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Margaret Hamilton ( December 9, 1902 - May 16, 1985) was an American film actress.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Hamilton was a school teacher who turned to acting, making her screen debut in 1933 in Zoo in Budapest . She appeared in such films as These Three ( 1936), Saratoga and Nothing Sacred (both 1937) and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( 1938).

In 1939, she played the role of the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of OzThe Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy film based on L. Frank Baum's turn-of-the-century children's story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in which a resourceful American girl is snatched up by a Kansas tornado and deposited in a fantastic land of witches, and created not only her most famous role, but one of the screen's most memorable villains.

She appeared regularly in supporting roles in films until the early 1950s, and sporadically thereafter. During the 1960s she appeared in televisionSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p, and continued acting until her final role in 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings..

She died in Salisbury, ConnecticutSalisbury is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 3,977. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 155. 3 miČ) of it is land and 7. 8 miČ) of from a heart attackplaque builds up in the walls of blood vessels. Acute myocardial infarction AMI or MI , commonly known as heart attack is a serious, sudden heart condition characterized by varying degrees of chest pain, weakness, sweating, nausea, and vomiting, sometimes.

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