Lillian Leighton (Auroraville, Wisconsin, 17 de maig de 1874 − Woodland Hills, (Los Angeles), 19 de març de 1956) va ser una actriu de teatre i vodevil que posteriorment inicià una carrera cinematogràfica com actriu secundària i incidentalment com a guionista sobretot durant l'època de cinema mut.
Biografia Lillian Brown Leighton va néixer a Wisconsin el 1874 i s'inicia en el món del periodisme. La seva experiència literària l'ajudà en el moment en què, al dedicar-se a la interpretació en el teatre i en el vodevil, fes diferents gires amb guions escrits per ella mateixa i creant la seva pròpia companyia. Va començar la seva carrera cinematogràfica el 1910 a la Selig de Chicago, i ben aviat es trobà interpretant mares, cuineres o matrones en curtmetratges d'una o dues bobines com “His First Long Trousers” (1911), “Getting Married” (1911), “Mistaken Identity” (1912) o “Murray the Masher” (1912). També va participar en una sèrie de pel·lícules sobre The Katzenjammer Kids creats a les seves tires de còmic per Rudolph Dirks, com “They Go Tobogganing” (1912) o “Unwilling Scholars” (1912), en les que interpretava el rol de la mare.
Quan la Selig es traslladà a Califòrnia, l'actriu anà cap allà participant en el serial còmic “The Chronicles of Bloom Center” (1915) en el que interpretava Mrs. Plum. En acabar-se el serial passar a treballar breument per a Vogue Comedies abans de signar per E & R Jungle Film Company en la que interpretaria la protagonista humana de les pel·lícules dels simis Napoleon i Sally com “Some Detective!” (1916) o “Uncle’s Little Ones” (1916). Posteriorment passaria a treballar per a la companyia de Jesse L. Lasky que més tard esdevindria la Paramount. Allà treballaria en diferents pel·lícules de Cecil B. DeMille, Allan Dwan o James Cruze en pel·lícules com “Joan the Woman” (1916), “Male and Female” (1919). "Forbidden Fruit " (1921) o Is Matrimony a Failure? " (1922). Amb l'arribada del sonor va continuar treballant però es retirà poc després treballant ocasionalment com a extra els darrers anys. Durant la seva carrera, Leighton va participar en unes 250 pel·lícules, i va escriure també tres guions. Grassa i de, 1,61 d'alçada, se li van donar sovint papers de personatges amb connotacions negatives, com la dolenta de la història. Lillian Leighton va morir als 81 anys el 19 de març de 1956 a la residència d'actors de Woodland Hills.
Filmografia Actriu
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) The Warrant (1911) A Fair Exchange (1911) A New York Cowboy (1911) A Tennessee Love Story (1911) The Wheels of Justice (1911) The Two Orphans (1911) How They Stopped the Run on the Bank (1911) His Better Self (1911) His First Long Trousers (1911) Getting Married (1911) The Plumber (1911) Brown of Harvard (1911) A Counterfeit Santa Claus (1911) Paid Back (1911) Busy Day at the Selig General Office (1911) Cinderella (1912) The Girl He Left Behind (1912) The Hypnotic Detective (1912) The Little Match Seller (1912) In Little Italy (1912) The Brotherhood of Man (1912) The Other Woman (1912) The Katzenjammer Kids (1912) The Stronger Mind (1912) They Go Toboganning (1912) They Plan a Trip to Germany (1912) They Entertain Company (1912) They Go to School (1912) The Part of Her Life (1912) School Days (1912) Mistaken Identity (1912) Unwilling Scholars (1912) [he Arrival of Cousin Otto (1912) Murray the Masher (1912) The Pennant Puzzle (1912) The Three Valises (1912) A Detective's Strategy (1912) The Borrowed Umbrella (1912) Bread Upon the Waters (1912) An International Romance (1912) My Wife's Bonnet (1912) Where Love Is, There God Is Also (1912) Tempted by Necessity (1912) The Awakening (1912) Where Love Is, There God Is Also (1912) The Fire Cop (1912) A Near-Sighted Cupid (1912) Steak and Onions (1913) A Curious Family (1913) Prompted by Jealousy (1913) The Cowboy Editor (1913) The Clue (1913) Poison Ivy (1913) The Empty Studio (1913) Sweeney and the Million (1913) The Collector of Pearls (1913) The Fugitive (1913) Turn Him Out (1913) Cured of Her Love]' (1913) A Midnight Bell (1913) Sweeney and the Fairy (1913) The Gold Brick (1913) A Jolt for the Janitor (1913) Sweeney's Dream (1913) Two Artists and One Suit of Clothes (1913) Henrietta's Hair (1913) Borrowing Trouble (1913) The Tide of Destiny (1913) The Quality of Mercy (1913) A Message from Home (1913) The Cipher Message (1913) The College Chaperone (1913) The Old vs. the New (1914) Bringing Up Hubby (1914) King Baby's Birthday (1914) The Speedway of Despair (1914) The Story of Venus (1914) The Story of Cupid (1914) Red Head Introduces Herself (1914) Red Head and Ma's Suitors (1914) The Mother of Seven (1914) Two Girls (1914) The Taint of Madness (1914) Castles in the Air (1914) Somebody's Sister (1914) The Captain's Chair (1914) The Empty Sleeve]' (1914) Did She Cure Him? (1914) The Substitute Heir (1914) The Jungle Samaritan (1914) When a Woman's 40 (1914) The Decision of Jim O'Farrell (1914) The Harbor of Love (1914) Oh! Look Who's Here! (1914) You Never Can Tell (1914) The Man Hater (1914) The Tonsorial Leopard Tamer (1914) At the Transfer Corner (1914) No Wedding Bells for Her (1914) Cupid Turns the Tables (1914) [he Mysterious Black Box (1914) A Surprise Party (1914) One Kiss (1914) The Tail of a Coat (1914) No Wedding for Her (1914) Bringing Up Baby (1914) Wipe Yer Feet (1915) The Strenuous Life (1915) She Wanted to Be a Widow (1915) The Lady Killer (1915) Why Billings Was Late (1915) The Clam-Shell Suffragettes (1915) Two Women and One Hat (1915) Man Overboard (1915) At the Mask Ball (1915) The Strategist (1915) The Onion Patch (1915) The Awful Adventures of an Aviator (1915) The Chronicles of Bloom Center (1915) Landing the Hose Reel (1915) Shoo Fly (1915) A Thing or Two in Movies (1915 Perkin's Pep Producer (1915) When the Circus Came to Town (1916) Small Town Stuff (1916) Apple Butter (1916) He Thought He Went to War (1916) Some Detective! (1916) Napoleon and Sally (1916) Haunted (1916) The Grasp of Greed (1916) Uncle's Little Ones (1916) Witchcraft (1916) The Plow Girl (1916) Joan the Woman (1916) Betty to the Rescue (1917) Castles for Two (1917) The Prison Without Walls (1917) Over the Garden Wall (1917) No Place Like Home (1917) The Tides of Barnegat (1917) Mr. Bingo, the Bachelor (1917) Everybody Was Satisfied (1917) Freckles (1917) Romance and Roses (1917) Bill and the Bearded Lady (1917) The Little American (1917) The Hostage (1917) I Hear Her Calling Me (from the Heart of Africa) (1917) The Ghost House (1917) The Devil-Stone (1917) In After Years (1917) Old Wives for New (1918) Till I Come Back to You (1918) Her Country First (1918) The Road Through the Dark (1918) A Lady's Name (1918) The Married Virgin (1918) Secret Service (1919) Men, Women, and Money (1919) Louisiana (1919) Poor Relations (1919) Male and Female (1919) A Girl Named Mary (1919) Peg o' My Heart (1919) All of a Sudden Peggy (1920) Thou Art the Man (1920) The Dancin' Fool (1920) The Thirtieth Piece of Silver (1920) The House of Toys]' (1920) The Week-End (1920) The Jack-Knife Man (1920) What Happened to Jones (1920) The Prince Chap (1920) The Barbarian (1920) A City Sparrow (1920) Held by the Enemy (1920) A Full House (1920) Her Beloved Villain (1920) Midsummer Madness (1920) Forbidden Fruit (1921) Peck's Bad Boy (1921) The Lost Romance (1921) Crazy to Marry (1921) The Girl from God's Country (1921) Under the Lash (1921) Love Never Dies (1921) Rent Free (1922) The Lane That Had No Turning (1922) Red Hot Romance (1922) Tillie (1922) Saturday Night (1922) Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922) Wasted Lives (1923) Crinoline and Romance (1923) The Grub Stake (1923) Only 38 (1923) Hollywood (1923) Ruggles of Red Gap (1923) The Eternal Three (1923) The Call of the Canyon (1923) Phantom Justice (1924) Code of the Sea (1924) The Bedroom Window (1924) The Mine with the Iron Door (1924) $50,000 Reward (1924) Code of the West (1925) Contraband (1925) The Thundering Herd (1925) Go Straight (1925) Parisian Love (1925) In the Name of Love (1925) Tumbleweeds (1925) Sweet Adeline (1926) Your Husband's Past (1926) Torrent (1926) Sandy (1926) The False Alarm (1926) Be Your Age (1926) Lovers? (1927) California (1927) The Frontiersman (1927) By Whose Hand? (1927) The Fair Co-Ed (1927) Flaming Fathers (1927) Blow by Blow (1928) Fair and Muddy (1928) The Grand Parade (1930) The Last Dance (1930) Call of the Flesh (1930) Scarlet Pages (1930) Feet First (1930) The Great Meadow (1931) Subway Express (1931) The Fighting Sheriff (1931) Sweepstakes (1931) The Sign of the Cross (1932) The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) The Sphinx (1933) The Man from Monterey (1933) Secret Sinners (1933) Cleopatra (1934) There's Always Tomorrow (1934) The Painted Veil (1934) Behold My Wife! (1934) Let 'em Have It (1935) College Scandal (1935) Two Fisted (1935) Whipsaw (1935) Millions in the Air (1935) Small Town Girl (1936) Trapped by Television (1936) Bad Guy (1937)
Guionista The Awakening (1912) Sweeney's Dream (1913) The Love of Loti San (1915) Uncle's Little Ones'' (1916)
Referències
Enllaços externs Filmografia de Lillian Leighton al catàleg de l'American Film Institute
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