Margaret Hamilton played Miss Gulch & the Wicked Witch in this film
Her real-world counterpart is Miss Gulch, who "owns half the county" and... [DOC] [TLE] Film/Classic: The Wizard of Oz - The City Review [PAR] In his fine book, "The Great Movies," (Broadway Books, 2002), film critic Roger ... 
Margaret Hamilton plays Miss Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West.