Margaret Hamilton
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Oct 13, 2026
Dane StewartHOST
[gasps]
Tranna WintourHOST
... from The Wizard of Oz, played by Margaret Hamilton in what is one of the greatest performances of all time.
Dane StewartHOST
Mm.
Tranna WintourHOST
She is so powerful-
49 MINS LATER
Dane StewartHOST
Yeah, I feel like she's got a good stake at being on the final list, so to speak.
Adam CaprioloHOST
I think so too, and it's Anjelica Huston.
Adam CaprioloHOST
Like, if there is, like, a face that gives, like, like, similar to, um, Margaret Hamilton, what her name-
Tranna WintourHOST
Yeah
Francesca BindiHOST
And we get a little Easter egg.
Abbie MeadHOST
Oh, yes, the shadow of, uh, Margaret Hamilton's, um, Wicked Witch-
Francesca BindiHOST
Yes
Abbie MeadHOST
... is seen on the wall briefly.
Nan McNamaraHOST
... cast.
Nan McNamaraHOST
Can I just, as a sideline, say it's got Lionel Barrymore, it has Una Merkel, Frank Morgan, Margaret Hamilton, and Hattie McDaniel.
Nan McNamaraHOST
And just remember, that's two years before a couple of iconic pairings, Gable and Hattie McDaniel [laughs] in Gone With the Wind, and then Morgan and Hamilton, of course, are gonna appear together in The Wizard of Oz.
Nan McNamaraHOST
And it's so funny-
speaker_2HOST
The audience needs to see the real world counterparts so that the fantasy world feels like a subconscious processing of reality.
speaker_1HOST
Which gives us Margaret Hamilton's incredible dual performance.
speaker_1HOST
I mean, in Kansas, she's the cruel real world Miss Gulch who wants to take away Dorothy's dog.
speaker_2HOST
dog.A truly terrifying character even without magic
SonyaHOST
For example, the story Hansel and Gretel tells of a witch who lures children into her house made of sweets and then bakes them.
SonyaHOST
This image has been popularized and spread through movies, like The Wizard of Oz, in which Margaret Hamilton played an iconic witch with green skin.
SonyaHOST
In England, there is a rich tradition of folk remedies to protect against witches.
SonyaHOST
These include witch's marks and witch bottles.
speaker_1HOST
The 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, The Wizard of Oz.
speaker_0HOST
Margaret Hamilton playing the Wicked Witch of the West.
speaker_0HOST
It is almost impossible to overstate the cultural impact of this single piece of character design.
speaker_1HOST
It is the definitive turning point.
speaker_0HOST
Technicolor is bursting onto the screen in a way it never had before.
speaker_0HOST
You transition from the sepia toned dust bowl of Kansas into this vibrant, highly saturated fantasy world.
speaker_0HOST
And then there's Margaret Hamilton.
speaker_0HOST
She has that sharp, terrifying profile.
Clint PowellHOST
That's fantastic.
Jeff StylesGUEST
Margaret Hamilton dead at 90.
Jeff StylesGUEST
She was behind the Apollo guidance systems early on in the Apollo, um, you know, missions.
Jeff StylesGUEST
Uh, she w- worked on the shuttle.
Gregory MaguireGUEST
I, I, you know, it was, it was partly, I mean, her fluting manner was kind of appealing.
Gregory MaguireGUEST
It certainly wasn't menacing the way Margaret Hamilton's portrayal of the Wicked-
Emily Kay ShraderHOST
Yes
Gregory MaguireGUEST
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Austin KennedyHOST
Um.
Tim KizerHOST
Margaret Hamilton was in it? What was she?
Austin KennedyHOST
What? That's the Wicked Witch, right?
Tim KizerHOST
Yeah.
Brandon SparksHOST
These are like the early these are the early introductions to witches for for most people.
Brandon SparksHOST
And, and usually it's the, with the Wizard of Oz, for example, is the first thing you're kind of terrified as a kid is, is Margaret Hamilton is Wicked Witch of the West.
Brandon SparksHOST
Or you can have something like Wicked where it's a very different version of the witch.
Brandon SparksHOST
But then you said, then you have the more advanced scary versions of the witch with something like today's movie, the witch.
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