---
name: "Margaret Hamilton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/margaret-hamilton"
fi1m_id: "margaret-hamilton"
imdb_id: "nm0002121"
tmdb_id: 9072
wikidata_id: "Q257756"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 December 1902"
died: "16 May 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T02:51:43.826648+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Margaret Hamilton

## Identity

Margaret Hamilton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/margaret-hamilton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** margaret-hamilton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002121
- **TMDB ID:** 9072
- **Wikidata ID:** Q257756
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q257756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9072

Actor. Born 9 December 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Died 16 May 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 December 1902, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 16 May 1985
- **Also known as:** Margaret Brainard Hamilton
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Judy Garland](https://film.one/person/judy-garland.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (2), 1940s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q257756, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9072

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wizard of Oz*](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md) (91)

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## Biography

Margaret Hamilton, also credited as Margaret Brainard Hamilton, was an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film *The Wizard of Oz*.

A former kindergarten teacher who trained at Wheelock College, she began acting in the late 1920s. She worked as a character actress in films for several years before the role that defined her public image, appearing in titles including *You Only Live Once* (1937) and *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943).

Hamilton later made frequent television appearances, including in *The Addams Family* (1964) and *Sesame Street* (1969). She was active until the 1980s and maintained a commitment to public education.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Babes in Arms* (1939), Fi1m 66, as Martha Steele — [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)
- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Fi1m 91, as The Wicked Witch of the West / Miss Gulch — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Fi1m 84, as Mrs. Larch (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)

