Deceased

How Did Margaret Hamilton Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 82

Also known asMargaret Brainard HamiltonGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn09/12/1902Born inCleveland, Ohio, USADied16/05/1985 (aged 82)Died inSalisburyCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ257756 ↗TMDb#9072 ↗

Margaret Brainard Hamilton was an American character 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.

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Filmography81 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2024	Remembering Gene WilderMovie	Self (archive photo)	122
1990	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of MagicMovie	Self (archive footage)	88
1982	Night of 100 StarsMovie	Self	80
1981	Here's BoomerSeries	Miss Heston	79
1981	NurseSeries	Mrs. Evers	79
1977	Lou GrantSeries	—	75
1976	The Paul Lynde Halloween SpecialMovie	Wicked Witch	74
1973	The Night StranglerMovie	Prof. Crabwell	71
1973	Sigmund and the Sea MonstersSeries	Mrs. Eddels	71
1972	Journey Back to OzMovie	Aunt Em (voice)	70
1972	Hollywood: The Dream FactoryMovie	Self (archive footage)	70
1971	The Anderson TapesMovie	Miss Kaler	69
1971	Brewster McCloudMovie	Daphne Heap	69
1970	The Partridge FamilySeries	Clara Kincaid	68
1969	Sesame StreetSeries	The Wicked Witch	67
1969	Angel in My PocketMovie	Rhoda	67
1967	Rosie!Movie	Mae	65
1967	GhostbreakersMovie	Ivy Rumson	65
1966	The DaydreamerMovie	Mrs. Klopplebobbler	64
1965	The World of Abbott and CostelloMovie	Aunt Huddy in Comin' Round The Mountain (archive footage)	63
1964	The Addams FamilySeries	Granny Frump	62
1963	The Patty Duke ShowSeries	—	61
1962	Paradise AlleyMovie	Mrs. Nicholson	60
1961	Ichabod and MeSeries	—	59
1960	The BatMovie	Lizzie Allen	58
1959	StartimeSeries	Self	57
1958	The Christmas TreeMovie	Miss Finch	56
1957	On Borrowed TimeMovie	Demetria Riffle	55
1955	GunsmokeSeries	Edsel Pry	53
1955	The Devil's DiscipleMovie	Mrs. Dudgeon	53
1953	A String of Blue BeadsMovie	Mrs. Loomis	51
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	Demetria Riffle	49
1951	People Will TalkMovie	Sarah Pickett (uncredited)	49
1951	Comin' Round the MountainMovie	Aunt Huddy	49
1950	Lux Video TheatreSeries	Charity Ames	48
1950	Riding HighMovie	Edna	48
1950	Wabash AvenueMovie	Tillie Hutch	48
1950	The Great Plane RobberyMovie	Mrs. Judd	48
1949	The Red PonyMovie	Teacher	47
1949	The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful BendMovie	Mrs. Elvira O'Toole (uncredited)	47
1949	The Sun Comes UpMovie	Mrs. Golightly	47
1949	Man Against CrimeSeries	Mrs. Barker	47
1948	Studio OneSeries	—	46
1948	State of the UnionMovie	Norah	46
1948	Bungalow 13Movie	Mrs. Theresa Appleby	46
1947	Dishonored LadyMovie	Mrs. Geiger	45
1946	Faithful in My FashionMovie	Miss Applegate	44
1945	George White's ScandalsMovie	Clarabelle Evans	43
1943	The Ox-Bow IncidentMovie	Mrs. Larch (uncredited)	41
1943	City Without MenMovie	Dora	41
1943	Johnny Come LatelyMovie	Myrtle Ferguso	41
1942	Twin BedsMovie	Norah	40
1941	Play GirlMovie	Josie	39
1940	My Little ChickadeeMovie	Mrs. Gideon	38
1940	The Invisible WomanMovie	Mrs. Jackson	38
1940	The Villain Still Pursued HerMovie	Mrs. Wilson	38
1940	I'm Nobody's Sweetheart NowMovie	Mrs. Triffle	38
1939	Babes in ArmsMovie	Martha Steele	37
1939	The Wizard of OzMovie	Miss Gulch / Wicked Witch of the West	37
1939	Angels Wash Their FacesMovie	Miss Hannaberry	37
1939	Main Street LawyerMovie	Lucy, Boggs' Housekeeper	37
1938	A Slight Case of MurderMovie	Mrs. Cagle	36
1938	Four's a CrowdMovie	Amy	36
1938	The Adventures of Tom SawyerMovie	Mrs. Harper	36
1938	StablematesMovie	Beulah Flanders	36
1937	SaratogaMovie	Lady at Kiffmeyer's table in train dining car	35
1937	Nothing SacredMovie	Warsaw, Vermont Drugstore Lady	35
1937	I'll Take RomanceMovie	Margot	35
1937	You Only Live OnceMovie	Hester	35
1937	Mountain JusticeMovie	Phoebe Lamb	35
1937	When's Your Birthday?Movie	Mossy	35
1936	The Witness ChairMovie	Grace Franklin	34
1936	These ThreeMovie	Agatha	34
1936	The Moon's Our HomeMovie	Mitty Simpson	34
1935	Way Down EastMovie	Martha Perkins	33
1935	The Farmer Takes a WifeMovie	Lucy Gurget	33
1934	Broadway BillMovie	Edna	32
1934	There's Always TomorrowMovie	Ella	32
1934	By Your LeaveMovie	Whiffen	32
1933	Another LanguageMovie	Helen Hallam	31
0	OzMovie	Self / The Wicked Witch of the West (archive footage)	—