The Wicked Witch of the West is a character in the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by the American author L. Frank Baum, who is the evil ruler of the Winkie Country, the western re
Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West (left) and Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale (right)
Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Margaret Hamilton and Oscar the Grouch in 1976
Myra Ruiz as Elphaba in the original Brazilian production of Wicked
Dorothy Gale is a character created by the American author L. Frank Baum as the protagonist in many of his Oz novels. She first appears in Baum's classic 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of
Dorothy with the shoes of the Wicked Witch of the East. (Illustration by W. W. Denslow)
Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939)