Hamilton was a regular parishioner of the Presbyterian church. A former schoolteacher, she worked as a character actress in films for seven years before she was offered the role that defined her public image. Margaret Hamilton The Movie Database (TMDB) In 1986 Margaret founded the company Hamilton Technologies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [14] The SAGE Project was an extension of Project Whirlwind, started by MIT to create a computer system that could predict weather systems and track their movements using simulators. This brilliant mathematician, systems engineer, and computational scientist, was Director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. "Margaret Hamilton, 82, Dies; Played Wicked Witch In 'Oz', "Ah, The Songs of Long Ago! On August 17, 1936, Margaret Hamilton (ne Heafield) was born to Kenneth Heafield and Ruth Esther Heafield in Paoli, Indiana. [22][16] Another part of her team designed and developed the systems software. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Margaret Hamilton Full Biography | Broadway World UConnToday, 23 April 2013. In the early 1960s Hamilton joined MITs Lincoln Laboratory, where she was involved in the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) project, the first U.S. air defense system. Her Code Got Humans on the MoonAnd Invented Software Itself Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world; there was no choice but to be pioneers. With the intention of pursuing graduate studies, Margaret moved to Massachusetts. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2018-2023, All Rights Reserved Super Stars Bio. It was a memorable day when one of the most respected hardware gurus explained to everyone in a meeting that he agreed with me that the process of building software should also be considered an engineering discipline, just like with hardware. Margaret Hamilton, the actress whose role as the cackling Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz unnerved generations of children, died yesterday, apparently of a heart attack, at a nursing home in Salisbury, Connecticut. Her family later moved to Michigan and Hamilton attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, for a time. "[13] She appeared as herself in three episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, between 1975 and 1976, because Fred Rogers wanted his viewers to recognize the Wicked Witch was just a character and not something to be afraid of. Mutual respect was across the board. (Apollo 13 aborted before landing due to an explosion in the command module's service area.). For her work during this period, Hamilton has been credited with popularizing the concept of software engineering. Danko made the fiery entrance to Munchkinland, not Hamilton. Margaret Brainard Hamilton (December 9, 1902 - May 16, 1985) was an American movie actress. There was no second chance. It was an ongoing joke for a long time. According to MIT, this was the first air defense system for the country and helped to push forward digital computing in the 1950s and 1960s. [38] Paul Curto, senior technologist who nominated Hamilton for a NASA Space Act Award, called Hamilton's work "the foundation for ultra-reliable software design".[23].
