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Margaret Hamilton

1902 - 1985

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Margaret Brainard Hamilton (December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985) was an American actress and educator. She was best known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West and her Kansas counterpart Almira Gulch in the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz. A former schoolteacher, she worked as a character actress in films for seven years before she was offered the role that defined her public image. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret Hamilton has received more than 196,274 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Margaret Hamilton is the 2,535th most popular actor (down from 2,335th in 2019), the 4,071st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,891st in 2019) and the 1,209th most popular American Actor.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Margaret Hamilton ranks 2,535 out of 9,996. Before her are Tim Russ, Irene Cara, Lisa Niemi, Holly Marie Combs, Gérard Darmon, and Frank Welker. After her are Kelsey Grammer, Kristen Bell, Paul Wesley, Claudio Brook, Jackie Earle Haley, and Delroy Lindo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Margaret Hamilton ranks 156. Before her are Khuang Aphaiwong, Sylvain Arend, Sergey Lebedev, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Ferdinand Marian, and Nikolay Kamov. After her are Louis Beel, Lon L. Fuller, Max Abegglen, Shen Congwen, Emanuel Feuermann, and Moderato Wisintainer. Among people deceased in 1985, Margaret Hamilton ranks 104. Before her are Omayra Sánchez, Georgia Hale, Sergei Yutkevich, Manfred Winkelhock, Pavel Batov, and Gaston Rébuffat. After her are René Barjavel, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Julian Beck, Mary Kenneth Keller, Salvador Espriu, and John G. Trump.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Margaret Hamilton ranks 4,071 out of 18,182. Before her are Irene Cara (1959), Lisa Niemi (1956), Holly Marie Combs (1973), Freddie Hubbard (1938), Paul Rand (1914), and Frank Welker (1946). After her are Cyrus McCormick (1809), Horace Parnell Tuttle (1837), Winthrop Rockefeller (1912), Kristen Bell (1980), La Monte Young (1935), and Paul Wesley (1982).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Margaret Hamilton ranks 1,209. Before her are Hope Lange (1933), Tim Russ (1956), Irene Cara (1959), Lisa Niemi (1956), Holly Marie Combs (1973), and Frank Welker (1946). After her are Kristen Bell (1980), Paul Wesley (1982), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Mira Sorvino (1967), Warren Oates (1928), and Howard Keel (1919).

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