Lillian Leighton - Actress

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Leighton (left) with Margarita Fischer inThe Thirtieth Piece of Silver, 1920

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Saturday 08, March 2025, 16;00.
Lillian Leighton - Actress

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About:

Lillian Leighton: Born - Lillianne Leighton Brown, May 17, 1874, Auroraville, Wisconsin, U.S.

Died March 19, 1956 (aged 81), Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Occupation Actress

Years active 1910–1940

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Leighton in December 1915

Introduction:

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.

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Selected filmography:

Year Title Role Notes

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1910 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Union Enforcer Undetermined

1911 Brown of Harvard Mrs. Kenyon

1913 Truth in the Wilderness


1916 The Grasp of Greed


1917 Joan the Woman Isambeau

1917 Castles for Two Brian's Sister

1917 The Little American Angela's Great Aunt Uncredited

1917 The Devil-Stone


1918 Old Wives for New Maid

1918 The Married Virgin Anne Mullins, the Maid Alternate title: Frivolous Wives

1918 Till I Come Back to You Margot

1919 Poor Relations Ma Perkins

1919 A Girl Named Mary Hannah

1920 The Dancin' Fool Ma Budd

1920 Thou Art the Man Cook

1920 The Week-End Mrs. James Corbin

1920 The Jack-Knife Man Widow Potter

1920 Held by the Enemy Clarissa

1921 Midsummer Madness Caretaker's Wife

1921 Peck's Bad Boy Mrs. George W. Peck - Henry's Ma

1921 Crazy to Marry Sarah De Morgan Alternate title: Three Miles Out

1921 Love Never Dies Mrs. Cavanaugh

1921 Under the Lash Tant Anna Vanderberg Alternate title: The Shulamite

1922 Saturday Night Mrs. Ferguson

1923 The Eternal Three Housekeeper

1923 Ruggles of Red Gap Ma Pettengil

1923 The Call of the Canyon Mrs. Hutter

1924 Code of the Sea Mrs. McDow

1924 The Mine with the Iron Door


1925 Go Straight Gilda's Aunt

1926 Torrent Mrs. Ferguson

1926 Be Your Age Mrs. Schwartzkopple

1933 The Man from Monterey Juanita

1933 Secret Sinners Mrs. Simmons



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