query: Who played the Wicked Witch of the West in the movie The Wizard of Oz?
passage: Margaret Hamilton (actress)
Margaret Brainard Hamilton (December 9, 1902– May 16, 1985) was an American film character actress best known for her portrayal of Miss Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's classic film The Wizard of Oz (1939).[1]
passage: List of Oz characters (created by Baum)
In "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", the Tin Woodman tells Dorothy Gale and the Scarecrow that the lady was a servant for an old woman who did not wish her to marry, and so sought the aid of the Wicked Witch of the East to place a spell on him that caused him to cut himself up with his axe while carrying on his livelihood. In "The Tin Woodman of Oz", this was retconned, and in Nick's new telling, she was directly enslaved by the Witch herself.