Who was the female oompa loompa?

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Apparently, there was an oompa loompa in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory that was portrayed by a woman. Which one was it, and who was the actress?

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Pepi (or Pepe) Poupee.

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Thanks. I misread the credit as ‘Pepe’, and assumed a male.

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IMDb also indicates she went by the name Kathy Gearen, and it looks like she passed away in 2006: obit

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Screen cap of her as an oompa loompa:

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You’re not the only one. :slight_smile:

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There’s this on IMDB-
Trivia: (2000’s) now legally blind, she lives in a nursing home in England

The woman in the obit would have been 24 in 1971. The actress sure looks older, and the obit has no mention of any acting.

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Except for this:

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The obit does say:

but I agree, it doesn’t seem to fit.

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Was her father Papa Poupee?

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My bad.