To commemorate the season, we gathered together a few of Pittsburgh’s wicked ones for a bewitching photo shoot to pay homage to the cult classic “The Witches of Eastwick”.
We collected their thoughts on the top ten witches from cinema and the top three witches from TV for one spellbinding list.
This Halloween, we encourage you to gather your own coven together, fix yourself a potion and create your own list. It will be cackling fun to see if your ghoulfriends agree with your list. We limited the choices to actual witches and excluded politicians Sara Palin , Ann Coulter and Ms. “I’m not a witch “ Christine O’Donnell. Special thanks to Joe King, Marsha Monster Mellow, Jezebell Bebbington and Blade Mathews for channeling icons: Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cher.
Cinema
10. We kick off this list with the most animated witch of all time and celebrate Ursula the sea with from The Little Mermaid. We think she may be part drag queen.
9. Veronica Lake as Jennifer in “I Married a Witch” & Bette Davis in “My Wicked Step Mother” tie for ninth place. These classics are worth a second look
8. Mabel King as Evilene the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wiz. Don’t nobody bring her no bad news.
7. Irma P. Hall as the voodoo priestess “Minerva” in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
6. Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter series. ( sorry Hermione, you just got schooled!)
5. The Sanderson Sisters from “Hocus Pocus” (We had to count them as one) This classic was panned by critics, but we can’t get enough of Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker and our gay comedy savior Bette Midler.
4. Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, her black cat like performance gives us afterlife as she camps up the Disney classic with one-liners that seethe from her sharp tongue like a bitchy snake.
3. he Witches of Eastwick- Our cover inspiration had to be counted as one witch too, besides how could you choose just one favorite from the stellar cast of Michelle Pfeiffer, Susan Sarandon and Cher?
2. Angelica Houston as the fiercely grotesque Grand High Witch in The Witches.
1. Margot Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West- Hands down the wickedest witch around! All others are green with envy.
Top Three TV
1. Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg from “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” The second gayest witch on TV.
2. Agnes Moorehead as Endora in “Bewitched” our favorite Technicolor witch proved that you don’t have to wear black to be memorable.
3. We gagged over all the women from Miss Robichaux’s Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies in “American Horror Story- Coven” but this season, Jessica Lange put a spell on us!
Honorable Mentions
1. Pittsburgh’s own Sharon Needles- The fiercest witch we all know.
2. Paul Lynde as Uncle Arthur (the gayest witch on TV)
3. Elvira- Mistress of the Night (was she a witch?-does it matter?)
