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Margaret Hamilton (I) (1902–1985)

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Trivia:

Hamilton was given a six week guarantee on "The Wizard of Oz," but shooting stretched into 23 weeks. See more trivia »

Born:

Margaret Brainard Hamilton
in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died:

(age 82) in Salisbury, Connecticut, USA
Still of Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz Still of Judy Garland, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz Still of Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz Still of Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Margaret Hamilton, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr in The Wizard of Oz Still of Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz Still of Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Clara Blandick and Charley Grapewin in The Wizard of Oz
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1979-1982 Lou Grant (TV series)
Thea Taft
– Review (1982) … Thea Taft
– Hollywood (1979) … Thea Taft
 
1981 Nurse (TV series)
Mrs. Evers
– Life Begins at Dinner (1981) … Mrs. Evers
 
1980 Here's Boomer (TV series)
– Jailbreak (1980)
 
1979 Letters from Frank (TV movie)
Grandma Miller
 
1975-1976 Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV series)
Margaret H. Witch / Princess Margaret Lizard
– Episode #9.4 (1976) … Margaret H. Witch
– Episode #8.65 (1975) … Margaret H. Witch
– Episode #8.64 (1975) … Margaret H. Witch
– Episode #8.63 (1975) … Princess Margaret Lizard
 
1974 Journey Back to Oz
Aunt Em (voice)
 
1973 Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (TV series)
Mrs. Eddels
– Make Room for Big Daddy (1973) … Mrs. Eddels
– It's Your Move (1973) … Mrs. Eddels
– Trick or Treat (1973) … Mrs. Eddels
 
1973 The Partridge Family (TV series)
Clara
– Reuben Kincaid Lives (1973) … Clara
 
1973 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Edsel Pry
– A Quiet Day in Dodge (1973) … Edsel Pry
 
1973 The Night Strangler (TV movie)
Prof. Crabwell
 
1971 The Anderson Tapes
Miss Kaler
 
1971 Is There a Doctor in the House (TV movie)
Emma Proctor
 
1970 As the World Turns (TV series)
Miss Peterson #2
 
1970 Brewster McCloud
Daphne Heap
 
1969 Angel in My Pocket
Rhoda
 
1967 Rosie!
Mae
 
1967 Off to See the Wizard (TV series)
– Who's Afraid of Mother Goose? (1967)
 
1967 Ghostbreakers (TV movie)
Ivy Rumson
 
1966 The Daydreamer
Mrs. Klopplebobbler
 
1965-1966 The Addams Family (TV series)
Granny Hester Frump
– Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump (1966) … Granny Hester Frump
– Morticia's Romance: Part 2 (1965) … Granny Hester Frump
– Morticia's Romance: Part 1 (1965) … Granny Hester Frump
 
1964-1967 The Secret Storm (TV series)
Katie
 
1963-1964 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
Maid / Mrs. Williams
– Let 'Em Eat Cake (1964) … Mrs. Williams
– Double Date (1963) … Maid
 
1963 Car 54, Where Are You? (TV series)
Miss Murgatroyd - Spinister / Miss Pownthleroy
– Here Comes Charlie (1963) … Miss Pownthleroy
– Benny the Bookie's Last Chance (1963) … Miss Murgatroyd - Spinister
 
1962 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
Miss Fenwick
– Bunny, the Brownie Leader (1962) … Miss Fenwick
 
1962 Laramie (TV series)
Leora Scofield
– Beyond Justice (1962) … Leora Scofield
 
1962 The Comedy Spot (TV series)
Lizzie
– Time Out for Ginger (1962) … Lizzie
 
1962 Paradise Alley
Mrs. Nicholson
 
1962 The Good Years
 
1961 Ichabod and Me (TV series)
Mehitabel Hobbs
– The Purple Cow (1961) … Mehitabel Hobbs
 
1960 13 Ghosts
Elaine Zacharides
 
1960 The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (TV movie)
Mrs. Grundy
 
1960 Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (TV series)
Lizzie Arlen
– The Bat (1960) … Lizzie Arlen
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Miss Hoadley
– The Silver Whistle (1959) … Miss Hoadley
 
