Margaret Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton

American film character actress (1902–1985)

Margaret Brainard Hamilton was an American actress, vaudevillian and educator, whose fifty-year career in entertainment spanned theater, film, radio and television. She often played villains and is best known to modern audiences for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West and her Kansas counterpart Almira Gulch in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 32 films (1935–1972) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 6 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1935 'WAY DOWN EAST. Fox Film Corp 13 reels B&W
1935 THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE. Fox Film Corp 91 min B&W
1936 MOUNTAIN JUSTICE. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 10 reels B&W
1936 These Three Samuel Goldwyn Inc 1:31:00 16mm B&W sound
1937 I'LL TAKE ROMANCE. Columbia Pictures Corp. 9 reels B&W
1937 You Only Live Once Fritz Lang 86 B&W
1937 YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE. Bowers Comedy Corp. 9 reels B&W
1939 Babes In Arms Busby Berkeley 94 B&W
1939 The Wizard of Oz MGM/UA 1:02 16mm Color & B&W sound
1939 The wizard of Oz. Loew's Inc. 10 reels 16mm Color & B&W sound
1940 My Little Chickadee Universal Pictures Company Inc 1:23:00 16mm B&W sound
1940 The Invisible woman A. Edward Sutherland 70 min B&W
1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her Edward F. Cline 67 min. 16mm B&W sound
1942 The Ox-Bow Incident. William A. Wellman, James Tinling 6776 ft. B&W
1943 The Ox - Bow Incident Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 77 min 16mm B&W sound
1945 George White's Scandals. Felix E. Feist 95 min. B&W
1947 Driftwood. Allan Dwan 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Bungalow 13. Edward L. Cahn 65 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 State of the Union Frank Capra 124 min B&W
1948 State Of The Union. Frank Capra 122 min 35mm B&W sound
1949 Comin' Round The Mountain. Charles Lamont 7 min 35mm B&W sound
1950 Riding High Paramount Pictures Corporation 1:52:00 16mm B&W sound
1950 The Great Plane Robbery. Belsam Productions Inc. 61 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Comin’ Round The Mountain. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 77 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 PEOPLE WILL TALK. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 110 min 35mm B&W sound
1955 Ethel and Albert. [1955-12-23] ABC ; produced and directed by Walter Hart ; written by Peg Lynch. 30 16mm B&W sound
1956 Ethel and Albert. [1956-01-20] ABC ; produced and directed by Walter Hart ; written by Peg Lynch. 30 16mm B&W sound
1956 Ethel and Albert. [1956-03-23] ABC ; produced and directed by Walter Hart ; written by Peg Lynch. 30 16mm B&W sound
1966 The Daydreamer Films Incorporated Video 16mm sound
1966 The Daydreamer Jules Bass
1970 Brewster McCloud Films 101 mi 16mm Color sound
1972 Journey Back to Oz Hal Sutherland 88 min Color