Six Red-Haired Witches

Awesome this would fall on Friday the 13th! One of the more scary assumptions about redheads in the days o’ yore was that red hair marked an individual as evil in some way: one specific fear was that redheaded women were witches. (Of course we are.) So here, in no particular order, are six red-haired witches from popular media, as well as a little bonus.

 

Endora

Endora (no revealed last name) was the mother of the main character Samantha on the show Bewitched. She was the antagonist of most episodes of the show. (actress Agnes Moorehead)

Glinda

Glinda was the Good Witch of the South in the book The Wizard of Oz, though she was the Good Witch of the North in the movie version. In the book she wore white; I found the movie’s pink princess poof a rather unfortunate choice for a redhead. (actress Billie Burke)

Willow

Willow Rosenberg was part of the ensemble of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer tv and comic series. She becomes a witch throughout the tv show, as well as a best friend for Buffy. (actress Alyson Hannigan)

Paige

Paige Matthews is a half-sister character brought into the series Charmed to replace Prue when she dies. She is only a redhead in the fifth and sixth seasons of the show. (actress Rose McGowan)

Gillian

Gillian Owens is the wild-child foil to her more conservative sister in the movie Practical Magic. (Also was a book.) Good-hearted but reckless. (actress Nicole Kidman)

Jane

Jane Spofford (last name was Smart in the book) is one of three women in the movie The Witches of Eastwick. She is a music teacher who winds up seduced by a Satan character into letting her hair down and playing with supernatural powers. (actress Susan Sarandon)

 

Witch Hazel

Witch Hazel is the green-faced witch in the Looney Tunes series. She gets an honorable mention here since in the episode “Broom-stick Bunny” she accidentally drinks a beautifying potion and turns, to her horror, into a pin-up style redhead. (voiced by June Foray)