The original actress chosen to be the Wicked Witch of the West in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939) was Gale Sondegaard.
Originally, they wanted the Wicked Witch to be a creature of allure, but Sondegaard left when they decided to downplay the glamour.
It’s ok later she got to kill people with venomous spiders in a Sherlock Holmes movie
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