Margaret Brainard Hamilton (December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985) was an American actress, vaudevillian and educator, whose fifty-year career in entertainment spanned theater, film, radio and television. She often played villains and was best known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West and her Kansas counterpart Almira Gulch in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz.
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Margaret Brainard Hamilton 9 December 1902 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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16 May 1985 (aged 82) Salisbury, Connecticut, USA
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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