<Li> A brown - haired man with his arms crossed, dressed in a brown suit and wearing a brown derby hat . When the portrait stretches, it is revealed that he is sitting on the shoulders of another man, who is sitting on the shoulders of yet another man who is waist - deep in quicksand . In the comics, the three men were gamblers known as Hobbs, Big Hobbs, and Skinny Hobbs . </Li> <Li> A pretty young brunette holding a pink parasol . When the portrait stretches, it is revealed that she is balancing on a fraying tightrope above the gaping jaws of an alligator . This Ghost has had many names attributed to her . WDW cast members call her "Lillian Gracey" and say she strung her rope across to Tom Sawyer's Island from the Mansion grounds where she met her fate . In the comics, the girl was a witch named Daisy de la Cruz, who turned men into alligators . This was also her name in the 2014 Haunt Your Disney Side event . More recent Imagineering projects have given her the name "Sally Slater", starting from the 2011 interactive queue for the Walt Disney World version of the attraction and continuing in the 2016 Ghost Post ARG, where she is voiced by Hynden Walch in the interactive app portions . </Li> <P> 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 . </P> <P> In 2001, a tombstone for Madame Leota debuted at Walt Disney World's Mansion . The epitaph reads: "Dear sweet Leota, beloved by all . In regions beyond now, but having a ball ." The face on the tombstone periodically shifts and opens its eyes . In 2006, Disneyland's Madame Leota was given the ability to float above the table in mid-air, via wires . This effect, along with the spell - book, was installed into the Walt Disney World Haunted Mansion during the 2007 refurbishment . In the Servants Quarters (Walt Disney World), there is a bell for Madame Leota's Boudoir . Near the mansion in Walt Disney World, there is a newly opened shop named "Memento Mori" that has many references to Madame Leota . </P>

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