Margaret Hamilton is best known as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz—but she has a surprising heartbreaking back story.

Margaret Hamilton is best known as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz—but she has a surprising heartbreaking back story.


April 4, 2026 | Carl Wyndham

Margaret Hamilton is best known as the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz—but she has a surprising heartbreaking back story.


Margaret Hamilton rose to stardom as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz—then she spent the rest of her life trying to wipe the green stain of wickedness from her reputation.

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