1959 Once Upon a Christmas Time (TV movie)
Miss Scugg
 
1958 The Christmas Tree (TV movie)
Miss Finch
 
1958 Rendezvous (TV series)
– A Very Fine Deal (1958)
 
1958 The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna! (TV series)
Mrs. Gibney
– Susanna Takes a Husband (1958) … Mrs. Gibney
 
1954-1957 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Mrs. Felton / Sybil Mooner
– You Can't Win (1957) … Sybil Mooner
– The Fifth Wheel (1954) … Mrs. Felton
 
1957 On Borrowed Time (TV movie)
Demetria Riffle
 
1957 The Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
Hermione Nightingale / Miss Gloria Formby
– Bilko's Merry Widow (1957) … Hermione Nightingale
– Bilko Enters Politics (1957) … Miss Gloria Formby
 
1953-1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Irma Davis / Laura Lawson / Mrs. McIntosh
– My Mother and How She Undid Me (1957) … Mrs. McIntosh
– The Staring Match (1957) … Irma Davis
– The Silent Women (1955) … Laura Lawson
– Man of Extinction (1954)
– Look Homeward, Hayseed (1953)
 
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Mrs. Gillyard
– Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter (1956) … Mrs. Gillyard
 
1955 Valiant Lady (TV series)
Mrs. Sayre
 
1955 The Devil's Disciple (TV movie)
Mrs. Dudgeon
 
1955 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
Letty
– Beloved Stranger (1955) … Letty
 
1954-1955 The Best of Broadway (TV series)
Sarah / Usher
– The Guardsman (1955) … Usher
– The Man Who Came to Dinner (1954) … Sarah
 
1955 The Way of the World (TV series)
 
1954 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Gwen
– Warm Clay (1954) … Gwen
 
1954 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– The Happy Touch (1954)
 
1954 Center Stage (TV series)
– Lucky Louie (1954)
 
1954 Campbell Summer Soundstage (TV series)
– An Eye for an Eye (1954)
 
1953 Man Against Crime (TV series)
Mrs. Barker / Mrs. Parmalee
– Petite Larceny (1953) … Mrs. Parmalee
– A Family Affair (1953) … Mrs. Barker
 
1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Charity Ames
– Wind on the Way (1953) … Charity Ames
 
1953 Ethel and Albert (TV series)
Aunt Eva
– Episode #1.2 (1953) … Aunt Eva
 
1953 A String of Blue Beads (TV movie)
Mrs. Loomis
 
1952 The Gulf Playhouse (TV series)
– The Rose (1952)
 
1951 People Will Talk
Miss Sarah Pickett - Housekeeper (uncredited)
 
1951 Comin' Round the Mountain
Aunt Huddy
 
1950 The Stu Erwin Show (TV series)
Mrs. Bracker
– Problem Party (1950) … Mrs. Bracker
 
1950 The Bigelow Theatre (TV series)
– Papa Romani (1950)
 
1950 Riding High
Edna
 
1950 Wabash Avenue
Tillie Hutch
 
1950 The Great Plane Robbery
Mrs. Judd
 
1950 The Silver Theatre (TV series)
– Papa Romani (1950)
 
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Mrs. Elvira O'Toole (uncredited)
 
1949 The Red Pony
Teacher
 
1949 The Sun Comes Up
Mrs. Golightly
 
1948 Bungalow 13
Mrs. Theresa Appleby
 
1948 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Ruby Cheever
 
1948 State of the Union
Norah
 
1948 Reaching from Heaven
Sophie Manley
 
1947 Driftwood
Essie Keenan
 
1947 Pet Peeves (short)
Haughty Woman (uncredited)
 
1947 Dishonored Lady
Mrs. Geiger
 
1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Flora
 
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
Miss Applegate
 
1946 Janie Gets Married
Mrs. Angles
 
1945 George White's Scandals
Clarabelle Evans
 
1944 Guest in the House
Hilda, the Maid
 
1943 Johnny Come Lately
Myrtle Ferguson
 
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
Mrs. Larch (uncredited)
 
