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The Wicked Witch of the West, a fictional character in the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by the American author L. Frank Baum, is the evil ruler of the Winkie Country, the western region in the Land of Oz. She is inadvertently killed by the child Dorothy Gale.
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 ...
In 1939, Hamilton played the role of the Wicked Witch of the West, opposite Judy Garland's Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz, her most famous role, and one of the screen's most memorable villains. Hamilton was cast after Gale Sondergaard , who was first considered for the role, albeit as a more glamorous witch with a musical scene, declined the ...
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).
It was Margaret Hamilton's unforgettable performance, in the 1939 film, that made The Wicked Witch of the West a central Oz character. As she has remained, ever since.
With Wicked in theaters, PEOPLE is looking back at The Wizard of Oz. Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West, was burned on set, and removing the makeup around the ...
Bertha "Betty" Danko (September 19, 1903 – February 3, 1979) was an American stuntwoman and stunt double.She doubled for many leading actresses of the 1930s and 1940s, but is best known for having doubled for Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Well, in the Wicked film's opening moments—which are set just after Glinda proclaims the Wicked Witch of the West has died—Dorothy and her friends Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man are briefly seen ...