1890 in New York City, played a total of six roles in the Wizard of Oz.

Most notably, he portrayed the titular character, but he also appeared as the Emerald City gatekeeper, Dorothy’s carriage driver, the guard at the Wizard’s door, and Professor Marvel.

Afterwards, he continued to act, landing roles in a slew of movies like the 1940 comedy The Shop Around the Corner, the drama The Mortal Storm, Tortilla Flat (which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), The Human Comedy in 1943, the rom-com Casanova Brown, Courage of Lassie, and the movie adaptation of The Three Musketeers.

He also launched a major career as a radio DJ, co-hosting a series of shows throughout the ’40s and creating his own successful radio segment, called The Frank Morgan Show, in 1944. 

He married a woman named Alma Muller in 1914, and together, they had one son, who they named George.

He sadly died of a heart attack in 1949 at age 59. At the time of his death, he had just been cast in the comedy Annie Get Your Gun as Buffalo Bill, but the role was ultimately replaced with actor Louis Calhern. 

The Scarecrow played by Ray Bolger

Ray, who was born in 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts, played the Scarecrow and Hunk the farmhand in The Wizard of Oz. 

Following the success of the flick, Ray, who was already a booming Broadway star when he was cast in The Wizard of Oz, spent much of his time on stage.

He began starring in a nightly live show at the Paramount Theater in New York, which involved him tap dancing alongside the Harry James Band.

He also appeared in a slew of Broadway plays like By Jupiter, All American, and Where’s Charley?, the latter of which won him the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. 

While he mainly spent his time doing live theater, he did star in a few more on-screen titles like the World War II movie Stage Door Canteen, The Harvey Girls – which saw him reunite with his Wizards of Oz costar Judy – the biographical musical film Look for the Silver Lining, the movie adaptation of the play Where’s Charley?, and the comedy Just You and Me, Kid.

He also created and starred in the ABC sitcom Where’s Raymond?, which went on to be renamed to The Ray Bolger Show. 

He was married to a woman named Gwendolyn Rickard for 57 years – up until he passed away from bladder cancer in 1987, at age 82. They had no kids together. 

The Cowardly Lion played by Bert Lahr

Bert Lahr, who was born in 1895 in New York City, starred as the Cowardly Lion and Zeke the farmhand in the Wizard of Oz.

Like Ray, Bert mainly focused on theater work after that, starring in the Broadway productions of DuBarry Was a Lady, Hotel Paradiso, The Beauty Part, Burlesque, Two on the Aisle, Foxy (for which he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream over the years.

He also acted in the play Waiting for Godot across Europe, followed by a short-lived Broadway run of it in 1956.

He did appear in a few movies and TV shows after the Wizard of Oz, including the musical films Ship Your Worries Away, Ship Ahoy, Meet the People, Always Leave Them Laughing, as well as the comedy Mister Universe, the movie adaptation of Anything Goes, and the western film Rose Marie.

He was married twice. His first wife was dancer Mercedes Delpino, who he wed in 1929 but divorced 10 years later, in 1939. They welcomed a son, named Herbert, together.

He then tied the knot with a woman named Mildred Schroder in 1940. She gave birth to his second son, named John, in 1941, followed by a daughter, named Jane, in 1943.

He died in 1967 at age 72, and while the initial cause of death was listed as pneumonia, it was later revealed that he had cancer.

The Tin Man played by Jack Haley

Jack Haley, who hails from Boston, Massachusetts, and was born in 1897, famously portrayed the Tin Man and a farmhand named Hickory in the Wizard of Oz.

And making the beloved movie was not easy for him. He actually suffered from a severe eye infection during the production – due to the silver paste they used to make him look like he was made from tin – and he had to go under the knife to prevent permanent damage to his eyes. 

Despite the health scare, his role in Wizard of Oz propelled Jack into mega stardom.

He went on to star in the musical film Moon Over Miami, the adventure flick Beyond the Blue Horizon, the comedy Take It Big, mystery One Body Too Many, Scared Stiff in 1945, People are Funny, and Vacation in Reno. 

He also had an impressive Broadway career, acting in the shows Higher and Higher, Show Time, and Inside USA over the years.

In the late ’40s, however, Jack took a break from acting and stepped out of the spotlight for nearly 25 years.

He returned to the big screen in 1970, when he starred as Mr. Reese in the movie Norwood, which was directed by his son, Jack Haley Jr. 

He also appeared in the 1977 musical movie New York, New York – which marked his final role before his passing.

He married to a woman named Florence McFadden in 1921, and they welcomed two kids together, Jack – who went on to marry Judy’s daughter Liza – and a daughter named Gloria.

The star died of a heart attack in 1979 at age 81. A postmortem autobiography, called Heart of the Tin Man, was released in 2000.

Glinda played by Billie Burke

Billie Burke, who was born in Washington, D.C., in 1884, appeared in the Wizard of Oz as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North – and by the time she was cast in the movie, she had already been acting for decades.

And she certainly didn’t slow down afterwards. In the years that followed, she starred in Father of the Bride, Father’s Little Dividend, In This Our Life, The Man Who Came to Dinner, the sitcom Doc Corkle, and the western film Sergeant Rutledge.

She was also offered the role of Aunt Pittypat in Gone With the Wind but turned it down. 

In addition, she hosted her own immensely popular radio show called The Billie Burke Show, which was followed by a talk show, entitled At Home With Billie Burke during the ’50s, making her one of the first female talk show hosts to be featured on television.

The Wizards of Oz alum also starred on Broadway, appearing in This Rock, Ziegfeld Follies of 1943, and Mrs. January and Mr. X in the years after Wizard of Oz.

