by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1896)
Margaret Hamilton made her debut as a “professional entertainer” at 27, on her birthday!
It Happened on
December 09, 1929
You know her as The Wicked Witch of The West in The Wizard of Oz, but Margaret Hamilton made her debut on December 9, 1929, in a “program of ‘heart rending songs'” in the Charles S. Brooks Theater at the Cleveland Play House.
Trivia
Marguerite’s mother’s name is Jennie Adams.
She encouraged her daughter to
get trained as a kindergarten teacher
at Wheelock College in Boston.
280 days later was born
born on December 09, 1902 (d. 1985)
Margaret Hamilton
American film character actress known for playing The Wicked Witch of The West in The Wizard of Oz
born on September 21, 1930 (d. 1985)
Dawn Addams
British actressMore trivia…
Margaret‘s birthday coincides with the first publication of the feminist newspaper La Fronde published by Marguerite Durand in Paris in 1897.
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Margaret Hamilton
American film character actress known for playing The Wicked Witch of The West in The Wizard of Oz