30 Years of Brilliance: 1930-1959
| 1) |  | Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) From The Wizard of Oz She's mean, nasty, and looks the part - she's ugly as sin with a green face. She even has warts and the hat to complete the wardrobe. Full of jealousy and hatefulness, this woman is bent on causing chaos wherever she can. |
| 2) |  | Mr. Potter (Lionel Barrymore) From Its A Wonderful Life From his owlish stare to his wretched comb-over to his brutal put-downs of poor fiscal rival George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) the grasping old miser Mr. Potter remains the archetype for robber-baron arrogance. |
| 3) |  | The Queen/Wicked Stepmother (Lucille La Verne) From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Consumed by vanity and jealousy, the Queen was willing to go to any and all lengths to be the "fairest of them all." Would you have someone killed just because they were prettier than you are? Nice lady. |
| 4) |  | Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton) From Mutiny on the Bounty Pressganged conscripts sailing for Tahiti buckle under the harsh treatment given by cruel Captain William Bligh. Bligh's abuses of power, includea brutal floggings one of which results in the death of the sick old ship's doctor and finally inspire a mutiny on the return voyage, |
| 5) |  | Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) From All About Eve Aspiring actress Eve Harrington talks her way into the lives of leading Broadway actress Margo Channing (Bette Davis) and turns into a spiteful viper. |
| 6) |  | Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) From White Heat, Gang leader Cody Jarrett, a cold-blooded killer who runs his gang of thieves with an iron fist and a blazing pistol. Jarrett's migraine attacks and insane rages clearly equate his mental condition and his sociopathic profession. |
| 7) |  | Reverend Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) From The Night of the Hunter Powell is a righteous avenging angel doin’ the Good Lord’s duty. As well as his major sexual hangups he doesn’t see any problem with robbing and murdering widows to finance his work: It’s God who delivers them to him. |
| 8) |  | Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson) From Rebecca The malevolent and mean-spirited housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers,her body ramrod stiff in her black starched dress. She is obsessively devoted to the dead first Mrs. DeWinter and works murderously like a slow poison on the second. |
| 9) |  | Count Dracula (Béla Lugosi) From Dracula The iconic and bloodthirsty horror legend brought to life by the sinister Bela Lugosi. |
| 10) |  | J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) From Sweet Smell of Success The ruthless world of a powerful and evil New York columnist used to getting his own way. |
