Gale Sondergaard - Wicked Witch of the West

Ancient Faces

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When they wanted to make her ugly and wicked rather than "sly and glamorous", she dropped out of The Wizard of Oz.

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Daniel Pinna

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I love this photo of Gale Sondergaard!

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Margaret Tinsley Rodgers

Can’t imagine not having Margaret Hamilton. She was perfect.

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Daniel Pinna

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Completely agree!

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Brigitte Cherubini

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Interesting. That couldve been interesting..

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Marianne Cassidy

Margaret Hamilton she was perfect

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Mick Brown

She was also in “The Letter” with Bette Davis.

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Helen Mclaughlan

One of my favourites.

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AncientFaces

Lots of photos of her in other roles at Gale Sondergaard

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Mick Brown

Helen Mclaughlan I think one of Bette’s best roles.

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Jim Retzer

Looks far too similar to the Wicked Queen from Snow White.
At least with Margaret Hamilton they created an entirely original character.

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AncientFaces

You're right! Gale thought the character would be like Snow White's wicked Queen! They wanted something different.

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Joyce SJohn

Margaret Hamilton was best, but honestly - I see this other womans face. why would she "worry" about being made up ugly? she's not all that to begin with. :P

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Helen Mclaughlan

They were both fabulous actresses.

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Collene Oatley

My grandmother was related to the Good witch.

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AncientFaces

Billy Burke? :)

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Collene Oatley

AncientFaces yes it was.

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Deirdre Wilson

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So are you .Unless she is a stepgrandma

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Collene Oatley

Deirdre Wilson yes I am. My moms mom.

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Harley Neumann

I love billie burke!! That is awesome!!!

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Margaret Tinsley Rodgers

Collene Oatley That’s very cool

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Lora Gillman Boston

Billie Burke...married to Ziegfeld!

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Bob Gaines

AncientFaces LOVED Billy Burke in the movie "Topper" in 1937.

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Dennis Keogh

Collene Oatley Margaret Hamilton!

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Collene Oatley

Dennis Keogh Ne Burke.

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Mj Smida

Billie was great in topper

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James Tarzia

Billie Burke who was married to Flo Zeigfeld

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Collene Oatley

Yes the Billie Burke

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Joanna Hari

She would be amazing, too! I remember seeing her in the "Blue Bird" with Shirley Temple and she was just unbelievable as a cat... features and movement very eye-catching...

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Leon Shaw

Thanks, I knew that I recognised her. ☮️
Always read the comments before searching.

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Barbara Ann Pinkerton

I am glad it was Margaret Hamilton! She was perfectly scary. 😯

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Yanna D'aiello

Margaret Hamilton

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Becky Prior Ewen

I think the movie turned out just as it should...😀

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Macie Kyle

Margaret forever.

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Paula Randolph

I like the Margaret Hamilton version.

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Christine Koski Cross

She's smoking

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Lynda Lerum

Margaret

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Nancy Pirone

Margaret Hamilton for sure!

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Susanne Bovill

I would rather see a pretty witch wicked or not the witch doesn’t have to be ugly even though the witch is evil

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Barbara Naprava Cimino

Margaret

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Barbara Naprava Cimino

So vanity loses and Margaret goes down in history.

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Donna Carter

Things work out EXACTLY the way they are supposed to.

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Susanne Bovill

but that would be up to the writers and makers of the oz movie on what how they would want the wicked witch of the west to look like I can say on what they can or can’t do with the witch 🙂

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Marcos Martinez

And Buddy Edson was cast as tin man prior to an accident which forced a recast that led to Jack Haley’s iconic role.

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Sandi MacCallum Dunlap

Marcos Martinez Actually it was Buddy’s allergic reaction to makeup that caused the change to Jack Haley.

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Gillian Barr

Margaret Hamilton played the part brilliantly xxx

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Kyle Bell

Margaret was amazing, but the choice to make the witch ugly could have gone either way. The prettiest people do the ugliest things.

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Terri Berio

i think Margaret Hamilton was the perfect choice

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Sharon Greenawalt

Margaret Hamilton was wonderful.

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Susan W. Milam

Margaret Hamilton!

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Lynn Beck

Margaret Hamilton.💕

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Jean Johnson

Hamilton was perfect!

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Beatriz Misenta

Nobody could have done it like Margaret Hamilton! She wanted to look green and ugly!

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Meg Scott

Hamilton!

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Laura Cello Woodham

Margaret Hamilton was perfect. The witch needed to be ugly!

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Natalie Ellerton

Margaret Hamilton!🤗

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Darlene Eldredge

Margaret did the best at melting and got the part! 😏

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Ron Snow

Hamilton nailed it!

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Jenny Nana

Don't mess with the green witch...

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Red Golden

Looks like Nancy Pelosi
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Daniel Alexander Wilson

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Jan Mortimer

The witch in the movie, quite appropriate. 👍

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Jan Mortimer

I love Angelina Jolie in MALEFICENT. She is beautiful but, I can't see any other woman in that part, she is an awesome actress. 👍🔥💖

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Jeanne Moody Short

Love the rather informal Identification Card being held by an unidentified hand.

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Kevin Skoglund

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Best----movie----ever !

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JC Roman

Miss Hamilton was an Icon. Miss Soderwhatever... who knows?

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Nikkiya Fraser

Somewhere there is an alternate universe where Gale Sondergaard was the Wicked Witch (and Eric Stoltz was in Back to the Future and no one remembers the Beatles.) 😉

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Louie Nonini

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Bob Gaines

We all got the cast we were meant to have, especially Judy Garland! WHAT a year 1939 was for the movies!!!

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Hope Robbins

Margaret was the perfect choice.

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Au Sable

So this is her in make up then.

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Gloria Rodas

Gale in the bluebird was creepy

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Jeffrey Scott Fordyce

Margaret Hamilton is awesome

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Janet Wagner

Gale was pretty scary. She always played those kind of parts really well

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Tim Condon

Hamilton

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Margaret AndValdis Juskevics

Margaret for sure

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Regina Rivetti

Gale made the right choice
If she couldn’t be sly and glamorous screw them
Margaret’s witch was overkill and way too ugly

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Katherine Joyce

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Margaret Hamilton, of course!

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Kori Eakin

Kelly Bradley Eakin

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Daniel Alexander Wilson

Gale didn’t want to get typecast. She eventually played numerous unglamorous roles.

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Kay Daly

Margaret Hamilton for sure

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Tonya Clark Marinaro

Old n haggard.

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Linda Virtue

I like sly and glamorous.

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Jennifer Drake

Ugly was better in this case

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Yuraldi Rodriguez Puentes

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