who plays madame leota in the haunted mansion
List of Haunted Mansion characters Madame Leota appears in the ride as a head encased within a crystal ball. She is the spirit of a psychic medium, conducting an otherworldly séance in an attempt to summon spirits and assist them in materializing. Her ghostly head appears on a table in the middle of her dark chamber, from which she speaks her incantations. Musical instruments and furniture levitate and make noises in response. She was played by Leota Toombs (face) and Eleanor Audley (voice). Before Toombs was chosen for the face of the medium in the crystal ball, Imagineer Harriet Burns was tested for the part. Toombs also played the Ghost Hostess who appears at the end of the attraction.