She married Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld in 1914, and together, they had a daughter, named Patricia. The actress passed away of ‘natural causes’ in 1970, at age 95. 

The Wicked Witch of the West played by Margaret Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton, originally from Cleveland, Ohio, was born in 1902, and she played the villain we all know and love – The Wicked Witch of the West – as well as her Kansas counterpart, Almira Gulch, in The Wizard of Oz.

While making the flick, she suffered from second-degree burns on her face and a third-degree burn on her hand while filming her fiery exit from Munchkinland, which left her in the hospital for six weeks.

It’s been said that her character was meant to be much scarier, but executives cut some of her most frightening scenes out last minute because they were worried it would traumatize young children. 

Margaret became very well-known for her role, with her line, ‘I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too,’ becoming one of the most known movie quotes of the decade.

And that was just the beginning for her, as she went on to star in more than 40 movies afterwards, and made appearances in over 40 different shows.

Her biggest acting credits include the movie adaptation of the Broadway play Babes in Arms, the rom-com Meet the Stewarts, the crime drama Bungalow 13, the Lassie movie The Sun Comes Up, the comedy Angel in My Pocket, the show The Addams Family, the sitcom Valiant Lady, The Partridge Family, and the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm.

She also voiced Aunt Em in the animated movie Journey Back to Oz in 1972. 

In addition, Margaret starred in a slew of radio shows, and appeared on Broadway numerous times. Her biggest plays included Goldilocks, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, and A Little ight Music.

She married a man named Paul Boynton Meserve in 1931, but they divorced seven years later. They had one son together, named Hamilton.

In the later years of her life, Margaret – who was very passionate about helping children – worked as a Sunday school teacher in Manhattan, where she resided. 

She sadly developed Alzheimer’s disease near the end of her life, and passed away in her sleep following a heart attack in 1985, when she was 82. 

Uncle Henry played by Charley Grapewin

Charley Grapewin, who played Uncle Henry in The Wizard of Oz, was born in 1869 in Xenia, Ohio. 

He was actually in the original 1903 Broadway production of the movie, 36 years before he was cast in the film.

Charley was already a huge star when he joined the cast, with over 60 acting credits under his belt.

Afterwards, he continued to act, starring in Hero for a Day, the drama Dust Be My Destiny, Grapes of Wrath in 1940, the crime flick Johnny Apollo, the western Texas Rangers Ride Again, the mystery series Ellery Queen, the Academy Award-nominated movie Sand, and the drama When I Grow Up.

He married actress Anna Chance in 1896, and they were together for 47 years until she died in 1943.

He then wed a woman named Loretta McGowan Becker in 1945, but they divorced after five years together. He died in 1956 at age 86. His cause of death was not shared.

Aunt Em played by Clara Blandick

Clara Blandick was born in 1876 on a ship in Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, since her father was a captain. 

She played Aunt Em in The Wizard of Oz, and afterwards, her career continued to soar.

She went on to star in the movie adaptation of the popular book Anne of Windy Poplars, the Marx Brothers’ The Big Store, the 1944 musical Can’t Help Singing, the mystery movie Philo Vance Returns, Pillow of Death, the comedy Key to the City, and the crime drama Love That Brute.

She retired from acting in 1950, at age 74, and lived a quiet life out of the spotlight after that.

She married an actor-turned-mining engineer named Harry Stanton Elliott in 1905, who she met on set of The Christian, but they divorced in 1912. 

After her health began deteriorating in the ’50s, Clara sadly took her own life by overdosing on sleeping pills. She was 85 when she died. 

The Logies are considered the Aussie TV industry’s night of nights.

And despite Married At First Sight being nominated for two awards, some leading cast members have been left ‘fuming’ after discovering they have not been invited to  year’s ceremony.

More than half of season ten’s brides and grooms won’t be walking the red carpet at the Sydney ceremony on June 30.

Daily Mail Australia understands some are ‘begging’ Channel Nine publicists for an invite ahead of the event.

With 24 participants appearing on the show this year, it is expected that only a handful will be invited due to the venue’s limited capacity.

‘Golden couple’ Evelyn Ellis and Duncan James are more than likely to score invites, as well as Melinda Willis and partner Layton Mills and Tahnee Cook and Ollie Skelton.

Despite being fan-favourites on the show, Janelle Han, Claire Nomarhas, Sandy Jawanda and Lyndall Grace have not been sent an invitation.

Bronte Schofield, Cameron Woods, Harrison Boon, Jesse Burford, Alyssa Barmonde and Josh White also didn’t make the cut.

‘No one knows what’s going on, Nine keep telling the cast that it’s not up to them who they invite and it’s all dependent on a number of reasons,’ one insider told Daily Mail Australia.

‘Half of them are pi**ed that it’s the same favourite six cast members who keep getting opportunities from Nine, while the others are forgotten about.’

Channel Nine is yet to formally invite any MAFS cast members, and will be narrowing them down in the coming days.

Claire, 32, told Daily Mail Australia she wasn’t too fussed about being invited, saying, ‘I would never beg for an invite lol… they should be lucky to have me’. 

Harrison, 33, meanwhile said while he is disappointed he wasn’t invited to attend the ceremony, he wasn’t surprised.

‘I can’t walk the red carpet because I have lower back pain from carrying season 10 on my shoulders,’  Boon laughed.

‘I carried the show on my back and they don’t invite me, it’s bulls**t, but I can’t blame them since I’ve called out their pathetic edit since leaving the show.’

Harrison recently explained that while happy for Evelyn and Duncan, he doesn’t think it is fair that the couple are being dubbed a ‘success story’ and be invited to everything by Nine, because they weren’t matched by the experts.

Channel Nine has been contacted for comment.