Lillian Leighton (1874–1956)

Actress | Writer

Lillian Leighton was born on May 17, 1874 in Auroraville, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress and ...

Born: May 17, 1874
Died: March 19, 1956 (age 81)

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Filmography

Known For

Parisian Love Frouchard (1925)
Secret Service Martha (1919)
Ruggles of Red Gap Ma Pettingill (1923)
Known For

Castles for Two Brian's Sister (1917)
Actress

Bad Guy Bess - Kitty's Landlady (1937)
Trapped by Television Mrs. Leary, Apartment House Landlady (1936)
Small Town Girl Mrs. Pruitt (1936)
Millions in the Air Fat Lady (1935)
Whipsaw Aunt Jane (1935)
Two Fisted Mrs. Mason (1935)
College Scandal Fat Lady (1935)
Let 'em Have It Irish Woman (1935)
Behold My Wife! Neighbor (1934)
The Painted Veil German Teacher (1934)
There's Always Tomorrow Daffodil Seller (1934)
Cleopatra Onlooker at Procession (1934)
Secret Sinners Mrs. Simmons (1933)
The Man from Monterey Juanita (1933)
The Sphinx Mother Werner (1933)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen Missionary (1932)
The Sign of the Cross Woman Getting Gold for Cup (1932)
Sweepstakes Ma Clancy (1931)
The Fighting Sheriff Aunt Sally (1931)
Subway Express Mrs. Mary Mullins (1931)
The Great Meadow Pioneer Woman at Fort (1931)
Feet First Mrs. Tanner (1930)
Scarlet Pages Mrs. Murphy (1930)
Call of the Flesh Shawl Vendor (1930)
The Last Dance Ma Kelly (1930)
The Grand Parade Madam Stitch (1930)
Fair and Muddy Mrs. Amanda Schultz (1928)
Blow by Blow Mother (1928)
Flaming Fathers Mama Gimplewart (1927)
The Fair Co-Ed Housekeeper (1927)
By Whose Hand? Silly McShane (1927)
The Frontiersman Mrs. Andrew Jackson (1927)
California Duenna (1927)
Lovers? Doña Mercedes (1927)
Be Your Age Mrs. Schwartzkopple (1926)
The False Alarm Mrs. Flannigan (1926)
Sandy Isabel McNeil (1926)
Torrent Isabella (1926)
Your Husband's Past (1926)
Sweet Adeline Adeline's Ma (1926)
Tumbleweeds Widow Riley (1925)
In the Name of Love Mother Dufrayne (1925)
Parisian Love Frouchard (1925)
Go Straight Gilda's Aunt (1925)
The Thundering Herd Mrs. Clark Hudnall (1925)
Contraband Mrs. Churchill (1925)
Code of the West Ma Thurman (1925)
$50, 000 Reward Mrs. Miller (1924)
The Mine with the Iron Door (1924)
The Bedroom Window Mammy (1924)
Code of the Sea Mrs. McDow (1924)
Phantom Justice Mother Meg (1924)
The Call of the Canyon Mrs. Hutter (1923)
The Eternal Three Housekeeper (1923)
Ruggles of Red Gap Ma Pettingill (1923)
Hollywood Lillian Leighton (1923)
Only 38 Mrs. Peters (1923)
The Grub Stake Dawson Kate (1923)
Crinoline and Romance Abigail (1923)
Wasted Lives Mrs. Jonathan Adams (1923)
Is Matrimony a Failure? Martha Saxby (1922)
Tillie Sarah Oberholtzzer (1922)
Saturday Night Mrs. Ferguson (1922)
Red Hot Romance Mammy (1922)
The Lane That Had No Turning Marie (1922)
Rent Free Maria Tebbs (1922)
Love Never Dies Mrs. Cavanaugh (1921)
Under the Lash Tant Anna Vanderberg (1921)
The Girl from God's Country Notawa (1921)
Crazy to Marry Sarah De Morgan (1921)
The Lost Romance Matilda (1921)
The Barbarian Redwing (1921)
Peck's Bad Boy Mrs. George W. Peck - Henry's Ma (1921)
Forbidden Fruit Mrs. Mallory's Second Maid (1921)
Midsummer Madness Caretaker's Wife (1920)
Her Beloved Villain Madame Poulard (1920)
Held by the Enemy Clarissa (1920)
A Full House Mrs. Fleming (1920)
A City Sparrow Ma Ennis (1920)
The Prince Chap Aunt (1920)
What Happened to Jones Matilda Brown (1920)
The Jack-Knife Man Widow Potter (1920)
The Week-End Mrs. James Corbin (1920)
The House of Toys Aunt Clara (1920)
The Thirtieth Piece of Silver Mignon Brunner (1920)
