The National takes a look back at some of television's most famous witches over the years.
Updated: May 04, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Famous witches in TV history
From left: Holly Marie Combs, Rose McGowan, and Alyssa Milano play three sister battle against the forces of evil in Charmed, which ran in the US from 1998 to 2006. Courtesy Spelling Television
Willow Rosenberg, played by actress Alyson Hannigan, in a scene from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Series ran in the US from 1996 until 2003. Courtesy Mutant Enemy
The Worst Witch series is based on the four Worst Witch books by Jill Murphy. It follows the adventures of Mildred Hubble, (Georgina Sherrington) a witch attending Cackles Academy. She’s called the ‘Worst Witch’ because she’s always caught getting into trouble. Courtesy United Productions
Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina the Teenage Witch. A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch. The show ran from 1996 — 2003. Courtesy Viacom Productions
Actress Jessica Lange is shown in a scene from American Horror Story. Prashant Gupta / AP photo
Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang in Smallville, which ran from 2001 to 2011. Courtesy Robbins Productions
Lauren Bowles acts as Holly Cleary in True Blood. The show began in 2008 and is currently still running. Courtesy HBO
Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennet in The Vampire Diaries, which began in 2009 and is still currently airing new episodes. Courtesy of Warner Bros Television