Margaret Hamilton will eternally be remembered because the Depraved Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, however her profession didn’t finish there. She spent many years delighting tv audiences, typically enjoying quirky or downright spooky characters that made her immediately recognizable. Whereas her witchy cackle could have frightened generations of youngsters, Hamilton herself was a mild soul who cherished to poke enjoyable at her most well-known function — and clarify to youngsters that the green-faced villain wasn’t actual.
One in all her most memorable visitor spots got here within the mid-Nineteen Seventies on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. After studying that many youngsters had been fearful of her most well-known character, she appeared on the present to elucidate the Depraved Witch costume and reassure youngsters that she was variety in actual life. Across the identical time, she additionally appeared on Sesame Road, as soon as once more donning the inexperienced make-up and pointy hat to reprise her Depraved Witch function within the now notorious 1976 episode.