Wicked Witch of the East - wikipedia Wicked Witch of the East Wicked Witch of the East Oz character The Wicked Witch of the East as pictured in The Tin Woodman of Oz -- illustration by John R. Neill ( 1918 ) First appearance The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 1900 ) Created by L. Frank Baum Portrayed by Margaret Hamilton ( The Wizard of Oz ) Michelle Federer ( Wicked ) Sharon Taylor ( Once Upon a Time ) Rachel Weisz ( Oz the Great and Powerful ) Florence Kasumba ( Emerald City ) Information Aliases Gingema ( 1939 ) ( The Wizard of the Emerald City ) Evvamene ( 1974 ) ( The Wiz ) Rebecca Eastwitch ( 1992 ) ( Oz Squad # 2 ) Nessarose Thropp ( 1996 ) ( Wicked ) Old Sand - Eye ( 2000 ) ( The Unknown Witches of Oz ) Diana ( 2003 ) ( MÄR ) East ( 2006 ) ( Witch Hunter ) Evanora ( 2013 ) ( Oz the Great and Powerful ) Zinna ( 2013 ) ( Grimm Fairy Tales presents Oz # 1 ) Witch of the East ( 2014 ) ( Once Upon a Time ) Mistress East ( 2017 ) ( Emerald City ) Species Human ( witch ) Gender Female Occupation Ruler of the Munchkin Country ( at time of death ) Title The Wicked Witch of the East Family The Wicked Witch of the West ( sister ) Nationality Ozian of Munchkin descent The extent of the Wicked Witch of the East seen in The Wizard of Oz as recreated in Disney 's The Great Movie Ride. The Wicked Witch of the East is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum. She is a crucial character but appears only briefly in Baum 's classic children 's series of Oz novels, most notably The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 1900 ). The Wicked Witch was a middle aged, malevolent woman who conquered and tyrannized the Munchkin Country in Oz 's eastern quadrant, forcing the native Munchkins to slave for her night and day. Her charmed Silver Shoes ( famously changed to magic ruby slippers in the 1939 film musical ) held many mysterious powers and were her most precious and prized possession. The Witch met her demise when Dorothy Gale 's farmhouse landed on her after being swept into the sky by a cyclone. Her old and withered body turned to dust, leaving behind the magical shoes which were passed to Dorothy as their new owner. The classic Oz books The Wicked Witch of the East was believed to be more powerful than the Good Witch of the North, but not as powerful as Glinda, the Good Witch of the South. She also appeared to be more powerful than Mombi, the Wicked Witch of the North, as the Good Witch of the North was able to defeat Mombi, but was powerless to overthrow the witch of the east and free the Munchkins. She was not in any way related to the Wicked Witch of the West, ( as it made out to be in several adaptions ) but leagued together with her, and also the Wicked Witch Mombi and the Wicked Witch of the South, to conquer and divide Oz among themselves in four sections as recounted in Baum 's fourth Oz book, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz ( 1908 ). After the fall of Pastoria, the last mortal King of Oz, the old witch conquered the eastern section of Oz and held the native Munchkins in her bondage for a number of decades. She had lived a rather humble dwelling deep within the woods in a cottage located somewhere in Oz 's eastern quadrant called Munchkin Country. She also owned a beautiful Munchkin maid Nimmie Amee, who worked for her as a full - time servant, and happened to fall deeply in love with a local woodsman by the name Nick Chopper. Determined to prevent Nimee Amee from getting married to Nick and leaving her, the Wicked Witch of the East resolved to enchant Nick Chopper 's axe. The curse cast upon it tragically caused him to eventually turn into the Tin Woodman when he hacked all his own limbs off one by one, replacing the parts that were amputated with a hollow tin one, until he was all made of tin from his head to his feet. Once a man of tin with no human heart, Nick Chopper believed he no longer had the proper emotions that were required to love Nimmie Amee with -- much to the Wicked Witch 's satisfaction. A year later, it was