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Lillian Leighton is a Actor American born on 14 may 1874 at Wisconsin (USA)

Lillian Leighton

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Birth name Lillianne Brown Leighton
Nationality USA
Birth 14 may 1874 at Wisconsin (USA)
Death 19 march 1956 (at 81 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Lillianne Brown Leighton (May 17, 1874 – March 19, 1956), known professionally as Lillian Leighton, was an American silent film actress. She was signed in 1910 and starred in over 200 films before her retirement in 1940. Leighton died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles on March 19, 1956 at the age of 81.

Biography

Lillian Leighton tourna dans plus de deux cents films, principalement durant le muet, et mit fin à sa carrière en 1940.

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Filmography of Lillian Leighton (92 films)

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Whipsaw
Whipsaw (1935)
, 1h22
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens, Robert Gleckler, Robert Warwick, Georges Renavent
Roles Aunt Jane
Rating66% 3.342433.342433.342433.342433.34243
Un groupe de voleurs, composé d'une femme Vivian Palmer et de deux hommes Ed et Harry pille des bijouteries à Paris. Ross McBride, un agent du gouvernement américain tombe sur Vivian qui essayait de fuir le pays avec le butin et ses acolytes. Les deux protagonistes s'éprennent l'un de l'autre. Ross McBride apprend la vérité sur Vivian Palmer. Il l'arrête
Two-Fisted
Two-Fisted (1935)
, 1h
Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lee Tracy, Roscoe Karns, Gail Patrick, Kent Taylor, Grace Bradley, Billy Lee
Roles Mrs. Mason
Rating64% 3.243983.243983.243983.243983.24398
The Man from Monterey, 57minutes
Directed by Mack V. Wright
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Ruth Hall, Luis Alberni, Francis Ford, Donald Reed, Nina Quartero
Roles Juanita
Rating52% 2.6090752.6090752.6090752.6090752.609075
The story is based on the requirement of Spanish land owners in California to register their lands before a deadline and the chicanery practiced by some to prevent registration.
The Sphinx
The Sphinx (1933)
, 1h4
Directed by Wilfred Lucas, Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Lionel Atwill, Paul Hurst, Sheila Terry, Robert Ellis, Theodore Newton, Wilfred Lucas
Roles Mother Werner
Rating56% 2.802492.802492.802492.802492.80249
A man comes out of the office of "Garfield Investment Company". He meets the janitor in the stairs and asks him for a match, and then what time it is. "It's nine" the Italian-American janitor Luigi Bacciagalupi (Luis Alberni) answers and wants to know from which apartment he came out. The man leaves without answering. Short after the janitor finds a dead man in the office of "Garfield Investment Company". Newspaperman Burton (Theodore Newton) from the Chronicle is there to talk with the inspector. Before he can see him he talks with the watching police officer and after a while he realizes that the Garfield Investment Company just that morning went bankrupty. "Another broker went down the flush". The janitor recognizes on the police-records the man that came out from the office, Mr. Breed. During the trial he sticks to what he has seen and what he has heard, though two different doctors testify that Mr. Breed is deaf and mute since birth.
Sweepstakes, 1h17
Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eddie Quillan, Lew Cody, James Gleason, Marian Nixon, King Baggot, Lillian Leighton
Roles Ma Clancy
Rating53% 2.676612.676612.676612.676612.67661
Bud Doyle is a jockey who has discovered the secret to get his favorite mount, Six-Shooter, to boost his performance. If he simply chants the phrase, "Whoop-te-doo", the horse responds with a burst of speed. There is a special bond between the jockey and his mount, but there is increasing tension between Doyle and the horse's owner, Pop Blake (who also raised Doyle), over Doyle's relationship with local singer Babe Ellis. Blake sees Ellis as a distraction prior to the upcoming big race, the Camden Stakes.
Feet First
Feet First (1930)
, 1h33
Directed by Harold Lloyd, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Barbara Kent, Harold Lloyd, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton, Noah Young, Alec B. Francis
Roles Mrs. Tanner
Rating66% 3.3447153.3447153.3447153.3447153.344715
Harold Horne, an ambitious shoe salesman in Honolulu, unknowingly meets the boss' secretary Barbara (Barbara Kent) - thinking she is the boss' daughter - and tells her he is a millionaire leather tycoon.
The Fair Co-Ed, 1h10
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Théâtre, Basketball films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Marion Davies, John Mack Brown, Jane Winton, Thelma Hill, Lillian Leighton, Lou Costello
Roles Housekeeper
Rating79% 3.984493.984493.984493.984493.98449
Marion va au lycée pour poursuivre un beau jeune homme et découvre qu'il est l'entraîneur d'une équipe de basket féminine.
Flaming Fathers, 23minutes
Directed by Stan Laurel, Leo McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Max Davidson, Martha Sleeper, Tiny Sandford, Lillian Leighton, Charles King
Roles Mama Gimplewart
Rating66% 3.3197253.3197253.3197253.3197253.319725
The Frontiersman, 53minutes
Directed by Reginald Barker
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim McCoy, Claire Windsor, Russell Simpson, Lillian Leighton, Louise Lorraine, John Big Tree
Roles Mrs. Andrew Jackson

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California
California (1927)
, 56minutes
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Marc McDermott, Frank Currier, Lillian Leighton
Roles Duenna
Rating60% 3.0427253.0427253.0427253.0427253.042725
This script must be run from the command line
Torrent
Torrent (1926)
, 1h27
Directed by Monta Bell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Ricardo Cortez, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Olmstead, Edward Connelly, Lucien Littlefield, Martha Mattox
Roles Isabella
Rating68% 3.4437053.4437053.4437053.4437053.443705
The wealthy matriarch Dona Bernarda Brull (Mattox) is irritated by her son Rafael's infatuation with the orange farmer's (Edward Connelly) daughter, Leonora (Garbo). She forbids him to see her, something that causes Leonora great heartache, to say nothing of her family's financial condition. Using the singing talent cultivated by her wannabe father Pedro, Leonara leaves her humble home to later become a sensation on the stages of Paris, as La Brunna, where nobleman and other rich gentleman express their approval of her "talents".