Lillianne Brown Leighton (May 17, 1874 – March 19, 1956), known professionally as Lillian Leighton, was an American

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. Leighton started her career in Chicago. Leighton was born in Auroraville, Wisconsin, on May 17, 1874. She was a performer on stage and in vaudeville before she began working in films. She portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in ''

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'' (1910). She was signed in 1910 and starred in over 200 films before her retirement in 1940. Leighton died in

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on March 19, 1956, at the age of 81.

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