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Poll: The Most Memorable Female Villain

A poll by Breumaster
Since film business established in society as a cultural achievement, there were many bad male villains to push a story forward with shockingly bad deeds and conspiracies. Since then, some times women also lost their innocence on screen and rushed up the mountain of malignancy. Some of them did very well.

Which of these actresses performed the evil, mean, devious, despicable, malignant, or brutal character the best?

Discuss it here.

Results of 637 votes:

  1. 1.

    Kathy Bates in Misery (1990)

     
    Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes
  2. 2.

    Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

     
    Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched
  3. 3.

    Margaret Hamilton in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

     
    Margaret Hamilton as The Wicked Witch of the West
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