The Dancin' Fool Ma Budd (1920)
Thou Art the Man Cook (1920)
All of a Sudden Peggy Mrs. O'Mara (1920)
Peg o' My Heart (1919)
A Girl Named Mary Hannah (1919)
Male and Female Mrs. Perkins (1919)
Poor Relations Ma Perkins (1919)
Louisiana Aunt Cassandry (1919)
Secret Service Martha (1919)
Men, Women, and Money Mrs. Weeks (1919)
The Married Virgin Anne Mullins, the Maid (1918)
A Lady's Name Mrs. Haines (1918)
The Road Through the Dark Louise Jardee (1918)
Her Country First Lena - the Cook (1918)
Till I Come Back to You Margot (1918)
Old Wives for New Maid (1918)
In After Years Her Sister (1917)
The Devil-Stone Berthe (1917)
The Ghost House Mary Ellen Clancy (1917)
I Hear Her Calling Me (from the Heart of Africa) Mrs. Skillman (1917)
The Hostage Marienka (1917)
The Little American Angela's Great Aunt (1917)
Bill and the Bearded Lady (1917)
Romance and Roses (1917)
Freckles Bird Woman (1917)
Everybody Was Satisfied (1917)
Mr. Bingo, the Bachelor (1917)
The Tides of Barnegat Martha Lillian (1917)
No Place Like Home Mother (1917)
Over the Garden Wall Mary Brown (1917)
The Prison Without Walls (1917)
Castles for Two Brian's Sister (1917)
Betty to the Rescue Constance Kenwood (1917)
Joan the Woman Isambeau (1916)
The Plow Girl Stoddard's Mother (1916)
Small Town Stuff Mrs. Plum (1916)
Witchcraft Nokomis (1916)
Uncle's Little Ones Widow Billings (1916)
The Grasp of Greed (1916)
Haunted The Wife (1916)
Napoleon and Sally (1916)
Some Detective! The Widow Farmer (1916)
He Thought He Went to War Dorothy Fairfax (1916)
Apple Butter Mrs. Plum (1916)
When the Circus Came to Town Mrs. Plum (1916)
Perkin's Pep Producer Mrs. Plum (1915)
A Thing or Two in Movies Mrs. Plum (1915)
Shoo Fly Mrs. Plum (1915)
The Chronicles of Bloom Center Mrs. Plum (1915)
Landing the Hose Reel Mrs. Plum (1915)
The Awful Adventures of an Aviator (1915)
The Onion Patch Jane Darrow (1915)
The Strategist Prunella Levy (1915)
At the Mask Ball Mrs. Prettyman (1915)
Man Overboard Mary's Mother (1915)
Two Women and One Hat Mrs. Brown (1915)
The Clam-Shell Suffragettes (1915)
Why Billings Was Late Mrs. Billings (1915)
The Lady Killer (1915)
She Wanted to Be a Widow The Maid (1915)
The Strenuous Life Mrs. Willing - Gladys's Mother (1915)
Wipe Yer Feet Bridget Clancy (1915)
No Wedding for Her (1914)
Bringing Up Baby (1914)
The Tail of a Coat Mother Rose (1914)
One Kiss Daisy Bell (1914)
A Surprise Party Mrs. White (1914)
The Mysterious Black Box Mrs. Fogg (1914)
Cupid Turns the Tables The Rich Widow (1914)
No Wedding Bells for Her Maggie (1914)
At the Transfer Corner Mrs. Stone - Millie's Mother (1914)
The Tonsorial Leopard Tamer Lucinda Snow (1914)
The Man Hater Flora - the Man Hater (1914)
You Never Can Tell (1914)
Oh! Look Who's Here! Mrs. Hawkins (1914)
The Harbor of Love (1914)
The Decision of Jim O'Farrell Ellen Collins (1914)
When a Woman's 40 Lucille's Sister (1914)
The Jungle Samaritan Mrs. Prentice (1914)
The Substitute Heir Aunt Nancy (1914)
Did She Cure Him? Mrs. Jenks - the Wife (1914)
The Empty Sleeve Mrs. Ellis Sr. - John's Mother (1914)
The Captain's Chair (1914)
Somebody's Sister The Mother (1914)
Castles in the Air Mother (1914)
The Taint of Madness (1914)
Two Girls (1914)
The Mother of Seven Mother (1914)
Red Head and Ma's Suitors Ma Murphy (1914)
Red Head Introduces Herself Ma Murphy (1914)
The Story of Cupid (1914)
The Story of Venus (1914)
The Speedway of Despair Mrs. Predmore - Jim's Mother (1914)
King Baby's Birthday The Mother-in-Law (1914)
Bringing Up Hubby Mrs. Smith (1914)
The Old vs. the New (1914)
The College Chaperone Aunt Nellie (1913)