while the witch was out in the Munchkin meadows looking for herbs and spices to cast yet another one of her wicked spells, that Dorothy 's falling farmhouse unexpectedly descended from the atmosphere and accidentally crushed her to death after it was released by a cyclone from Kansas -- `` Who was she ? '' asked Dorothy. `` She was the Wicked Witch of the East, as I said, '' answered the little woman. `` She has held all the Munchkins in bondage for many years, making them slave for her night and day. Now they are all set free, and are grateful to you for the favor. '' She had helped certain Munchkins ( such as Nimmie Amee 's original mistress and the tinsmith Ku - Klip ) with her witchcraft, under certain circumstances ( usually at a reasonable cost ). This demonstrates that she was a ruler who could be approached and propitiated, at least by some of her subjects. And among her exceedingly cruel actions was n't just the enchantment of the woodman Nick Chopper 's axe, but also Captain Fyter 's sword, which caused him to turn into the Tin Soldier. Adaptations In most adaptations and references to the Wicked Witch of the East, it is usually in her famous appearance, under a house, with only her feet exposed. Notable recent exceptions are ABC 's 2005 television film The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz and Disney 's 2013 theatrical film Oz the Great and Powerful. The Wicked Witch of the East was featured in the film The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ). She is revealed to have been killed when Dorothy 's house fell on her. The Wicked Witch of the West was not pleased with Dorothy for the death of her sister. Before the Wicked Witch of the West can claim the magic footwear, the Wicked Witch of the East 's stockinged feet curl up into stumps with striped socks, and they disappear under the house and the shoes are transposed to Dorothy 's feet. In the original book, the Wicked Witch of the West showed no remorse for the death of her counterpart in the East, nor was she noted to be related to her in any way. She was only interested in the magic footwear ( `` Silver Shoes '' in the book, `` Ruby slippers '' in the 1939 film ). It is believed in the movie that Miss Almira Gulch is turned in the tornado into the Wicked Witch of the East, rather than the West, since she is close to the tornado and because her appearance in the scene is somewhat different than the second witch. But in the movie, Oz was a dream so she could have easily turned into the witch that Dorothy envisions Miss Gulch to be. In Alexander Melentyevich Volkov 's The Wizard of the Emerald City, The Witch 's name is Gingema. Like in the 1939 movie, the two Wicked Witches are sisters. In Magic Land, she is summoning a magical hurricane to destroy all humanity. However, the Good Witch of the North learns of her schemes, and changes the spell to only affect one house and drop it on Gingema 's head. Unlike in Baum 's books, while being the formal ruler of the Munchkins, she interfered little in their lives, and only demanded that people collect food for her. Since her food was snakes, leeches, spiders, and other similarly disgusting creatures which the Munchkins were afraid of, that was nevertheless a heavy burden for them. The name Gingema was also used for the Wicked Witch of the East in March Laumer 's novel Aunt Em and Uncle Henry in Oz. In the Broadway musical, The Wiz, the Wicked Witch of the East is named Evvamene ( `` Ever mean '' ) and terrorizes the Munchkins. In the novel Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, by author Gregory Maguire, and in the hit musical version, the Wicked Witch of the East is portrayed as a beautiful but physically disabled young woman called Nessarose Thropp ; Nessa is the sister of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, whose paralysis is caused by her father 's attempt to make her mother eat milkflowers to ensure that her second child would not be born with Elphaba 's green skin. The silver shoes, originally a gift from their father, were enchanted by Galinda to allow Nessarose to walk without assistance ( in the novel, she is born without arms, affecting her balance ; in the musical, in her premature birth caused by the milkflowers, her legs came out `` all tangled '', leaving them permanently paralyzed. ) In the novel The Unknown Witches of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the East is named Old Sand - Eye. In Roger S. Baum 's Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage, the Wicked Witch of the East is the main antagonist. She forces the Cowardly Lion, who has just arrived in Oz, to search for the magical `` Flower Of Oz '', which is the only thing preventing her from taking over Oz completely. She is once again the sister of the Wicked Witch of the West and becomes infuriated whenever she is - frequently - mistaken for her sister. She is depicted as a green - skinned hag with brown hair and a black cloak. However, she does not possess the silver shoes or ruby slippers, but she does control the Winged Monkeys. The book was adapted into the 2000 animated film Lion of Oz. In the movie Lion of Oz she was voiced by Lynn Redgrave. In 2007, Turner Entertainment collaborated with Madame Alexander to create a series of McDonald 's Happy Meal toys centered on the main characters from the 1939 movie, one of which was the Wicked Witch of the East. She is depicted as having blonde hair, a red shirt with a green belt and a burgundy dress over her distinguishable striped stockings and ruby slippers. She also is wearing a hat similar to the Witch of the West 's, although it 's colored red. In The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the East is played by Miss Piggy ( as are all of the other witches ). She manages to lift the house long enough to threaten the Munchkins before it falls back on top of her, killing her this time. Her silver shoes are then confiscated by the Good Witch of the North for Dorothy 's use. Miss Piggy 's other role is herself. Prior to Dorothy 's journey, she appears with Kermit and tries to get rid of Dorothy. After Dorothy 's return, she returns for the Muppets ' show. The Wicked Witch of the East was featured in Dorothy and the Witches of Oz played by Sarah Lieving. She was in the middle of a battle between Glinda and the Good Witch of the North until Dorothy 's house fell on her. The Wicked Witch of the West still blames Dorothy for her sister 's death. The Witch is mentioned but not seen alive in a little - known British TV version of `` The Wizard of OZ '' from 1995 starring Denise van Outen, which has her obtaining the Ruby Slippers when they fell off the feet of a visitor from over the rainbow ( Zöe Salmon, in a quick appearance ) when she wished herself home, which she then uses to rule over the Munchkins until Dorothy 's arrival causes her untimely demise. Rachel Weisz as Evanora in Oz the Great and Powerful In the 2013 Disney film Oz the Great and Powerful, the Wicked Witch of the East, Evanora, is the main antagonist. She was portrayed by Rachel Weisz. In this version, the Witch is the older sister of Theodora, Wicked Witch of the West ( Mila Kunis ), and is at war with Glinda ( Michelle Williams ) for control of Oz. She originally portrayed herself as a Good Witch, and had been an adviser to the former king of Oz, whom she murdered, so that she could be in charge of the Emerald City herself. Evanora deceived Oscar Diggs by framing the King 's daughter Glinda for the murder and telling him that Glinda is the Wicked Witch instead of herself, which resulted in Glinda being outlawed from the Emerald City and retreating to the South. Evanora manipulates her sister, who is in love with Oscar Diggs ( James Franco ), and ends up transforming Theodora into the Wicked Witch ( of the West, eventually ). Evanora is later fooled and scared by Oscar 's tricks and banished from the Emerald City. Before she flees, Glinda encounters her and the two witches fight. Evanora seems to have an upper hand, but Glinda then crushes her emerald necklace, the source of her power, and