EMMA RIDLEY

 

She ruled over Oz in 1984 as Ozma.  Little Emma Ridley was probably most famous as the U.K.’s “Wild Child”.  She originally tried out for the part of Dorothy in the 1985 movie Return to Oz in the world-wide Dorothy search.  She got turned down for the role of Dorothy but luckily she did land the role of Princess Ozma.

                   

    Emma was from the United Kingdom and therefore had a British accent.  But in the beginning scenes of Kansas when Ozma appears in the asylum she has no accent.  This is because her voice was dubbed over by the Director’s daughter so that she sounded more like she was from Kansas.

 

            Emma was married at a very early age of 15 to Robert Pereno who was 30 years old at the time.  She was tabloid in the U.K. as the “Wild Child” known for getting into bars under age.  When she was 14 she was known for “dancing on tables”.   When in all actuality she DID dance on a table, but only once for a brief moment.  She did however take her top off, and it has never been let down by the UK press.  It escalated into the rumor of her being in adult movies.

 

 
              

 

            In 1992 she immigrated to the United Stated and settled down with Music Producer Philip Ehrlich.  In 1995 they had a son by the name of Otis.  They eloped in 1997.  Emma and Phillip had only one child and eventually separated.  She now lives in California on a ranch with her 3rd husband and 4 children.

 

 

 

 

 

          

Use the Ruby Slippers to get home

 

 

Interesting Fact:

Emma has a tattoo on her back of her son Otis and Angels.