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Halloween: Best Witches From Macbeth To Snow White & The Wizard Of Oz (PICTURES)

The Hex Factor: The Top Ten Best Witches
Sara C Nelson
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Whether she's zipping past a full moon atop a broomstick, threatening Judy Garland or proffering scarlet apples to a fresh-faced Disney innocent, witches are all around us in popular culture.

And from Shakespeare to Cher, there are plenty to choose from.

Here are some of our favourites.

Best witches
Macbeth(01 of10)
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Thanks to William Shakespeare, whenever three women convene they are contractually obliged to recite: "Double,double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." (credit:Getty)
The Wicked Witch of the West(02 of10)
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'What a world! What a world!': This green-faced harridan was no match for a gingham-clad Judy Garland. (credit:Getty)
Samantha Stephens in Bewitched(03 of10)
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A domestic slant on sorcery. (credit:Getty)
The Craft (04 of10)
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Basically Mean Girls with witchcraft. Blessed be! (credit:Getty)
The Witches of Eastwick(05 of10)
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Cher gets to be a bitch as well as a witch when she tells Jack Nicholson he is "Physically repulsive, intellectually retarded, morally reprehensible, vulgar, insensitive, stupid and selfish," (...and then tumbles into his bed.) (credit:AP)
The Witches(06 of10)
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The sight and sound of Angelica Huston hissing: "Ladies. You may remove your wigs! You may remove your gloves!" is truly spine-chilling. (credit:The Jim Henson Company)
The Chronicles of Narnia(07 of10)
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Quite simply, Tilda Swinton was born to play the part of Jadis, the White Witch. (credit:Walt Disney Pictures)
The Little Mermaid(08 of10)
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Come on... everyone preferred Ursula's throaty rendition of Poor Unfortunate Souls to Ariel's plaintive Part of Your World... right? (credit:Walt Disney Pictures)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(09 of10)
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Hag-like appearance, check. Poisoned apple, check. Wart on nose, check. She ticks all the boxes. (credit:Walt Disney Productions)
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves(10 of10)
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The Sheriff of Nottingham's draggy, haggy sidekick Mortianna has a fatal encounter with Azeem's sword. (credit:Warner Bros)
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