In the 1970s, Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz...

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In the 1970s, Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, had a guest appearance on Sesame Street which scared so many children it was never aired again

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[hlthe2b]

1. Awww.. I sort of feel badly for the late Margaret Hamilton seeing that.

[friendly_iconoclast]

2. A few years later, however, she got to hang with Mr. Rogers:

[Srkdqltr]

8. How sweet.

I'm glad you posted this.

[Phentex]

9. Thank you for this...

How interesting.

I was scared of the witch scenes as a child. Also, my aunt looked a lot like her and we were a little scared of her too.

[Ohiogal]

3. She was born in

Cleveland, Ohio.

[LakeArenal]

7. So was my brother. 🙂

[Bayard]

4. I read

That her skin always retained a slight greenish tint years later.....

[redstatebluegirl]

5. She was a wonderful woman.

[louis-t]

6. Hmm, her coffee commercials never scared anybody.

I saw an interview with her and she was talking about when her agent told her she was up for a part in Wizard of Oz. She asked "what part?" He replied "Why, the witch of course".

[Bantamfancier]

10. She also appeared in The Adams Family as grandma Frump.

Wearing the same dress she wore as Miss Gulch in The Wizard of Oz.

26 years later. Now that’s a wardrobe department!