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Was 'Jennifer Mombi' really in this movie?


I was never even aware of Mombi being in this at all until I watched the credits. I never heard anyone called Jennifer or Mombi or anything... I really don't remember anyway. Did I miss it, or was she cut out and still credited?

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Jennifer Mombi was the blonde actress that was going to play Dorothy in the movie based on Dorothy's book. Except she was really Princess Langwidere(Mia Sara's character) with a blonde head. Princess Landwidere(called Princess Mombi in the 1985 film Return to Oz) likes to change heads.

In the books, Mombi was the Wicked Witch of the North but Return to Oz combined her with Landwidere and the Witches of Oz seems to have borrowed from that film somewhat.

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Well, actually that character was called "Isla Lang" and played by Sasha Jackson. The Witches of Oz page says that "Jennifer Mombi" was played by Elizabeth Masucci. She is also blonde, at least in the pictures on her imdb page. But I really don't remember her. And her name was never mentioned. I think maybe she was cut out of the movie and still credited. Or maybe she was that other blonde near the end who had her head used and was never given a name out loud. I really don't even remember what she looked like. It's been a while since I've seen it, now.

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Or maybe she was that other blonde near the end who had her head used and was never given a name out loud.


I think you're right.

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Jennifer Mombi altho never specifically named in this (if you know your Oz history) was actually the witch with the case of 32 heads originally harvested from the dancing slave girls from Oz!

She was the original wicked witch of the North, who was overthrown by the good witch of the North, Glinda. That's why at the end she was delight to have almost conquered Glinda & taken her head!

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