Lillian Leighton

AKA: Lillian Brown Leighton, Lilliane Leighton, Lillianne Leighton
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1874-05-14

Auroraville, Wisconsin, USA

Biography

Crew Roles

The Awakening
Story
Sweeney's Dream
Writer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {102}

Louise Jardee

1918-11-01 0

The Road Through the Dark

Gabrielle Jardee, daughter of a conservative Parisian family, is in love with an American, John Morgan, who her parents disapprove of. She is sent away from Paris to a small village, where her aunt li ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Clark Hudnall

1925-03-01 0

The Thundering Herd

Story of a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre. ...
Genre :Western

Mrs. Mary Mullins (as Julianne Leighton)

1931-05-01 0

Subway Express

Inspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder of a subway passenger and the usual-and-unusual suspects climb on and off at each stop. ...
Genre :Adventure, Crime, Drama

1916-07-17 0

The Grasp of Greed

En route to Australia, beautiful authoress Alice Gordon (Louise Lovely) is shipwrecked on a desert island in the company of wealthy book publisher John Meeson. Sensing that his days are numbered, and ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Tanner

1930-10-30 6.652

Feet First

An ambitious shoe salesman, Harold, unknowingly meets the boss' daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon. The rest of the film he spends hiding his true circumstances, in the store and later on a ...
Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Allen Courtright

1911-09-14 0

The Wheels of Justice

James Hazen, one-time crook, now wealthy and reformed, is recognized on his wedding day, by a former pal, Florrie Cook, who follows the young couple to Hazen's new home in the country. Hazen has isola ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Duenna

1927-05-07 5

California

"The war with Mexico serves to bring together American officer and Mexican senorita, the former all ardent and the latter defiant because of the fact that their countries are at war. Coincident with t ...
Genre :Western

Sarah De Morgan

1921-08-28 8.5

Crazy to Marry

A doctor who believes he can cure criminals takes on a big challenge. ...
Genre :Comedy

Maria Tebbs

1922-01-01 0

Rent Free

A penniless artist moves into an abandoned house, but is discovered by the daughter of its former owner. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mother Dufrayne

1925-08-10 0

In the Name of Love

Naturalized American Raoul Melnotte travels from Chicago to his native France in search of his childhood sweetheart, Marie Dufrayne. ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Mammy

1922-02-13 0

Red Hot Romance

After his father's death, Roland Stone learns that his will stipulates that he must go to the South American country of Bunkonia and sell life insurance. ...
Genre :Comedy

Widow Riley

1925-12-27 5.9

Tumbleweeds

William S. Hart stars in this 1925 silent film as a cowboy intent on claiming land during the 1889 land rush in the Oklahoma Territory. Though hardened from years of taming the new frontier, he falls ...
Genre :Western, Drama, Romance, Crime

Mrs. Kent

1913-12-01 0

The Cipher Message

Two English crooks, Lionel Verker and his sister, Marie, come to America, where at a seaside resort Lionel makes a heroic rescue by saving Bob Kent, the son of a millionaire, from drowning. He is intr ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Reilly - the Housekeeper

1912-07-29 0

The Three Valises

Jim Allen accidentally finds a valise full of burglars' tools. At the same time he discovers that he has fallen heir to a $10,000 legacy. In order to secure the legacy he must be in a distant city on ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Mrs. James Preston

1912-09-30 0

Bread Upon the Waters

Tim Clancy, an ex-convict, on the day of his release, returns home and is welcomed by his mother and sweetheart. He decides to turn over a new leaf. He applies and secures work at the Ganes shoe facto ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Thomas Williams

1912-10-24 0

The Awakening

Bill Williams, a poor inventor with a large family, suddenly comes into great wealth through the sale of an invention. Sudden affluence turns his head, and he changes at once from the plodding mechani ...
Genre :Drama

Izette

1912-09-23 0

A Detective's Strategy

This picture tells the very human story, or romance, of an unloved wife and mother, who, although possessing wealth and social position, craved the love of her husband. ...
Genre :Drama

Maggy Brannigan

1912-12-02 0

The Fire Cop

Andy Brannigan was a good-natured policeman, large of frame, but limited in nerve. He has, however, been very successful in posing as a hero, and deceives all but his wife, who laughs at him when he t ...
Genre :Drama

