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'The Wizard of Oz' was a filming nightmare, with mistreatment of actors, costume issues, and even bad burns on Margaret Hamilton's face. by John Wolfe. Published on May 12, 2021.
Margaret Hamilton suffered severe burns from a stunt gone awry during filming. From left: Hamilton and Pat Walshe (Photo by MGM via Movie Stills DB) For the past 80 years, The Wizard of Oz has ...
Margaret Hamilton’s harrowing on-set accident. ... Betty Danko, came to regret that decision when she, too, received severe burns from a witch stunt gone wrong. Hamilton before and after Oz.
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Margaret Hamilton may be best remembered as the terrifying Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, even though she was ...
Infamously, Hamilton suffered second-degree burns from the scene where The Wicked Witch of the West escapes Munchkinland after her sister — The Wicked Witch of The East — gets a house dropped ...
MARGARET HAMILTON: (As the Wicked Witch of the West) I'll get you, my pretty. And your little dog, too (laughter). ULABY: The witch disappears in a puff of orange smoke, but the fire was all too real.