## Complete filmography (95)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Dark Side of the Rainbow* (2000), as Miss Gulch (archive footage)
- *Here's Boomer* (1981), series, as Miss Heston
- *Nurse* (1981), series, as Mrs. Evers
- *Letters from Frank* (1979), as Grandma Miller
- *Lou Grant* (1977), series, Actor
- *The Paul Lynde Halloween Special* (1976), as Wicked Witch
- *Sigmund and the Sea Monsters* (1973), series, as Mrs. Eddels
- *The Night Strangler* (1973), as Prof. Crabwell
- *Journey Back to Oz* (1972), as Aunt Em (voice)
- *Brewster McCloud* (1971), as Daphne Heap
- *The Anderson Tapes* (1971), as Miss Kaler
- *The Partridge Family* (1970), series, as Clara Kincaid
- *Sesame Street* (1969), series, as The Wicked Witch
- *Angel in My Pocket* (1969), as Rhoda
- *Rosie!* (1967), as Mae
- *Ghostbreakers* (1967), as Ivy Rumson
- *The Daydreamer* (1966), as Mrs. Klopplebobbler
- *The World of Abbott and Costello* (1965), as Aunt Huddy in Comin' Round The Mountain (archive footage)
- *The Addams Family* (1964), series, as Granny Frump
- *The Patty Duke Show* (1963), series, Actor
- *Paradise Alley* (1962), as Mrs. Nicholson
- *Ichabod and Me* (1961), series, Actor
- *13 Ghosts* (1960), as Elaine Zacharides
- *The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries* (1960), series, as Lizzie Allen
- *The Bat* (1960), as Lizzie Allen
- *The Christmas Tree* (1958), as Miss Finch
- *On Borrowed Time* (1957), as Demetria Riffle
- *The Devil's Disciple* (1955), as Mrs. Dudgeon
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Edsel Pry
- *A String of Blue Beads* (1953), as Mrs. Loomis
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Mrs. Dudgeon, Demetria Riffle
- *People Will Talk* (1951), as Sarah Pickett (uncredited)
- *Comin' Round the Mountain* (1951), as Aunt Huddy
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Charity Ames
- *Riding High* (1950), as Edna
- *Wabash Avenue* (1950), as Tillie Hutch
- *The Great Plane Robbery* (1950), as Mrs. Judd
- *Man Against Crime* (1949), series, as Mrs. Barker
- *The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend* (1949), as Mrs. Elvira O'Toole (uncredited)
- *The Sun Comes Up* (1949), as Mrs. Golightly
- *The Red Pony* (1949), as Teacher
- *Bungalow 13* (1948), as Mrs. Theresa Appleby
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Irma Davis, Mrs. McIntosh, Laura Lawson
- *Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven* (1948), as Ruby Cheever
- *State of the Union* (1948), as Norah
- *Reaching from Heaven* (1948), as Sophie Manley
- *Driftwood* (1947), as Essie
- *Dishonored Lady* (1947), as Mrs. Geiger
- *The Sin of Harold Diddlebock* (1947), as Flora
- *Faithful in My Fashion* (1946), as Miss Applegate
- *Janie Gets Married* (1946), as Mrs. Angles
- *George White's Scandals* (1945), as Clarabelle Evans
- *Guest in the House* (1944), as Hilda
- *Johnny Come Lately* (1943), as Myrtle Ferguso
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), as Mrs. Larch (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)
- *City Without Men* (1943), as Dora
- *The Affairs of Martha* (1942), as Guinevere
- *Meet the Stewarts* (1942), as Willametta
- *Twin Beds* (1942), as Norah
- *The Gay Vagabond* (1941), as Agatha Badger
- *Play Girl* (1941), as Josie
- *The Invisible Woman* (1940), as Mrs. Jackson
- *I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now* (1940), as Mrs. Triffle
- *The Villain Still Pursued Her* (1940), as Mrs. Wilson
- *My Little Chickadee* (1940), as Mrs. Gideon
- *Main Street Lawyer* (1939), as Lucy, Boggs' Housekeeper
- *Babes in Arms* (1939), as Martha Steele — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)
- *Angels Wash Their Faces* (1939), as Miss Hannaberry
- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), as The Wicked Witch of the West / Miss Gulch — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)
- *Stablemates* (1938), as Beulah Flanders
- *Breaking the Ice* (1938), as Mrs. Small
- *Four's a Crowd* (1938), as Amy
- *Mother Carey's Chickens* (1938), as Pauline Fuller
- *A Slight Case of Murder* (1938), as Mrs. Cagle
- *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* (1938), as Mrs. Harper
- *Nothing Sacred* (1937), as Warsaw, Vermont Drugstore Lady
- *I'll Take Romance* (1937), as Margot
- *Saratoga* (1937), as Lady at Kiffmeyer's table in train dining car
- *Mountain Justice* (1937), as Phoebe Lamb
- *The Good Old Soak* (1937), as Minnie
- *When's Your Birthday?* (1937), as Mossy
- *You Only Live Once* (1937), as Hester
- *Laughing at Trouble* (1936), as Lizzie Beadle
- *The Witness Chair* (1936), as Grace Franklin
- *The Moon's Our Home* (1936), as Mitty Simpson
- *These Three* (1936), as Agatha
- *Chatterbox* (1936), as Emily 'Tippie' Tipton
- *Way Down East* (1935), as Martha Perkins
- *The Farmer Takes a Wife* (1935), as Lucy Gurget
- *Broadway Bill* (1934), as Edna
- *By Your Leave* (1934), as Whiffen
- *There's Always Tomorrow* (1934), as Ella
- *Hat, Coat and Glove* (1934), as Madame Du Barry
- *Another Language* (1933), as Helen Hallam
- *Zoo in Budapest* (1933), as Assistant Matron for Orphans (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Margaret Hamilton](https://film.one/media/person/104616/gallery-5a21168e55a8.jpg) Margaret Hamilton — Press-materials are presumed to have been authored by the producers of the Broadway production of Goldilocks., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Margaret_Hamilton_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photo of American actress, Margaret Hamilton, promoting her role as Madame Armfeldt in the 1974 national tour of A Little Night Music.](https://film.one/media/person/104616/gallery-ebf526efa5db.jpg) Publicity photo of American actress, Margaret Hamilton, promoting her role as Madame Armfeldt in the 1974 national tour of A Little Night Music. — Press-information on back credits the photograph to Martha Swope.Press-materials are presumed to have been distributed by the producers of, or publicists representing, the 1974–1975 national tour of A Little Night Music., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/A_Little_Night_Music_Margaret_Hamilton_1974_No_2.jpg/1280px-A_Little_Night_Music_Margaret_Hamilton_1974_No_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L. to R.: Doris Dudley, Linda Darnell, Margaret Hamilton, Glenda Farrell & Leslie Brooks in City Without Men - publicty still (cropped) (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/104616/gallery-e128f4651d3b.jpg) L. to R.: Doris Dudley, Linda Darnell, Margaret Hamilton, Glenda Farrell & Leslie Brooks in City Without Men - publicty still (cropped) (1943) — Unknown (Columbia Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/City_Without_Men_%281943%29_still_1.jpg/1280px-City_Without_Men_%281943%29_still_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Publicity photo of American actress, Margaret Hamilton, as general store-keeper "Cora" for Maxwell House Coffee, circa 1977.](https://film.one/media/person/104616/gallery-b0cde398e4e7.jpg) Publicity photo of American actress, Margaret Hamilton, as general store-keeper "Cora" for Maxwell House Coffee, circa 1977. — It is unclear as to whether the press-materials were distributed by a publicity agency representing Ms. Hamilton or if they were distributed by an advertisement agency hired to publicize Maxwell House Coffee., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Maxwell_House_Margaret_Hamilton_1977.jpg/1280px-Maxwell_House_Margaret_Hamilton_1977.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Publicity photo of American actress, Margaret Hamilton promoting her role on the NBC children's comedy series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, circa 1973.](https://film.one/media/person/104616/gallery-169c7c9b9641.jpg) Publicity photo of American actress, Margaret Hamilton promoting her role on the NBC children's comedy series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, circa 1973. — NBC Television Network, restored by Adam Cuerden., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Sigmund_and_the_Sea_Monsters_Margaret_Hamilton_1973.jpg/1280px-Sigmund_and_the_Sea_Monsters_Margaret_Hamilton_1973.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Publicity photo of American actress, Margaret Hamilton promoting her role on the NBC children's comedy series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, circa 1973.](https://film.one/media/person/104616/gallery-9a199f35f3bf.png) Publicity photo of American actress, Margaret Hamilton promoting her role on the NBC children's comedy series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, circa 1973. — NBC Television Network, restored by Adam Cuerden., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Sigmund_and_the_Sea_Monsters_Margaret_Hamilton_1973.png/1280px-Sigmund_and_the_Sea_Monsters_Margaret_Hamilton_1973.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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