Juanita

1933-07-15 4.4

The Man from Monterey

A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers ...
Genre :Action, Western

Mrs. Till

1913-06-19 0

The Gold Brick

Reporter Jones, a hustler, discovers a gold-brick displayed in a jeweler's window and sees a fine "feature story" in trying to sell this real gold-brick to farmers at $2.00 per. ...
Genre :Comedy

Hilda

1913-06-08 0

A Jolt for the Janitor

A comical story of the Flannigan Flats, showing how the janitor got the worst of it when, through his carelessness, water came in through the roof and leaked from one flat to another ...
Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Sweeney

1913-07-16 0

Sweeney's Dream

While many men think they can manage a hotel, a theater, or a newspaper, they are in the minority compared with those low-browed addle-pates who believe they could run the government. ...
Genre :Comedy

Ma Budd

1920-05-02 0

The Dancin' Fool

Sylvester Tibble is a clerk in his uncle's restaurant. Sylvester dreams of becoming a famous dancer and tries to inject a little of the jazz life into his uncle's old-fashioned establishment. When dan ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Union Enforcer

1910-03-24 5.4

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel. ...
Genre :Adventure, Fantasy

1917-03-15 0

The Prison Without Walls

Helen Ainsworth, a young philanthropist, who is interested in a prison reform movement, is engaged to Norman Morris, administrator of the Ainsworth millions and the undiscovered "man higher up," graft ...
Genre :Drama

Marienka

1917-09-10 0

The Hostage

The Highlanders and Lowlanders are sworn enemies until Lieutenant Kemper, the son of Brigadier Kemper, the leader of the militaristic Lowlanders, is held hostage by the Highlanders until his father's ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Lillian Leighton

1923-08-19 8.5

Hollywood

Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing ma ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Gilda's Aunt

1925-04-27 0

Go Straight!

Gilda is a crook who wants to go straight, but her pals keep holding her back. She moves to Hollywood to begin anew but the old gang follows behind. Can she stop them from ruining her new life? ...
Genre :Drama

Madam Stitch

1930-02-02 0

The Grand Parade

No one suffered more magnificently in the early-talkie era than the inimitable Helen Twelvetrees. In Grand Parade, the actress is cast as Molly, the sweetheart of minstrel-show performer Jack Kelly. R ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Isabella

1926-02-21 6.9

Torrent

A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After becoming a ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Adeline's Ma

1926-01-14 0

Sweet Adeline

A shy and sensitive young man is disregarded by his parents and his older brother. Bill becomes jealous and schemes to send his brother away when Ben wins the affections of pretty neighbor Adeline. Be ...
Genre :Drama

Frouchard

1925-08-01 4.6

Parisian Love

Armand and Marie survive in the streets until charitable (and wealthy) scientist Pierre Marcel takes Armand in after a botched robbery. Marie, a fiery Apache, swears revenge on Marcel for taking her l ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Crime

Ma Pettingill

1923-10-07 0

Ruggles of Red Gap

An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life. ...
Genre :Comedy, Western

Widow Potter

1920-07-31 6

The Jack-Knife Man

A dying mother left his child with an old man, but the village people want to take the child away from him because he is too old. ...
Genre :Drama

Housekeeper

1927-10-22 5.5

The Fair Co-Ed

Marion go off to college where she joins the basketball team to be near the coach, Bob. She instantly makes a rival of Betty, who's also interested in Bob. ...
Genre :Comedy

Flower peddler

1934-11-01 8

There's Always Tomorrow

Ignored by his ever-busy wife and children, a middle-aged businessman finds companionship with a former female employee. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Ma Clancy

1931-07-10 4.5

Sweepstakes

A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race. ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Mason

1935-10-03 7

Two-Fisted

A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a drinking problem. ...
Genre :Comedy

Notawa

1921-09-18 0

The Girl from God's Country

A picture of the great outdoors, peppered with the thrills that dreams are made of. ...
Genre :Adventure

1923-02-18 6.3

The Grub Stake

A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine. She takes her ailing father with her, only to discover when she gets there that the gambler ...
Genre :Drama, Adventure, Western

