Was Margaret Hamilton in The Addams Family?

"The Addams Family" Morticia's Romance: Part 1 (TV Episode 1965) - Margaret Hamilton as Granny Frump - IMDb.
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What else did Margaret Hamilton play in?

Filmography
  • Known For. The Wizard of Oz Miss Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West (1939)
  • 13 Ghosts Elaine Zacharides (1960)
  • Brewster McCloud Daphne Heap (1970)
  • Nothing Sacred Vermont Drugstore Lady (1937)
  • Actress. ...
  • Lou Grant Thea Taft (1979-1982)
  • Nurse Mrs. ...
  • Here's Boomer Miss Heston (1980)
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Who plays Mrs frump on Addams Family?

In the television series, her mother (Uncle Fester's sister) was named Hester Frump (played by Margaret Hamilton). Her mother-in-law is Grandmama Addams. In the 1990s Addams Family films, familial relationships are changed for the characters of Grandmama and Fester.
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Who is the woman on the bike in The Wizard of Oz?

This is a life-size cardboard cutout of the mean Miss Gulch riding her bike in the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. Miss Gulch lives in Kansas with Dorothy, and she is also known as becoming the Wicked Witch of the West in the Land of Oz.
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Who is Mrs Gulch?

Miss Almira Gulch is a wealthy land owner who is a neighbor of Aunt Em, Uncle Henry and Dorothy Gale. She was created for the 1939 film to be a human counterpart of the Wicked Witch of the West both played by Margaret Hamilton. Using her status and power, she threatens to have Toto put to sleep for biting her.
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Is Morticia a vampire?

If anything supernatural is afoot, Morticia might be seen as a witch, but there's no real evidence she's a vampire. Rather, her black ensemble and pale characteristics are fashionable rather than signs she's moving beyond the grave. 2022 Showbiz Cheat Sheet, All Rights Reserved.
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Why is Morticia face lit up?

In Addams Family Values (1993), Morticia Addams is always lit by one beam of light across her eyes fading outward. This technique, used originally in classic noir films, accentuates Morticia's style by parodying original implementation of this technique and is used ironically (the film is a comedy).
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Why did they replace granny in Addams Family?

13. All of the main Addams Family members returned for hte sequel, except for Judith Malina, who was replaced by Carol Kane as Grandmama due to the role becoming more physically demanding.
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Is Morticia Addams still alive?

Carolyn Jones, who played matriarch Morticia Addams, died in 1983. John Astin, who played charming paterfamilias Gomez Addams, is still a working actor. His next project is 2015's Starship II: Rendezvous with Ramses. Ted Cassidy, who played giant manservant Lurch, died in 1979.
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How old is Morticia Addams?

Morticia Addams, Alto/Mezzo Sop. (G3 – Bb5), Stage Age 35-50: Morticia is the wife of Gomez Addams, and the mother of Wednesday and Pugsley. She has pale skin and long black hair.
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What was Margaret Hamilton famous for?

Margaret Hamilton, née Margaret Heafield, (born August 17, 1936, Paoli, Indiana, U.S.), American computer scientist who was one of the first computer software programmers; she created the term software engineer to describe her work.
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Why do we celebrate Margaret Hamilton?

She was one of the first computer software programmers. (Software is the instructions that tell the computer hardware what to do.) Hamilton was responsible for the software that allowed astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to land on the Moon. She is also credited with inventing the term software engineering.
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Does Chippewa mean orphan?

When Morticia gives birth, the hospital bed is coffin shaped. Wednesday bitterly quips that "Chippewa" in Camp Chippewa means "orphan". This is pure sarcasm; Chippewa is actually a form of the name Ojibwa (a Native American nation), the original meaning "first nation".
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How rich are the Addams Family?

'The Addams Family': Forbes Estimates Gomez Addams Had a Net Worth of $2 Billion. The Addams family first appeared in the mid-1930s as a series of comic strips by cartoonist Charles Addams in The New Yorker.
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Are the Addams Family human?

The big differences were that the Addams clan was based on well-known comic characters and were essentially human; those Munsters were made just for TV and based on old horror movie monsters.
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Who has died from the Addams Family?

Felix Silla, the actor best known for playing the hairy Cousin Itt on the sitcom “The Addams Family,” died on April 16. He was 84. The cause was cancer, Mr. Silla's representative, Bonnie Vent, said in a statement.
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Is Morticia Addams human?

Morticia Addams (née Frump) was the matriarch of the Addams Family, a slim woman with pale skin, clad in a skin-tight black hobble gown with octopuslike tendrils at the hem. Certain sources suggested she may be some kind of vampire. She adored her husband, Gomez, as deeply as he did her.
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Did the Wicked Witch of the West have a name in the Wizard of Oz?

In The Wiz (1974), its film version (1978), and television special (2015), the Wicked Witch of the West is given the name Evillene (portrayed by Mabel King in both the original Broadway cast and the film, and Mary J.
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Is Miss Gulch the witch?

The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Margaret Hamilton as Miss Gulch, The Wicked Witch of the West - IMDb.
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Did Toto bite Mrs Gulch?

Miss Gulch arrives and announces that she will have Toto destroyed because Toto bit her on one of her legs, and got the sheriff to give her an order for it.
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