Lillian Leighton

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.

• Name — Lillian Leighton • Birth Name — Lillianne Leighton Brown • Born — 17 May 1874 • Birthplace — Auroraville, Wisconsin, U.S. • Died — 19 March 1956 • Place of death — Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Other Names — Lyllian Leighton • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1910–1940 • Illustration — Leighton in December 1915

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 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