Leota Toombs

Leota Toombs Thomas was an Imagineer who is well-known for portraying the face of Madame Leota in The Haunted Mansion, whom she is named after.

When the idea of a disembodied head that speaks from inside a crystal ball came along, Yale Gracey asked Leota to pose for the head, just so they could test it out. However, it was decided that actress Eleanor Audley should provide Leota's voice, due to the menacing quality of her voice. But the ’Little Leota’ bride at the end of the ride does have Leota Toombs’ small high-pitched voice.

Her daughter Kim Irvine currently works at Walt Disney Imagineering.