It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting.

A former schoolteacher Margaret Hamilton worked as a character actor in films for seven years before Margaret Hamilton was offered the role that defined her public image. Margaret Brainard Hamilton (December 9 1902 – May 16 1985) was an American film actress best known for her portrayal of the malevolent Miss Almira Gulch and the Wicked Witch of the West in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.