Portrait of Margaret Hamilton

Acting

Margaret Hamilton

Career

Active from 1933 to 2000, with a break from 1977 to 1999, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Margaret Hamilton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.1, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Tension
    4.5, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Family Drama 2
  • Classic Film 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

95
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)

as Miss Gulch (archive footage)

1980s

2 titles ยท average score 64
Here's Boomer
Here's Boomer (1981)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Miss Heston

Nurse
Nurse (1981)

TV show ยท as Mrs. Evers

1970s

9 titles ยท average score 63
Letters from Frank
Letters from Frank (1979)

as Grandma Miller

Lou Grant
Lou Grant (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976)
GoodWatch score 62

as Wicked Witch

The Night Strangler
The Night Strangler (1973)
GoodWatch score 87

as Prof. Crabwell

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Mrs. Eddels

Journey Back to Oz
Journey Back to Oz (1972)
GoodWatch score 41

as Aunt Em (voice)

The Anderson Tapes
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
GoodWatch score 63

as Miss Kaler

Brewster McCloud
Brewster McCloud (1971)
GoodWatch score 75

as Daphne Heap

The Partridge Family
The Partridge Family (1970)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show ยท as Clara Kincaid

1960s

13 titles ยท average score 68
Sesame Street
Sesame Street (1969)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as The Wicked Witch

Angel in My Pocket
Angel in My Pocket (1969)
GoodWatch score 73

as Rhoda

Ghostbreakers
Ghostbreakers (1967)

as Ivy Rumson

The Daydreamer
The Daydreamer (1966)
GoodWatch score 50

as Mrs. Klopplebobbler

The World of Abbott and Costello
The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
GoodWatch score 65

as Aunt Huddy in Comin' Round The Mountain (archive footage)

The Addams Family
The Addams Family (1964)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Granny Frump

The Patty Duke Show
The Patty Duke Show (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

Paradise Alley
Paradise Alley (1962)

as Mrs. Nicholson

Ichabod and Me
Ichabod and Me (1961)

TV show

13 Ghosts
13 Ghosts (1960)
GoodWatch score 45

as Elaine Zacharides

The Bat
The Bat (1960)

as Lizzie Allen

The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960)

TV show ยท as Lizzie Allen

1950s

12 titles ยท average score 68
The Christmas Tree
The Christmas Tree (1958)

as Miss Finch

On Borrowed Time
On Borrowed Time (1957)

as Demetria Riffle

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Edsel Pry

The Devil's Disciple
The Devil's Disciple (1955)

as Mrs. Dudgeon

A String of Blue Beads
A String of Blue Beads (1953)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mrs. Loomis

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Mrs. Dudgeon / Demetria Riffle

People Will Talk
People Will Talk (1951)
GoodWatch score 81

as Sarah Pickett (uncredited)

Comin' Round the Mountain
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
GoodWatch score 54

as Aunt Huddy

Wabash Avenue
Wabash Avenue (1950)
GoodWatch score 57

as Tillie Hutch

Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV show ยท as Charity Ames

The Great Plane Robbery
The Great Plane Robbery (1950)

as Mrs. Judd

Riding High
Riding High (1950)
GoodWatch score 57

as Edna

1940s

28 titles ยท average score 61
The Red Pony
The Red Pony (1949)
GoodWatch score 56

as Teacher

The Sun Comes Up
The Sun Comes Up (1949)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mrs. Golightly

State of the Union
State of the Union (1948)
GoodWatch score 76

as Norah

Bungalow 13
Bungalow 13 (1948)

as Mrs. Theresa Appleby

Studio One
Studio One (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Mrs. McIntosh / Irma Davis

Reaching from Heaven
Reaching from Heaven (1948)

as Sophie Manley

Driftwood
Driftwood (1947)
GoodWatch score 68

as Essie

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
GoodWatch score 74

as Flora

George White's Scandals
George White's Scandals (1945)
GoodWatch score 60

as Clarabelle Evans

Twin Beds
Twin Beds (1942)

as Norah

Play Girl
Play Girl (1941)
GoodWatch score 48

as Josie

My Little Chickadee
My Little Chickadee (1940)
GoodWatch score 79

as Mrs. Gideon

1930s

30 titles ยท average score 68
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
GoodWatch score 88

as The Wicked Witch of the West / Miss Gulch

Babes in Arms
Babes in Arms (1939)
GoodWatch score 77

as Martha Steele

Stablemates
Stablemates (1938)
GoodWatch score 65

as Beulah Flanders

I'll Take Romance
I'll Take Romance (1937)

as Margot

When's Your Birthday?
When's Your Birthday? (1937)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mossy

Mountain Justice
Mountain Justice (1937)
GoodWatch score 63

as Phoebe Lamb

Chatterbox
Chatterbox (1936)
GoodWatch score 60

as Emily 'Tippie' Tipton

The Witness Chair
The Witness Chair (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

as Grace Franklin

The Farmer Takes a Wife
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lucy Gurget

Way Down East
Way Down East (1935)
GoodWatch score 52

as Martha Perkins

Hat, Coat and Glove
Hat, Coat and Glove (1934)

as Madame Du Barry

Another Language
Another Language (1933)
GoodWatch score 66

as Helen Hallam