Margaret Hamilton
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Margaret Hamilton (December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985) was an American film actress known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. A former schoolteacher, she worked as a character actor in films for seven years before she was offered the role that defined her public image.
In later years, Hamilton made frequent cameo appearances on television sitcoms and commercials. She also gained recognition for her work as an advocate of causes designed to benefit children and animals, and retained a lifelong commitment to public education.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 12.482 |
Birthday | 1902-12-09 |
Place of Birth | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Also Known As | Margaret Brainard Hamilton, |
1971
The Anderson Tapes
6.082/152
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the enti...
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The Anderson Tapes
1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
6.548/42
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witn...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
6.2/29
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, de...
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1949
The Red Pony
5.7/17
Peter Miles stars as Tom Tiflin, the little boy at the heart of this John Steinbeck story set in Salinas Valley. With his incompatible parents -- the...
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The Red Pony
1973
The Night Strangler
6.6/71
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is o...
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The Night Strangler
1939
Babes in Arms
6.4/40
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wa...
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Babes in Arms
1970
Brewster McCloud
6.3/79
Brewster is an owlish, intellectual boy who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston Astrodome. He has a dream: to take flight within the confines of...
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Brewster McCloud
1951
Comin' Round the Mountain
6.2/16
Al Stewart and Wilbert are magicians doing a stage act when they run into Wilbert's cousin, Dorothy McCoy. They find out that Wilbert's grandfather, S...
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Comin' Round the Mountain
1938
A Slight Case of Murder
6.068/37
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
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A Slight Case of Murder
1940
The Invisible Woman
5.7/66
Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invis...
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The Invisible Woman
1940
My Little Chickadee
6.4/29
While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold...
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My Little Chickadee
1960
13 Ghosts
5.7/141
Reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his mansion to his nephew Cyrus and his family. They will need to search the house to find the doctor's fortune,...
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13 Ghosts
1944
Guest in the House
4.2/13
Evelyn, an emotionally vulnerable and unstable woman, stays at the home of her doctor Dan Proctor. There she meets and falls in love with his brother,...
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Guest in the House
1937
Nothing Sacred
6.224/96
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
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Nothing Sacred
1937
Saratoga
6.3/17
A horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Saratoga
1937
You Only Live Once
7.123/163
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is fr...
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You Only Live Once
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
5.111/9
Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get...
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The Villain Still Pursued Her
1933
Another Language
6.3/3
A newlywed discovers that she and her husband's snobby family speak different languages.
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Another Language
1936
These Three
7.2/34
Martha and Karen graduate from college and turn an old Massachusetts farm into a school for girls. The friends are aided in their venture by local doc...
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These Three
1934
Broadway Bill
5.972/18
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his j...
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Broadway Bill
1939
Angels Wash Their Faces
6.4/8
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up wit...
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Angels Wash Their Faces
1947
Driftwood
6.1/7
An orphan helps a doctor fight an epidemic in a small western town, in one of Allan Dwan’s closely observed studies in Americana.
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Driftwood
1936
The Moon's Our Home
6.5/3
A writer and an actress meet and marry without really knowing each other--they are even unaware that both bride and groom are equally famous. During t...
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The Moon's Our Home
1950
Wabash Avenue
4.7/6
Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike's business, now a thriving dance hall in 1892 Chicago. Unable to win it bac...
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Wabash Avenue
1950
Riding High
5.8/7
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
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Riding High
1941
Play Girl
6.3/6
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.
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Play Girl
1949
The Sun Comes Up
6.2/3
Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy...
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The Sun Comes Up
1937
Mountain Justice
5.5/2
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
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Mountain Justice
1934
Hat, Coat and Glove
5.5/2
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village.
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Hat, Coat and Glove
1937
I'll Take Romance
5/2
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, how...
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I'll Take Romance
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
6.1/8
A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
1938
Stablemates
4.5/2
A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down horse in the big race.
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Stablemates
1934
There's Always Tomorrow
8/2
Ignored by his ever-busy wife and children, a middle-aged businessman finds companionship with a former female employee.
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There's Always Tomorrow
1976
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
5.8/5
A Halloween-themed television special starring Paul Lynde which aired only once on October 29, 1976 on ABC. It features guest stars including Margaret...
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The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
1936
Chatterbox
6/2
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes through her small New England town, to the disapprov...
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Chatterbox
1946
Janie Gets Married
6/2
Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.
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Janie Gets Married
1967
Rosie!
0/0
An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to have her declared legally insane.
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Rosie!
1942
The Affairs of Martha
5.8/5
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
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The Affairs of Martha
1934
By Your Leave
3/2
A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.
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By Your Leave
1937
When's Your Birthday?
4/1
Some shady characters discover that a sad sack nightclub bus boy has the ability to predict outcomes of races and other events through astrology.
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When's Your Birthday?
1935
Way Down East
3/2
A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret i...
