

When she returned, she said, “I won’t sue, because I know how this business works, and I would never work again. Garland visited her and looked after her son while she was recovering in the hospital after she suffered burns during her exit from Munchkinland filming. Trivia: During the 1930s, she never put herself under contract to any one studio and priced her services at $1,000 a week to support herself and her son. And it didn’t help that many children believed she was mean in real life. It’s kind of a shame since she was a very nice person who cared deeply about children and frequently gave to charitable organizations. Reasons: Trust me, you don’t want to give a statuette to a woman best known for playing a notorious villain known to traumatize kids for generations. Most Crushing Loss: Not being nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 1939 for The Wizard of Oz. Nominated for: Hamilton was never nominated for an Oscar. Nicholson from Paradise Alley, Miss Kaller from The Anderson Tapes, Daphne Heap from Brewster McCloud, and Mae from Rosie!. Theresa Appleby from Bungalow 13, Elaine Zacharides from 13 Ghosts, Mrs. Larch from The Ox-Bow Incident, Myrtle Ferguson from Johnny Come Lately, Norah from State of the Union, Teacher from The Red Pony, Mrs. Jackson from The Invisible Woman, Norah from Twin Beds, Mrs. Harper from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Miss Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, Martha Steele from Babes in Arms, Mrs. Notable roles are Madame Du Barry from Hat, Coat, and Glove, Lucy Gurget from The Farmer Takes a Wife, Martha Perkins from Way Down East, Agatha from These Three, Drugstore Lady from Nothing Sacred, Mrs. Career spanned for nearly 50 years and usually playing spinsters, particularly of the New England variety.

Died of a heart attack in Salisbury, Connecticut at 82.įamous for: American character actress best known as the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. Married to Paul Meserve for 7 years and had a son she raised on her own. Attended Wheelock College in Boston where she became a teacher. Though Margaret Hamilton would traumatize generations of children as the Wicked Witch of the West, she was a sweet woman who frequently gave to charitable organizations, spoke for pet welfare and public education, and dearly loved children.Personal Life: (1902-1985) Born in Cleveland, Ohio. Wicked Witch of the West: “And as for you, my fine lady, it’s true I can’t attend to you here and now as I’d like but just try to stay out of my way – just try! I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!” So without further adieu, here are 10 Oscar less actresses for your reading pleasure in this final edition I bring to you. And last but not least is the first icy Hitchcock blonde herself, Madeleine Carroll.
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Next is Cyd Charisse best known for her long marriage to Tony Martin as well as her roles in movie musicals during the 1940s and 1950s. Then there’s wholesome cute girl Jean Crain whom studios wanted to play teenagers for years.
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After them comes Dame Flora Robson though not pretty played roles ranging from maids, queens, and serial killers on stage and screen followed by Una O’Connor who mostly played maids. Second, there are versatile actresses Geraldine Fitzgerald and Ann Southern who’ve both had long careers as well as Nina Foch who played the Pharaoh’s daughter in The Ten Commandments (the one who found Moses). First, we have Margaret Hamilton famous for playing the Wicked Witch of the West but was actually a rather nice lady followed by Mildred Dunnock a schoolteacher who later played Mrs. Yet, in this final edition here are 10 more. So it’s no surprise that I didn’t compile as many. Yet, some who weren’t cast for their youth and beauty tended to be confined to character and supporting roles. Of course, a lot of actresses I’ve known during that period were in only a few known films and had less roles in movies I’ve never heard of as they aged. Now while actresses in Hollywood have always had less opportunity than men, ladies in the Golden Age of Hollywood didn’t have much better, especially with the morality clauses. Since my last 10 movie stars are all women, I open this final installment with a note about actresses. Though taller than some of her leading men, Cyd Charisse was a staple of movie musicals throughout the 1940s and 1950s as well as appeared alongside Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.