Mrs. McDow

1924-06-02 6

Code of the Sea

Young Bruce McDow tries to live with the specter of his late Father's perceived folly as a Sailor. That led to the loss of a ship and its crew many years earlier. Struggling with his personal demons i ...
Genre :Drama

Lena - the Cook

1918-09-22 0

Her Country First

During World War I, young Dorothy Grant comes home from finishing school and informs her parents that she is going to contribute to the war effort by organizing a "Girls Aviation Corps". She has unifo ...
Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Miller

1924-12-02 5

$50,000 Reward

Tex Sherwood has just come into possession of a valuable piece of land that will be irrigated by a new dam. Banker Holman knowing the deed must be registered the next day, offers a $50,000 reward for ...
Genre :Western

Matilda

1921-05-08 0

The Lost Romance

Dr. Allen Erskine's maiden aunt Elizabeth attempts to save her nephew's floundering marriage by staging the kidnaping of her nephew's son, in the hope that the married couple will be drawn closer toge ...
Genre :Drama

Caretaker's Wife

1921-01-23 1

Midsummer Madness

Because Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson) feels the romance has ebbed away from their marriage. One night, while Meredith is at the office, family f ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Peters

1923-06-17 0

Only 38

The death of her clergyman husband causes Mrs. Stanley, young mother of teenage twins, to change her style of life. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1919-11-23 6.333

Male and Female

When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Mrs. Ferguson

1922-01-29 5.375

Saturday Night

Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to marry the family laundress' daughter Shamrock. Class differences lead to divorces and remarriages. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Isabel McNeil

1926-04-10 0

Sandy

Sandy McNeil adopts strictly unconventional jazz ethics and against the wishes of her parents runs with a fast young set. An auto breakdown after a party places her in a compromising situation, and sh ...
Genre :Drama

1916-05-22 0

Napoleon and Sally

Short animal comedy starring chimpanzees as Napoleon and Sally. ...
Genre :

Bird Woman

1917-05-28 0

Freckles

Freckles, a one-armed orphan tired of being tormented by others runs away eventually finding a place as a watchman in the timber camp, The Limberlost. He falls in love with Angel but feeling unworthy ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Simmons

1933-10-19 5

Secret Sinners

A young, unmarried theatrical couple befriend an out-of-work housekeeper and introduce her to another new acquaintance, a man of means, unaware that he is married and going through a messy divorce. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Mrs. Andrew Jackson

1927-06-11 0

The Frontiersman

John Dale and Abner Hawkins are members of Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Militia, assigned to make peace with the Creek Indian tribe in general and the treacherous White Snake in particular. ...
Genre :Western

Mrs. Schwartzkopple

1926-11-13 5.2

Be Your Age

Charley needs $10,000 right away. Mrs. Schwartzkopple has inherited $2 million from her late husband and wants to marry a younger man. Mr. Blaylock, her attorney, sees a way to solve both their proble ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mama Gimplewart

1927-12-17 5.2

Flaming Fathers

Papa Gimplewart chaperones his daughter and her "steady" during a beach adventure. ...
Genre :Comedy

Redwing

1921-04-29 0

The Barbarian

Elliot Straive is a college professor who has left the evils of civilization behind to raise his son Eric in the purity of the Canadian wilderness. James Heatherton sends Mark Grant to get the mining ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Cavanaugh

1921-11-11 5.6

Love Never Dies

John and Tilly's happy marriage is ruined when Tilly's father finds out about the scandalous past of John's mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law's meddling, thinks Tilly has left him, and he lea ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. George W. Peck - Henry's Ma

1921-04-21 3.5

Peck's Bad Boy

This portrayal of small town life before the War is based on a small boys determination to get to see the circus, over all obstacles. Escaped lions, lightheaded blackmail of his father, and playfully ...
Genre :Comedy

Anne Mullins, the Maid

1918-12-01 5.6

The Married Virgin

In order to save her wealthy father from disgrace and a possible prison sentence, a daughter agrees to marry the gigolo who's been blackmailing him... ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Maid

1918-05-18 6.5

Old Wives for New

Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Mother Werner

1933-06-01 4.6

The Sphinx

A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was leaving the scene of the crime. The police must det ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery

