Fictional antagonist in L. Frank Baum's children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
"Wicked Witch" redirects here. For the stock character in fairy tales, see hag. For other uses, see Wicked Witch (disambiguation).
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Fictional character
Wicked Witch of the West
Oz character
The Wicked Witch of the West (illustration by W. W. Denslow)
First appearance
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Created by
L. Frank Baum
Portrayed by
Margaret Hamilton (The Wizard of Oz)
Mabel King (The Wiz)
Idina Menzel (Wicked)
Mila Kunis (Oz the Great and Powerful)
Rebecca Mader (Once Upon a Time)
Chandra Currelley-Young (Apollo Theater Live Revival)
Roseanne Barr (Madison Square Garden)
Miss Piggy (performed by Eric Jacobson; The Muppets Wizard of Oz)
Eliza Swenson (Dorothy and the Witches of Oz)
Hannah Waddingham (West End)
Mary J. Blige (The Wiz Live)
Ana Ularu (Emerald City)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked film adaptation)
Voiced by
Tress MacNeille (The Wizard of Oz)
Laraine Newman (Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz)
Riki Lindhome (The Lego Batman Movie)
Courtenay Taylor (Lego Dimensions)
In-universe information
Alias
Momba (1910) (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
Mombi (1914) (His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz)
Bastinda (1939) (The Wizard of the Emerald City)
Smarmy (1969) (The Songs from The Wizard of Oz)
Evillene (1974) (The Wiz)
Elphaba Thropp (1995) (Wicked)
Old Snarl-Spats (2000) (The Unknown Witches of Oz)
Mordra (2005) (The Living House of Oz)
Chester (2007) (The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's)
Azkadellia (2007) (Tin Man)
Billie Westbrook (2011) (Dorothy and the Witches of Oz)
Theodora (2013) (Oz the Great and Powerful)
Lynessa (2013) (Grimm Fairy Tales presents Oz)
Zelena (2014) (Once Upon a Time)
Pyrena (2017) (The Wicked Wizard of Oz)
West (2017) (Emerald City)
Morella (2019) (How the Wizard Came to Oz)
Species
Witch
Gender
Female
Title
The Wicked Witch of the West
Occupation
Ruler of the Winkies (at time of death)
Family
The Wicked Witch of the East (sister)
Nationality
Ozian of Winkie descent
Role
Antagonist
The Wicked Witch of the West is a fictional character who appears in the classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), created by American author L. Frank Baum. In Baum's subsequent Oz novels, it is the Nome King who is the principal villain; the Wicked Witch of the West is rarely even referred to again after her death in the first book.
The witch's most popular depiction was in the classic 1939 film based on Baum's novel, where she was portrayed by Margaret Hamilton. Hamilton's characterization introduced green skin and this has been continued in later literary and dramatic representations, including Gregory Maguire's revisionist Oz novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995) and its musical stage adaptation Wicked (2003), the 2013 film Oz the Great and Powerful, and the television series Once Upon a Time.
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