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Way Down East
1938
Mother Carey's Chickens
5.2/5
A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.
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Mother Carey's Chickens
1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
6/2
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and...
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1966
The Daydreamer
4.8/9
A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep,...
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The Daydreamer
1962
Paradise Alley
6/3
An elderly motion picture artist drifts through a tenement block, devising a plan to change the lives of its dissatisfied residents with a dusting of...
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Paradise Alley
1938
Breaking the Ice
3.8/2
The story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and Reuben Johnson. After having stopped by the Mennonite farm...
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Breaking the Ice
1967
Ghostbreakers
2/1
A professor and his beautiful assistant investigate a murder which occurs in a supposedly haunted house.
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Ghostbreakers
1951
People Will Talk
7.089/84
Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodo...
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People Will Talk
1943
City Without Men
5/2
A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she...
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City Without Men
1946
Faithful in My Fashion
6.3/2
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge pr...
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Faithful in My Fashion
1936
Laughing at Trouble
6/1
A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the re...
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Laughing at Trouble
1945
George White's Scandals
5.333/3
Two couples work through their issues in this backstage Broadway musical.
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George White's Scandals
1936
The Witness Chair
6.2/6
Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking t...
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The Witness Chair
1941
The Gay Vagabond
0/0
Farce of identical twins and a wife who takes up real estate business.
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The Gay Vagabond
1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
5.769/13
Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news f...
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1942
The Ox-Bow Incident
7.7/364
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
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The Ox-Bow Incident
1942
Meet the Stewarts
6/2
A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
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Meet the Stewarts
1943
Johnny Come Lately
6.667/15
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will b...
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Johnny Come Lately
1948
Bungalow 13
1/1
In this detective drama, a gumshoe must find a priceless hunk of jade. His several leads evaporate when the police succeed in killing all of the suspe...
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Bungalow 13
1948
Reaching from Heaven
0/0
Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped menta...
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Reaching from Heaven
1939
Main Street Lawyer
2/1
Story of a lawyer, gangster and a floozy.
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Main Street Lawyer
1948
State of the Union
6.621/62
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
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State of the Union
1939
The Wizard of Oz
7.6/5415
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow...
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The Wizard of Oz
1942
Twin Beds
2.7/3
Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
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Twin Beds
1947
Dishonored Lady
5.7/22
Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depres...
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Dishonored Lady
1969
Angel in My Pocket
5.3/3
The new minister in a small town faces the challenge of winning over its eccentric citizens.
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Angel in My Pocket
1953
A String of Blue Beads
6/1
A STRING OF BLUE BEADS is a slight little Christmas tale that was a pilot for an anthology series of short stories that never came to be. What makes t...
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A String of Blue Beads
1937
The Good Old Soak
0/0
A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
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The Good Old Soak
2009
To Oz! The Making of a Classic
0/0
A look into how L. Frank Baum's classic novel was transformed into one of the most beloved films of all time including archival interviews, behind-the...
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To Oz! The Making of a Classic
1940
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
6/1
In this low-budget musical, two sets of politically ambitious parents attempt to pair up their youngsters who unfortunately despise each other and onl...
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I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
1958
The Christmas Tree
0/0
The Christmas Tree is a 1958 Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television film that was broadcast on NBC on December 14, 1958. It is based on the short s...
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The Christmas Tree
1979
Letters from Frank
0/0
When aging newspaper Editor Frank Miller is fired after decades of service and replaced by a computer, he cannot take this fate quietly. Frank becomes...
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Letters from Frank
1990
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
8.111/9
Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of t...
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1972
Journey Back to Oz
5.2/19
Dorothy and Toto return to the Land of Oz to find the Scarecrow as ruler of the Emerald City. Unfortunately for the new mayor, the wicked Mombi is con...
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Journey Back to Oz
1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
6.3/7
A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In the Navy, Hit the Ice, Who Done It?, Abbott and Costello...
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The World of Abbott and Costello
1960
The Bat
5/2
A sinister criminal known only as "The Bat" attempts to locate a fortune in stolen securities supposedly hidden in the rambling mansion owned by spins...
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The Bat
1957
On Borrowed Time
0/0
Mr. Brink seems to bring death with him wherever he goes. But can a young boy and his grandfather change this dire situation?
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On Borrowed Time
1938
Four's a Crowd
4.864/11
A public relations man falls for his most difficult client's granddaughter.
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Four's a Crowd
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1979
The Making of the Wizard of Oz
0/0
The time was 1938. The place, Hollywood. This is the story of one of the 456 films made that year, how it was made, and why it has endured.
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The Making of the Wizard of Oz
1986
Horrible Horror
7/5
A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.
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Horrible Horror
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
6/2
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
2000
The Legend Floyd: The Dark Side of the Rainbow
0/0
The movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) with the soundtrack replaced by Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973); several uncanny moments of sync...
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