Isambeau

1916-12-25 5.6

Joan the Woman

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives. ...
Genre :History, Drama, Adventure

Angela's Great Aunt

1917-07-12 6.3

The Little American

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand. ...
Genre :Drama, War, Romance

Aunt Sally (as Lilliane Leighton)

1931-05-15 0

The Fighting Sheriff

A dying Jack makes Bob and Flash promise not to tell his sister that he was an outlaw. When Bob confronts Flash with his muffler found at the stage holdup, Flash tells Mary that Bob killed her brother ...
Genre :Western

Brian's Sister

1917-03-05 6

Castles for Two

An American heiress who goes to Ireland meets a bankrupt lord. She switches places with her maid to avoid fortune hunters. ...
Genre :Drama

1915-09-03 5

The Awful Adventures of an Aviator

Amateur aviator Harold McNutt's hopes of taking flight result in an escalating series of high jinks. ...
Genre :Comedy

Abigail

1923-02-05 0

Crinoline and Romance

Genre :Comedy

Ma Thurman

1925-04-06 0

Code of the West

Cal Thurman, a timid fellow, thinking that the woman he is to meet at the train station is an old maid, avoids her when he finds that she is a pretty young woman who flirts with the cowboys. He finall ...
Genre :Western

Martha

1919-06-15 0

Secret Service

Lewis Dumont, a Northern officer in the American Civil War, works undercover behind Confederate lines in an attempt to lead Southern forces away from an area in which a Northern attack is planned. But ...
Genre :Drama, War

Mrs. Haines

1918-12-10 0

A Lady's Name

Bright young novelist Mabel Vere is engaged to Gerald Wantage, a prig who angrily objects when she advertises for a husband in order to elicit ideas for her new book. Mabel's roommate, Maud Bray, a ph ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Aunt Jane

1935-12-18 6.2

Whipsaw

Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goe ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Matilda Brown

1920-08-08 0

What Happened to Jones

Heeding the pleas of Bobbie Brown, Jimmie Jones packs his trunk full of liquor to present to his desperate friend and hops on a train. Upon his arrival, Jones discovers that his cargo has been purloin ...
Genre :Comedy

Clarissa

1920-10-24 0

Held by the Enemy

During the Civil War, Rachel Hayne, a young widow, is among those "held by the enemy" when her old family home is within the lines occupied by the Northern troops. Protected by Colonel Prescott from l ...
Genre :Drama

Berthe

1917-12-16 0

The Devil Stone

Fishermaid Marcia Manot finds an emerald which once belonged to a Norse queen and is cursed. Greedy American Silas Martin marries her, then sets her up for divorce. She kills him and weds his business ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Sarah Oberholtzzer

1922-01-30 0

Tillie

Tillie Getz, the eldest daughter of Jacob Getz, a brutal, driving father, lives in a Pennsylvania Mennonite village. Her Mennonite aunt leaves a will by the terms of which Tillie will inherit a small ...
Genre :Drama

Margot

1918-08-25 5.7

Till I Come Back to You

Yvonne von Krutz, a Belgian, lives with her German husband Karl, whom she was forced to marry, and her spirited little brother Jacques in a farmhouse on the Belgian countryside. With the German invasi ...
Genre :War, Romance, Action, Adventure

Tant Anna Vanderberg

1921-10-16 0

Under the Lash

The wife of a tyrannical Boer husband discovers what life could be like when a handsome Englishmen visits their home. ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Hutter

1923-12-16 0

The Call of the Canyon

Returning from World War I, Glenn Kilbourne travels to Arizona to regain his health. He meets a local girl, Flo Hutler, who helps him recover. His fiancee, Carley Burch, follows him to Arizona but soo ...
Genre :Western

Mrs. Tubbs

1912-10-23 0

Tempted by Necessity

Jim is tasked with taking the daily deposit to the bank. On his way, he happens to overhear an intense argument between a man and his wife, drawing him into their backyard. Once there he is “Tempted b ...
Genre :Drama

Ma Ennis

1920-10-17 0

A City Sparrow

A drama starring Ethel Clayton. Milly West (Clayton) is a dancer who has her heart bent on stardom. She has an admirer in country boy Tim Ennis (Walter Hiers), who lives in the same boarding house as ...
Genre :Drama

