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Margaret Hamilton

Margaret Hamilton

Actor · Died May 16, 1985, aged 82 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 9, 1902
Died
May 16, 1985 (aged 82)
From
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
46 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Down 27% in 30 days

What are Margaret Hamilton's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy20 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Animation movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
36%
Self
21%
Morality
17%
Society
11%
Survival
6%
Power
6%
Ideas
4%
Romantic love13 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception8 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 23 · Serious 9 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 16 · Charged 16 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 20 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 15 · Funny 11

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 15 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 25 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 31 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 2 of 8 analyzed roles.

Shadow
2 of 8
Ally
2 of 8
Trickster
2 of 8
Threshold guardian
1 of 8
Shapeshifter
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
14
Joyful
13
Tense
11
Absurd
9
Melancholic
8
Other
29

How their films linger

Feel-good21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy21
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Margaret Hamilton's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 46 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Margaret Hamilton's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

95 credits, 46 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Miss Gulch (archive footage)

  • The Dark Side of the Rainbow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Miss Gulch (archive footage)

  • Here's Boomer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Miss Heston

  • Nurse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Evers

  • Letters from Frank (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Grandma Miller

  • Lou Grant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Paul Lynde Halloween Special(1976)

    as Wicked Witch

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 29 episodes · as Mrs. Eddels

  • The Night Strangler(1973)

    as Prof. Crabwell

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Journey Back to Oz(1972)

    as Aunt Em (voice)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Brewster McCloud(1970)

    as Daphne Heap

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Anderson Tapes(1971)

    as Miss Kaler

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Partridge Family(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Clara Kincaid

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Sesame Street(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as The Wicked Witch

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Angel in My Pocket(1969)

    as Rhoda

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Rosie! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Mae

  • Ghostbreakers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Ivy Rumson

  • The Daydreamer(1966)

    as Mrs. Klopplebobbler

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The World of Abbott and Costello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Aunt Huddy in Comin' Round The Mountain (archive footage)

  • The Addams Family(1964)

    Show 3 episodes · as Granny Frump

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Patty Duke Show(1963)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Paradise Alley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Mrs. Nicholson

  • Ichabod and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • 13 Ghosts(1960)

    as Elaine Zacharides

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Lizzie Allen

  • The Bat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Lizzie Allen

  • The Christmas Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Miss Finch

  • On Borrowed Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Demetria Riffle

  • Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Edsel Pry

  • A String of Blue Beads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Mrs. Loomis

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Demetria Riffle · as Mrs. Dudgeon

  • People Will Talk(1951)

    as Sarah Pickett (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Comin' Round the Mountain(1951)

    as Aunt Huddy

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Lux Video Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 1 episode · as Charity Ames

  • Riding High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Edna

  • Wabash Avenue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Tillie Hutch

  • The Great Plane Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Mrs. Judd

  • Man Against Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Barker

  • The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend(1949)

    as Mrs. Elvira O'Toole (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Sun Comes Up(1949)

    as Mrs. Golightly

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Red Pony(1949)

    as Teacher

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Bungalow 13 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Mrs. Theresa Appleby

  • Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 2 episodes · as Irma Davis · as Laura Lawson · as Mrs. McIntosh

  • Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven(1948)

    as Ruby Cheever

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • State of the Union(1948)

    as Norah

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Reaching from Heaven(1948)

    as Sophie Manley

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Driftwood(1947)

    as Essie

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Dishonored Lady(1947)

    as Mrs. Geiger

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock(1947)

    as Flora

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Faithful in My Fashion(1946)

    as Miss Applegate

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Janie Gets Married (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Mrs. Angles

  • George White's Scandals(1945)

    as Clarabelle Evans

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Guest in the House(1944)

    as Hilda

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Johnny Come Lately (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Myrtle Ferguso

  • The Ox-Bow Incident(1943)

    as Mrs. Larch (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • City Without Men(1943)

    as Dora

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Affairs of Martha(1942)

    as Guinevere

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Meet the Stewarts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Willametta

  • Twin Beds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Norah

  • The Gay Vagabond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Agatha Badger

  • Play Girl(1941)

    as Josie

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Invisible Woman(1940)

    as Mrs. Jackson

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mrs. Triffle

  • The Villain Still Pursued Her (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mrs. Wilson

  • My Little Chickadee(1940)

    as Mrs. Gideon

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Main Street Lawyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Lucy, Boggs' Housekeeper

  • Babes in Arms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Martha Steele

  • Angels Wash Their Faces(1939)

    as Miss Hannaberry

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Wizard of Oz(1939)

    as The Wicked Witch of the West / Miss Gulch

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Stablemates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Beulah Flanders

  • Breaking the Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Mrs. Small

  • Four's a Crowd(1938)

    as Amy

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Mother Carey's Chickens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Pauline Fuller

  • A Slight Case of Murder(1938)

    as Mrs. Cagle

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1938)

    as Mrs. Harper

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Nothing Sacred(1937)

    as Warsaw, Vermont Drugstore Lady

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • I'll Take Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Margot

  • Saratoga(1937)

    as Lady at Kiffmeyer's table in train dining car

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Mountain Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Phoebe Lamb

  • The Good Old Soak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Minnie

  • When's Your Birthday?(1937)

    as Mossy

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • You Only Live Once(1937)

    as Hester

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Laughing at Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Lizzie Beadle

  • The Witness Chair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Grace Franklin

  • The Moon's Our Home(1936)

    as Mitty Simpson

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • These Three(1936)

    as Agatha

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Chatterbox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Emily 'Tippie' Tipton

  • Way Down East (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Martha Perkins

  • The Farmer Takes a Wife(1935)

    as Lucy Gurget

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Broadway Bill(1934)

    as Edna

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • By Your Leave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Whiffen

  • There's Always Tomorrow(1934)

    as Ella

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Hat, Coat and Glove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Madame Du Barry

  • Another Language (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Helen Hallam

  • Zoo in Budapest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Assistant Matron for Orphans (uncredited)

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 95 titles from 1933 to 2025; peak year 1972.

Biggest box office

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

19332025

Peak 1972 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting95 of 95: 95 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score59th

By decade

1930s30 · acting1940s28 · acting1950s11 · acting1960s13 · acting1970s9 · acting1980s2 · acting2000s1 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 20 roles
364156

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Margaret Hamilton's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 42; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 46 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th20
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

27 of their 46 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser27
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Journey Back to Oz (1972)

68th percentile spread · 23% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 35 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Margaret Hamilton's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 8 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 9 · minimalMedian of all films: 33

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Margaret Hamilton work with?

People who share at least 2 of Margaret Hamilton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jerome Cowan shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers