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Nickname:	Maggie
Known for:	The Wizard of Oz, As the World Turns, Nothing Sacred
Birthday:	9 December 1902, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Height:	5' 5" (1.65 m)

It is ironic that her performance as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz was so scary to children, because her first job was as a kindergarten teacher. She loved and doted upon children all her life. Until the day she died she had children recognizing her and coming up to her to ask why she was so mean to Dorothy. She became very concerned about the role's effect on children, and finally guested on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to explain that the Witch was just a character in the film, and not herself. She was the kindergarten teacher of five-year-old William Windom, until she threw him out for rambunctious behavior. Another of her students was Jim Backus. Gave her most noted recollection of her role in The Wizard of Oz by writing the Preface to the book "The Making of The Wizard of Oz" by Aljean Harmetz. Nearly quit The Wizard of Oz after a December 1938 accident in which she was severely burned during the appearing/disappearing scene in Munchkinland. She was off the film for more than a month. Welcomed pen-pal fans to visit her at her New York City apartment in later years. Her legendary role as the Wicked Witch of the West was ranked #4 on the American Film Institute's villains list of the 100 years of The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains. She was cremated and her ashes spread on her Dutchess County, New York estate. She is a distant cousin of Neil Hamilton. Lived in a Gramercy Park building in New York City that was also occupied by James Cagney and now boasts Jimmy Fallon as one of its tenants. And Your Little Dog, Too: Miss Hamilton was a strong promoter of animal rights and the welfare of companion animals. She often appeared in TV public service announcements with her cat, pleading that everyone spay and neuter their pets to help cut down on the number of unwanted, homeless animals. She also had a dachshund named Otto. For many years, she appeared in Maxwell House coffee commercials as the feisty storekeeper who declares, "It's the only brand I sell!" Had one son, Hamilton Wadsworth Meserve (b.1935)

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