1943 City Without Men
Dora
 
1942 The Affairs of Martha
Guinevere
 
1942 Meet the Stewarts
Willametta
 
1942 Twin Beds
Norah
 
1941 The Gay Vagabond
Agatha Badger
 
1941 Play Girl
Josie
 
1940 The Invisible Woman
Mrs. Jackson
 
1940 I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
Mrs. Thriffie
 
1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her
Mrs. Wilson
 
1940 My Little Chickadee
Mrs. Gideon
 
1939 Main Street Lawyer
Lucy, Boggs' Housekeeper
 
1939 Babes in Arms
Martha Steele
 
1939 The Angels Wash Their Faces
Miss Hannaberry
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz
Miss Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West
 
1938 Stablemates
Beulah Flanders
 
1938 Breaking the Ice
Mrs. Small
 
1938 Four's a Crowd
Amy
 
1938 Mother Carey's Chickens
Mrs. Pauline Fuller
 
1938 A Slight Case of Murder
Mrs. Cagle
 
1938 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mrs. Harper
 
1937 Nothing Sacred
Drugstore Lady
 
1937 I'll Take Romance
Margot
 
1937 Saratoga
Maizie (uncredited)
 
1937 Mountain Justice
Phoebe Lamb
 
1937 The Good Old Soak
Minnie
 
1937 When's Your Birthday?
Mossy
 
1937 You Only Live Once
Hester
 
1936 Laughing at Trouble
Lizzie Beadle
 
1936 The Witness Chair
Grace Franklin
 
1936 The Moon's Our Home
Mitty Simpson
 
1936 These Three
Agatha
 
1936 Chatterbox
Emily 'Tippie' Tipton
 
1935 Way Down East
Martha Perkins
 
1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife
Lucy Gurget
 
1934 Broadway Bill
Edna
 
1934 By Your Leave
Whiffen
 
1934 There's Always Tomorrow
Ella
 
1934 Hat, Coat, and Glove
Madame Du Barry
 
1933 Another Language
Helen Hallam
 
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1970 Brewster McCloud (performer: "The Star Spangled Banner")
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Herself
 
1979 The Making of 'The Wizard of Oz' (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1976 The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (TV special)
Housekeeper / The Wicked Witch of the West
 
1975 Donahue (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 13 January 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.99 (1970) … Herself
 
1968-1969 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 6 January 1969 (1969) … Herself
– Episode dated 23 December 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1964 Discovery (TV series documentary)
Herself / The Wicked Witch of the West
– The Weird World of Witchcraft (1964) … Herself / The Wicked Witch of the West
 
1964 That Was the Week That Was (TV series)
Herself
 
1963 The Shari Lewis Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 18 May 1963 (1963) … Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 23 February 1963 (1963) … Herself
– Episode dated 16 February 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Herself
– Fun Fair (1960) … Herself
 
1954 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 26 June 1954 (1954) … Herself
 
1953-1954 The Paul Winchell Show (TV series)
Herself
 
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2009 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
 
2009 To Oz! The Making of a Classic (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2009 The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (video documentary)
Herself/Drugstore Lady/Wicked Witch
 
2009 Today Tonight (TV series)
 
2005 Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (video documentary short)
The Wicked Witch of the West
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (TV documentary)
The Wicked Witch of the West (uncredited)
 
2000 The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow (TV movie)
Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch of the West
 
1996 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1966 The Invisible Woman (short)
Mrs. Jackson
 
1965 The World of Abbott and Costello (documentary)
Aunt Huddy in Comin' Round The Mountain
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
 
1934 This Side of Heaven
Herself - Actress in Film Clip from 'Another Language' (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Played Parthy Hawks in the 1966 Lincoln Center revival of "Show Boat". See more »

Height:

5' (1.52 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

My only mistake was wanting to do everything; it was so exciting to be in Washington in those days. I don't regret a minute of it, not even when Dorothy kept the Ruby Slippers. If I had it to do over, I'd do the same. See more »

Trivia:

Hamilton was given a six week guarantee on "The Wizard of Oz," but shooting stretched into 23 weeks. See more »

Trademark:

Rapid-fire delivery of lines See more »

Nickname:

Maggie See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius