Betty Ann Bruno (née Cain; October 1, 1931 – July 30, 2023) was an American child actress and journalist. She started her journalist career as a political talk show television producer and host and was an investigative reporter who worked for KTVU-Channel 2 in San Francisco for over 20 years, retiring in 1992.^[1]

Betty Ann Cain was born on October 1, 1931,^[2][3] in Wahiawa, Hawaii,^[4] but grew up in Hollywood, California. She was the daughter of a Hawaiian–Chinese mother and a Dutch–Irish father.^[5]

She was a Stanford University graduate.^[2]

As a child, she appeared in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as one of the Munchkins.^[6] Before that she had a bit role in John Ford's 1937 film The Hurricane. Her work in television won her three Emmy Awards.^[7][2] After retiring from television in 1992, she became a hula dance instructor.^[5] In 2020, she published her autobiography, The Munchkin Diary: My Personal Yellow Brick Road.^[8] She appeared on television once again in an episode of To Tell the Truth which was broadcast in May 2022.^[2]

Bruno lived in California, was married to Craig Scheiner, a former KTVU photographer, and had three sons. She was reported in media as one of the few surviving cast members from The Wizard of Oz.^[9]

Bruno died from a heart attack on July 30, 2023, in Sonoma, California, at the age of 91.^[1][10]