Margaret Hamilton in ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Not all injuries on set happen to male actors. Here is a couple that happened to women. The fire was a problem for the producers of ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Not only was Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West, injured, but so was her stunt double. When the witch disappears behind the flames in Munchkinland, Hamilton didn’t descend in time through a trapdoor. She suffered severe burns to her hands and face.
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That injury she suffered while making that scene ended up making the final cut. After the film, she couldn’t work for a month. And then there was Hamilton’s stunt double who was badly burned on her legs from pyrotechnics during a broomstick scene. She had to stay in the hospital for a few weeks after that.