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The Wicked Witch of the West is a fictional character who appears in the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), created by American author L. Frank Baum. She is killed by Dorothy; in Baum's subsequent Oz novels, the Wicked Witch of the West is occasionally referred to.
Hamilton played two credited roles in the famous film: Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West. Hamilton also appears as an unidentified flying witch during the tornado scene, which may have been the Wicked Witch of the West or her sister, the Wicked Witch of the East. If the latter case, this would be Hamilton's third but uncredited role.
In fact, MGM's original idea had been to feature a sexy, slinky Wicked Witch, with beautiful Gale Sondergaard done up in a cowl, like the "Snow White" sorceress. The actress, and the conception ...
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is an American novel published in 1995, written by Gregory Maguire with illustrations by Douglas Smith. It is the first in The Wicked Years series, and was followed by Son of a Witch (published in September 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in October 2008), and Out of Oz (published in November 2011).
Follow the yellow brick road through a piece of cinematic history. Eighty-five years ago, The Wizard of Oz arrived in cinemas and forever changed the art form. Based on L. Frank Baum's novel, the ...
Just because the Wicked Witch of the West melted at the end of The Wizard of Oz doesn’t mean character actress Margaret Hamilton did. In fact, she went on to have an illustrious film career ...
She was the original owner and creator of the charmed Golden Cap which had a curse cast upon it that compelled the creatures called Winged monkeys long before the Wicked Witch of the West surfaced. Gayelette was featured in Roger S. Baum's Dorothy of Oz (1989) where she was the boss of the Jester before he became possessed by the Wicked Witch ...
Frank Morgan's wizard may get titular billing, but it is Margaret Hamilton's vengeance-seeking Wicked Witch of the West (and her platoon of flying monkeys) who brings the scares in this terrifying ...