Hilda Spellman

Hilda Spellman
Sabrina the Teenage Witch character
Hilda Spellman (center) and Sabrina Spellman (bottom right), from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (volume 2) #31, November 1999. Art by Dan DeCarlo.
First appearance	Archie's Mad House #19 (June 1962)
Portrayed by	Sherry Miller (live-action film) Caroline Rhea (live-action sitcom)
Voiced by	Jane Webb (Filmation series) Caroline Rhea (video game) Melissa Joan Hart (DIC series) Moneca Stori (Secret Life) Tabitha St. Germain (Hub series)
Information
Aliases	TV Hildegard Antoinette Spellman (sitcom; full name)
Gender	Female
Occupation	Witch
Spouse(s)	Comics None TV Drell (ex-fiancee) Will (husband 2002-present)
Significant other(s)	Comics None TV Drell (dated)
Relatives	Comics Sabrina Spellman (niece) Zelda Spellman (sister) Ambrose (cousin) TV Great-Granny (great-grandmother) Sucker hyphen Baffoon (grandmother; deceased) Beulah Spellman (paternal aunt) Dorma Spellman (paternal aunt) Irma Spellman (maternal aunt) Marigold Wiccan (cousin) Mortimer (cousin) Doris (cousin) Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie (cousin) Monty (cousin) Stanislav (cousin) Father Christmas (cousin) Emperor Larry (cousin) Susie (cousin) Pele (cousin) Sabrina Spellman (niece) Vesta Spellman (sister) Sophia Spellman (sister) Zerelda (Zelda) Spellman (sister) Edward "Ted" Spellman (brother) Boyd, Racine and Maw Maw (country cousins)
Nationality	American
Other Information
Powers	A vast range of magical powers, including the ability to time travel, fly and shape-shift, spell-casting, potion-making
Hair Color	Comics Red TV Blonde
Eye Color	Black

Hilda Spellman is a character featured in the Archie comic book Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Hilda is a full witch (as opposed to half or fully mortal) who lives in the fictional town of Greendale (in the 1990s live-action sitcom, Hilda lives in fictional Westbridge, Massachusetts). Hilda lives with her niece Sabrina Spellman, sister Zelda Spellman, and the family cat Salem, a former witch turned into a cat as punishment for his attempt at world domination.

Hilda debuted as "Hilda the Witch" in Archie's Mad House #19 (June 1962) as an ugly witch with dark hair and green skin. She was featured throughout the series in solo stories, as well as the "host" of the comic book (in a role similar to the Crypt-Keeper from the Tales from the Crypt comic book series). During her early appearances in Archie's Mad House, she was not connected to the Sabrina stories. However, a prototype of the "Aunt Hilda" character named "Greta the Fairy Witch Mother" (who debuted in Archie's Mad House #28 and was similar in physical appearance to Hilda the Witch) appeared in early Sabrina stories. Eventually, Hilda the Witch and Greta the Fairy Witch Mother evolved into the Aunt Hilda character in Archie's Mad House #37 (although the Greta character reappeared one last time in Archie's Mad House #45).

Upon becoming Aunt Hilda, the character was depicted as a tall and thin Caucasian woman with red hair. She tended to be short-tempered and more prone to acting like an evil witch. She was the more prominent of Sabrina's two aunts, appearing in more stories than Zelda. In one story, she was stated to be seven hundred years old. Hilda's wardrobe was that of a traditional/stereotypical witch.

Starting in the late 1990s, Hilda's (and Zelda)'s appearances and personalities were revamped to make her more contemporary (as well as match the live-action sitcom's take on the character). In modern stories, Hilda has her trademark orange hair, but appears to be only physically a few years older than Sabrina and dresses in modern fashions.