The Cipher Message Mrs. Kent (1913)
A Message from Home Mrs. Trask - Earl's Mother (1913)
The Quality of Mercy Mary Leighton - Emma's Aunt (1913)
The Tide of Destiny (1913)
Borrowing Trouble Mrs. Morton - Peggy's Mother (1913)
Henrietta's Hair Mrs. Pontaneous - the Hair Seller (1913)
Two Artists and One Suit of Clothes 1st Artist's Sweetheart's Mother (1913)
Sweeney's Dream Mrs. Sweeney (1913)
A Jolt for the Janitor Hilda (1913)
The Gold Brick Mrs. Till (1913)
Sweeney and the Fairy Sweeney's Wife (1913)
The Midnight Bell The Widow Gray (1913)
Cured of Her Love Mrs. Reddington - Ruth's Mother (1913)
Turn Him Out Mrs. Mackintosh Moke (1913)
The Fugitive Mrs. Boodle (1913)
The Collector of Pearls Electro - Pearl's Sweetheart (1913)
Sweeney and the Million Mrs. Sweeney (1913)
The Empty Studio Mrs. Casey - the Irish Woman (1913)
Poison Ivy Mrs. Sly - the Country Housewife (1913)
The Clue Mrs. Arnold - Ben's Boss's Wife (1913)
The Cowboy Editor The Town Gossip (1913)
Prompted by Jealousy Detective Martin's Wife (1913)
Steak and Onions Mrs. Stone - the Landlady (1913)
A Curious Family Belle Curious (1913)
A Near-Sighted Cupid Miss Myra Simms (1912)
The Fire Cop Maggy Brannigan (1912)
The Awakening Mrs. Thomas Williams (1912)
Tempted by Necessity Mrs. Tubbs (1912)
Where Love Is, There God Is Also The Apple Woman (1912)
My Wife's Bonnet Mrs. Topknot (1912)
An International Romance Mrs. West - Billy's Mother (1912)
Bread Upon the Waters Mrs. James Preston (1912)
The Borrowed Umbrella Mrs. Smith (1912)
A Detective's Strategy Izette (1912)
The Three Valises Mrs. Reilly - the Housekeeper (1912)
The Pennant Puzzle Mrs. Casey (1912)
Murray the Masher The Old Maid (1912)
The Arrival of Cousin Otto Mrs. Katzenjammer (1912)
Unwilling Scholars Mrs. Katzenjammer (1912)
School Days Mrs. Katzenjammer (1912)
Mistaken Identity Mrs. Wright - the Neighbor (1912)
They Go to School Mrs. Katzenjammer (1912)
The Part of Her Life Mrs. Slaytor (1912)
They Entertain Company Mrs. Katzenjammer (1912)
They Plan a Trip to Germany Mrs. Katzenjammer (1912)
They Go Tobogganing Mrs. Katzenjammer (1912)
The Stronger Mind The Cook (1912)
The Katzenjammer Kids Mrs. Katzenjammer (1912)
The Other Woman Mrs. William Smythe (1912)
The Brotherhood of Man Mrs. Wendell (1912)
In Little Italy Mama Capria (1912)
The Little Match Seller The Grandmother (1912)
The Hypnotic Detective Sarah Dorgan - the Maid (1912)
The Girl He Left Behind Mrs. O'Kelly (1912)
Cinderella The Stepmother (1912)
Busy Day at the Selig General Office (1911)
Paid Back Mrs. Roberts - the Landlady (1911)
A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1911)
Brown of Harvard Mrs. Kenyon (1911)
The Plumber The Cook (1911)
Getting Married Marie Jones - the Modiste (1911)
His First Long Trousers Nora - the Cook (1911)
His Better Self Ma Morse (1911)
How They Stopped the Run on the Bank Miss Sayer (1911)
The Two Orphans La Frochard, The Hag (1911)
The Wheels of Justice Mrs. Allen Courtright (1911)
A Tennessee Love Story Mrs. May (1911)
A New York Cowboy Ma Langley (1911)
A Fair Exchange (1911)
The Warrant The Hotelkeeper (1911)
Actress

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Union Enforcer (1910)
Writer

Uncle's Little Ones (1916)
The Love of Loti San (1915)
Sweeney's Dream (1913)
Writer

The Awakening (1912)
Archive footage

The Little Rascals (1955)

Did You Know

She was to play a role in The Volga Boatmen, being filmed in Rio Vista, California in 1923. She had an argument with director DeMille (she was somewhat uncontrollable) and he threw her off of the picture. This is the reason she has an unidentified ...