# Lillian Leighton

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

* 1 2 Ellenberger, Allan R. Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory (en anglès). McFarland, 2001-05-01, p. 197. ISBN 978-0-7864-5019-0.
* 1 2 3 Massa, Steve. Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy (en anglès). BearManor Media, p. 1970.
* ↑ Massa, Steve. Rediscovering Roscoe: The Films of “Fatty” Arbuckle (en anglès). BearManor Media.
* ↑ Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses (en anglès). McFarland, 2015-05-20, p. 206. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8.

## Enllaços externs

* Filmografia de Lillian Leighton al catàleg de l'American Film Institute