The Wizard of Oz Cast Salaries: Why the Actress Who Played the Wicked Witch Made More Than Double Judy Garland (Exclusive)

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The Wizard of Oz Cast Salaries: Why the Actress Who Played the Wicked Witch Made More Than Double Judy Garland (Exclusive)

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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande may have made the same salary for their work on The Wizard of Oz prequel Wicked, but there wasn't equal pay for the stars of the 1939 classic. Judy Garland played Dorothy Gale, the lead role in the musical fantasy, but Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West commanded a much bigger salary from the studio behind the movie. "Maggie Hamilton came to MGM as a Broadway star with credits and started out at a higher weekly rate," explains Oz expert John Fricke, the author of The Wizard of Oz, The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History and The Wizard of Oz, An Illustrated Companion to the Timeless Movie Classic.
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