Lillian Leighton
Lillianne Brown Leighton (May 17, 1874 – March 19, 1956), known professionally as Lillian Leighton, was an American silent film actress. Leighton started her career in Chicago.
Leighton was born in Auroraville, Wisconsin, on May 17, 1874. She was a performer on stage and in vaudeville before she began working in films. She portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910).
She was signed in 1910 and starred in over 200 films before her retirement in 1940. Leighton died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California on March 19, 1956, at the age of 81.
Acted in
Whipsaw
1935
as Aunt Jane
Two-Fisted
1935
as Mrs. Mason
There's Always Tomorrow
1934
as Flower peddler
Secret Sinners
1933
as Mrs. Simmons
The Man from Monterey
1933
as Juanita
The Sphinx
1933
as Mother Werner
Sweepstakes
1931
as Ma Clancy
The Fighting Sheriff
1931
as Aunt Sally (as Lilliane Leighton)
Subway Express
1931
as Mrs. Mary Mullins (as Julianne Leighton)
Feet First
1930
as Mrs. Tanner
The Grand Parade
1930
as Madam Stitch
Flaming Fathers
1927
as Mama Gimplewart
The Fair Co-Ed
1927
as Housekeeper
The Frontiersman
1927
as Mrs. Andrew Jackson
California
1927
as Duenna
Be Your Age
1926
as Mrs. Schwartzkopple
Sandy
1926
as Isabel McNeil
Torrent
1926
as Isabella
Sweet Adeline
1926
as Adeline's Ma
Tumbleweeds
1925
as Widow Riley
In the Name of Love
1925
as Mother Dufrayne
Parisian Love
1925
as Frouchard
Go Straight!
1925
as Gilda's Aunt
Code of the West
1925
as Ma Thurman
The Thundering Herd
1925
as Mrs. Clark Hudnall
$50,000 Reward
1924
as Mrs. Miller
Code of the Sea
1924
as Mrs. McDow
The Call of the Canyon
1923
as Mrs. Hutter
Ruggles of Red Gap
1923
as Ma Pettingill
Hollywood
1923
as Lillian Leighton
Only 38
1923
as Mrs. Peters
The Grub Stake
1923
Crinoline and Romance
1923
as Abigail
Red Hot Romance
1922
as Mammy
Tillie
1922
as Sarah Oberholtzzer
Saturday Night
1922
as Mrs. Ferguson
Rent Free
1922
as Maria Tebbs
Love Never Dies
1921
as Mrs. Cavanaugh
Under the Lash
1921
as Tant Anna Vanderberg
The Girl from God's Country
1921
as Notawa
Crazy to Marry
1921
as Sarah De Morgan
The Lost Romance
1921
as Matilda
The Barbarian
1921
as Redwing
Peck's Bad Boy
1921
as Mrs. George W. Peck - Henry's Ma
Midsummer Madness
1921
as Caretaker's Wife
Held by the Enemy
1920
as Clarissa
A City Sparrow
1920
as Ma Ennis
What Happened to Jones
1920
as Matilda Brown
The Jack-Knife Man
1920
as Widow Potter
The Dancin' Fool
1920
as Ma Budd
Male and Female
1919
Secret Service
1919
as Martha
A Lady's Name
1918
as Mrs. Haines
The Married Virgin
1918
as Anne Mullins, the Maid
The Road Through the Dark
1918
as Louise Jardee
Her Country First
1918
as Lena - the Cook
Till I Come Back to You
1918
as Margot
Old Wives for New
1918
as Maid
The Devil Stone
1917
as Berthe
The Hostage
1917
as Marienka
The Little American
1917
as Angela's Great Aunt
Freckles
1917
The Prison Without Walls
1917
Castles for Two
1917
as Brian's Sister
Joan the Woman
1916
as Isambeau
The Grasp of Greed
1916
Napoleon and Sally
1916
The Awful Adventures of an Aviator
1915
The Cipher Message
1913
as Mrs. Kent
Sweeney's Dream
1913
as Mrs. Sweeney
The Gold Brick
1913
as Mrs. Till
A Jolt for the Janitor
1913
as Hilda
The Fire Cop
1912
as Maggy Brannigan
The Awakening
1912
as Mrs. Thomas Williams
Tempted by Necessity
1912
as Mrs. Tubbs
Bread Upon the Waters
1912
as Mrs. James Preston
A Detective's Strategy
1912
as Izette
The Three Valises
1912
as Mrs. Reilly - the Housekeeper
The Wheels of Justice
1911
as Mrs. Allen Courtright
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1910
as Union Enforcer