Stepmother

1912-12-01 0

Cinderella

According to Vachel Lindsay, "the best film fairy-tale the present writer remembers". ...
Genre :

Constance Kenwood

1917-01-15 0

Betty to the Rescue

Henry Sherwin is led to believe by mine expert James Fleming that the mine he invested all his money in is valueless, though Fleming has discovered a rich vein of gold that he keeps secret. When Sherw ...
Genre :Comedy

Nokomis

1916-10-16 0

Witchcraft

Genre :Drama

Missionary

1932-12-25 6.2

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Marie

1922-01-15 0

The Lane That Had No Turning

Louis Racine has inherited great wealth and married famed singer Madelinette, whom he passionately loves. But Louis carries a pair of secrets. Terrified that the truth will come out, Louis dares any ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Amanda Schultz

1928-05-05 0

Fair and Muddy

Living in an orphanage, the gang has to deal with Amanda, a child-hating spinster. To receive a bequest from a rich uncle, she must acquire a child. Thinking suspicion, the gang causes all kinds of ha ...
Genre :Comedy

1919-01-01 0

Peg o' My Heart

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Madame Poulard

1920-12-10 0

Her Beloved Villain

Genre :Comedy

Aunt

1920-08-01 0

The Prince Chap

An artist in England is torn between an old flame and the now grown up little girl he has adopted. ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Weeks

1919-06-15 0

Men, Women, and Money

Genre :Drama

Onlooker at Procession (uncredited)

1934-10-05 6

Cleopatra

The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar. ...
Genre :History, Drama, Romance

Ma Perkins

1919-11-01 0

Poor Relations

Dorothy Perkins, the eldest daughter of a simple, wholesome country family, leaves for the big city to study architecture. After winning a competition, she is a success, and meets Monty Rhodes, the so ...
Genre :Drama

Hannah

1919-12-21 0

A Girl Named Mary

For 15 years, wealthy widow Marise Jaffrey has searched for her daughter Mary, who was taken away as an infant by her father and subsequently disappeared after he was killed in a train accident. Mary ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Martha Saxby

1922-04-16 0

Is Matrimony a Failure?

Mr. and Mrs. Amos Saxby's silver wedding anniversary is interrupted by the surprise elopement of their daughter Margaret with bank clerk Arthur Haviland. Law student Dudley King, and rival suitor for ...
Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Churchill

1925-02-16 0

Contraband

After inheriting a newspaper in a small country town, Carmel Lee leaves her home in the city to take charge of it. She soon discovers that the town is terrorized by a band of bootleggers, who abduct a ...
Genre :Drama

Mary Ellen Clancy

1917-10-01 0

The Ghost House

The old Atwell home is said to be haunted, and Jeremy Foster, the gardener--who is actually the head of a band of thieves that use the house for a hideout--does his best to keep the superstition alive ...
Genre :Comedy, Thriller

Mrs. Flannigan

1926-09-20 0

The False Alarm

The False Alarm is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Ralph Lewis, Dorothy Revier, and John Harron. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Romance

Doña Mercedes

1927-05-01 0

Lovers

Young José lives with his guardian, Don Julian, a middle-aged diplomat recently married to young Felicia. Society gossips in Madrid find the situation increasingly scandalous. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Stoddard's Mother

1916-11-13 0

The Plow Girl

A story that begins on the South African veldt and goes to the drawing rooms of fashionable London Society. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Cook

1920-04-11 0

Thou Art the Man

Suspicious that his employers are diamond smugglers, soldier-of-fortune Myles Calthrope quits his job in the African mines and heads south, where he meets and falls in love with Joan Farrant. Joan, un ...
Genre :Drama

Mrs. Fleming

1920-10-24 0

A Full House

Lawyer George Howell leaves his bride Ottilie on their wedding day, having promised client Ned Pembroke that he would procure some old love letters from Vera Vernon, a chorus girl with whom Ned was fo ...
Genre :Comedy

Mrs. O'Mara

1920-02-01 0

All of a Sudden Peggy

Lord Anthony Crackenthorpe engages the help of a zoologist's widow to help him write a book about his favorite subject, spiders. She moves into his mansion with her impetuous daughter Peggy. Anthony's ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance