What is Margaret Hamilton's full name?
Margaret Brainard Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton date of birth:
December 9, 1902
How old was Margaret Hamilton when died?
82
Where was Margaret Hamilton born?
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
When did Margaret Hamilton die?
May 16, 1985
Where did Margaret Hamilton die?
Salisbury, Connecticut, USA
Why did Margaret Hamilton die?
Heart attack
How tall is Margaret Hamilton?
5' (152 cm)
Margaret Hamilton body shape:
Average
What color are Margaret Hamilton's eyes?
Brown - Dark
What color is Margaret Hamilton's hair?
Brown - Dark
Is Margaret Hamilton gay or straight?
Straight
What is Margaret Hamilton's ethnicity?
White
What is Margaret Hamilton nationality?
American
What is Margaret Hamilton's occupation?
Actress Schoolteacher
Margaret Hamilton claim to fame:
The Wizard of Oz
Who is Margaret Hamilton's father?
Walter J. Hamilton
Who is Margaret Hamilton's mother?
Jennie Adams
Margaret Hamilton family:
Hamilton Wadsworth Meserve-son born in 1936, Neil Hamilton (distant cousin)
Does Margaret Hamilton have a pet?
Otto-dachshund
Short Biography
Margaret HamiltonActive - 1933 - 1979 | Born - Dec 9, 1902 in Cleveland, OH | Died - May 16, 1985 in Salisbury, CT | Genres - Comedy, Drama, Romance, Comedy Drama, MusicalBiography by Hal Erickson A kindergarten teacher in her native Cleveland, Margaret Hamilton began her acting career there in community theatre and with the prestigious Cleveland Playhouse. In 1933, Hamilton was invited to repeat her stage role of the sarcastic daughter-in-law in the Broadway play Another Language for the MGM film version. Though only in her early '30s, the gloriously unpretty Hamilton subsequently played dozens of busybodies, gossips, old maids, and housekeepers in films bearing such titles as Hat, Coat and Glove (1934), Way Down East (1935) and These Three (1936). She proved an excellent foil for such comedians as W.C. Fields (in 1940's My Little Chickadee) and Harold Lloyd (in 1946's The Sin of Harold Diddlebock). Her most famous film assignment was the dual role of Elvira Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West in the imperishable 1939 gem The Wizard of Oz -- a role which nearly cost her her life when her green copper makeup caught fire during one of her "disappearance" scenes. She played several smaller but no less impressive roles at 20th Century-Fox, including the first-scene plot motivator in People Will Talk (1951) and Carrie Nation in Wabash Avenue (1950). She alternated her film work with stage assignments in the 1950s and 1960s, frequently returning to her home base at the Cleveland Playhouse. Achieving "icon" status in the 1970s by virtue of The Wizard of Oz, Hamilton sometimes found herself being cast for "camp" effect (e.g. Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud), but also enjoyed some of her best-ever parts, including the role of professorial occult expert in the 1972 TV movie The Night Strangler. Despite her menacing demeanor, Hamilton was a gentle, soft-spoken woman; she was especially fond of children, and showed up regularly on such PBS programs as Sesame Street and Mister Rogers. In the 1970s, Margaret Hamilton added another sharply etched portrayal to her gallery of characters as general-store proprietor Cora on a popular series of Maxwell House coffee commercials -- one of which ran during a telecast of The Wizard of Oz!