the Wicked Witch 's youthful and beautiful appearance turns into that of a hideous old crone, which Glinda believes is a reflection of her true nature. Furious, Evanora tries to attack the Good Witch of the South, but Glinda blasts her out of the window. Evanora is then carried away by her last flying baboons, but not before swearing a personal revenge on Glinda for foiling her. The emerald necklace she wore enabled her to project her power from her very fingertips in a form that resembled green lightning. The magic shoes that the witch would ultimately become associated with are not even discussed in this film, nor does she officially become the Wicked Witch of the East during the story, which ends with the Wizard taking over the Emerald City. This is one of the significant differences from L. Frank Baum 's original books, in which the Wicked Witches of the East and West were already ruling the Munchkin Country and the Winkie Country by the time the Wizard first arrived in Oz. In the comic book series Oz Squad, the Wicked Witch of the East is called Rebecca Eastwitch. In the comic book series Grimm Fairy Tales presents Oz, the Wicked Witch of the East is named Zinna. In the TV series Once Upon a Time, there is a Witch of the East, but she is not evil and Dorothy 's house does not fall on her. The Witches in this series are a benign sisterhood who watch over Oz, but they are eventually overthrown by Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, played by Rebecca Mader, who was unable to control her jealousy of Dorothy. In this version the Wicked Witch of the West 's sister is the Evil Queen from the story of Snow White. In the TV series Emerald City, the Witch of the East ( portrayed by Florence Kasumba ) appears as guest star. In this version she was one of the last cardinal witches of Oz, known as the Witch of the East `` the Mistress of the Eastern Wood, the Most Merciful and Stern ''. When Dorothy ( Adria Arjona ) arrives in Oz, she initially believes that she has killed the Witch of the East when the police car she was in during the initial tornado hit the Witch, but it is later revealed that the Witch survived this incident. She goes on to confront Dorothy and her new companion Lucas, refusing to accept Dorothy 's explanation that her appearance was an accident. Faced with the prospect of torture until she gives the Witch the answer she wants despite the fact that she is already telling the truth, Dorothy uses the Witch 's current examination of a gun taken from the police car to trick her into pointing the gun at herself and pulling the trigger, blowing a hole through her head. After the witch 's death, Dorothy ' inherits ' her ruby - encrusted golden ' gloves ', giving her potential access to the Witch 's raw magical power even if she lacks control of it. The season finale states that only witches can kill witches, as the Wizard creates new guns to kill the remaining lower - ranking witches and they simply come back to life, but it appears likely that the Witch of the East remains dead as she technically killed herself. References Jump up ^ Jack Snow, Who 's Who in Oz, Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954 ; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988 ; p. 236. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Canonical books L. Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 1900 ) The Marvelous Land of Oz ( 1904 ) Ozma of Oz ( 1907 ) Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz ( 1908 ) The Road to Oz ( 1909 ) The Emerald City of Oz ( 1910 ) The Patchwork Girl of Oz ( 1913 ) Tik - Tok of Oz ( 1914 ) The Scarecrow of Oz ( 1915 ) Rinkitink in Oz ( 1916 ) The Lost Princess of Oz ( 1917 ) The Tin Woodman of Oz ( 1918 ) The Magic of Oz ( 1919 ) Glinda of Oz ( 1920 ) Ruth Plumly Thompson The Royal Book of Oz ( 1921 ) Kabumpo in Oz ( 1922 ) The Cowardly Lion of Oz ( 1923 ) Grampa in Oz ( 1924 ) The Lost King of Oz ( 1925 ) The Hungry Tiger of Oz ( 1926 ) The Gnome King of Oz ( 1927 ) The Giant Horse of Oz ( 1928 ) Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz ( 1929 ) The Yellow Knight of Oz ( 1930 ) Pirates in Oz ( 1931 ) The Purple Prince of Oz ( 1932 ) Ojo in Oz ( 1933 ) Speedy in Oz ( 1934 ) The Wishing Horse of Oz ( 1935 ) Captain Salt in Oz ( 1936 ) Handy Mandy in Oz ( 1937 ) The Silver Princess in Oz ( 1938 ) Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ) Others The Wonder City of Oz ( 1940 ) The Scalawagons of Oz ( 1941 ) Lucky Bucky in Oz ( 1942 ) The Magical Mimics in Oz ( 1946 ) The Shaggy Man of Oz ( 1949 ) The Hidden Valley of Oz ( 1951 ) Merry Go Round in Oz ( 1963 ) Yankee in Oz ( 1972 ) The Enchanted Island of Oz ( 1976 ) The Forbidden Fountain of Oz ( 1980 ) The Ozmapolitan of Oz ( 1986 ) The Wicked Witch of Oz ( 1993 ) The Giant Garden of Oz ( 1993 ) The Runaway in Oz ( 1995 ) The Rundelstone of Oz ( 2000 ) The Emerald Wand of Oz ( 2005 ) Trouble Under Oz ( 2006 ) Alternate Dorothy of Oz ( 1989 ) Locations and elements Land of Oz Emerald City Munchkin Country Gillikin Country Winkie Country Quadling Country Yellow brick road Oogaboo Deadly Desert Nonestica Forest of Burzee Land of Ev Merryland Mo Ix Nome Kingdom Noland Ruby slippers Silver Shoes Apocrypha The Oz Film Manufacturing Company Characters Dorothy Gale Toto Princess Ozma The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow Tin Woodman Cowardly Lion Jack Pumpkinhead Tik - Tok Sawhorse Trot Hungry Tiger Good Witch of the North Glinda, the Good Witch of the South Wicked Witch of the West Wicked Witch of the East Aunt Em Uncle Henry Betsy Bobbin Billina Boq Button - Bright Cap'n Bill Eureka Herby Jellia Jamb Jenny Jump Jinjur Jinnicky the Red Jinn John Dough Kabumpo Mombi Munchkins Nome King Ojo the Lucky Pastoria Patchwork Girl Peter Brown Pigasus Polychrome Queen Lurline Shaggy Man Soldier with the Green Whiskers Winged monkeys Woggle - Bug Other writers Authors John R. Neill Jack Snow Rachel Cosgrove Payes Eloise Jarvis McGraw Dick Martin Alexander Volkov Gregory Maguire Sherwood Smith Roger S. Baum Illustrators William Wallace Denslow Frank Kramer Dirk Gringhuis Dick Martin Eric Shanower William Stout Adaptations and other derivative works Films The Fairylogue and Radio - Plays ( 1908 ) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 1910 ) Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz ( 1910 ) The Land of Oz ( 1910 ) John Dough and the Cherub ( 1910 ) The Patchwork Girl of Oz ( 1914 ) The Magic Cloak of Oz ( 1914 ) His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz ( 1914 ) The Wizard of Oz ( 1925 ) The Wizard of Oz ( 1933 ) The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ) Return to Oz ( 1964 ) The Wonderful Land of Oz ( 1969 ) Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde ( 1971 ) Journey Back to Oz ( 1974 ) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 1975 ) The Wiz ( 1978 ) The Wizard of Oz ( 1982 ) Return to Oz ( 1985 ) Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz ( 1987 ) The Dreamer of Oz : The L. Frank Baum Story ( 1990 ) Lion of Oz ( 2000 ) The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz ( 2005 ) Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz ( 2011 ) Dorothy and the Witches of Oz ( 2011 ) After the Wizard ( 2011 ) Oz the Great and Powerful ( 2013 ) Legends of Oz : Dorothy 's Return ( 2014 ) Ozland ( 2014 ) Guardians of Oz ( 2015 ) Tom and Jerry : Back to Oz ( 2016 ) Stage The Wizard of Oz ( 1902 ) The Woggle - Bug ( 1905 ) The Tik - Tok Man of Oz ( 1913 ) The Wizard of Oz ( 1942 ) The Wiz ( 1974 ) The Marvelous Land of Oz ( 1981 ) The Wizard of Oz ( 1987 ) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 2000 ) The Wizard of Oz ( 2011 ) The Woodsman ( 2012 ) Television Tales of the Wizard of Oz ( 1961 ) Off to See the Wizard ( 1967 ) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ( 1986 ) The Wizard of Oz ( 1990 ) The Oz Kids ( 1996 ) Lost in Oz ( 2002 ) Once Upon a Time ( since 2011 ) The Wiz Live ! 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Question: who did the house fall on in the wizard of oz
Answer: The Wicked Witch