Madame Leota

Madame Leota is a character at the Haunted Mansion and Phantom Manor. She is a fortune teller and psychic medium with the supernatural.

Background
Ever since she was a child, Leota had supernatural talents and connections with the spirit world. When she became an adult, she profited on them in different ways. Depending on which Haunted Mansion one is at, her backstory is different.

Disneyland
Leota traveled around and eventually ended up in New Orleans Square in Louisiana. She serviced people in the area as a medium and psychic, eventually ending up at the Haunted Mansion.

Magic Kingdom
Leota came to Liberty Square in the Hudson River Valley, after fleeing from the witch trials in Salem. She set up shop at Memento Mori, gathering a small group of followers and admirers. When she passed, she haunted her old shop, causing supernatural instances. She has a tombstone in the graveyard of the Haunted Mansion, reading "Dear Sweet Leota, Loved by All, In Regions Beyond, But Having A Ball".

Disneyland Paris
Leota came to Thunder Mesa, offering appointments as a medium and fortune teller. She advertised her services in the Thunder Mesa Daily Messenger, with the following: "Madame Leota Knows and Sees All! Spirits and Phantoms will answer her call".

Haunted Mansion
The ghosts of the Haunted Mansion are having trouble getting through. The Ghost Host remarks that maybe Leota could help establish contact. The guests enter a seance circle, where her disembodied head sits in a crystal ball. She gives her incantations, calling on the spirits to show that they're there.

Phantom Manor
Leota sits in the seance room, calling on ghosts to join the ghostly ball, celebrating the nuptial doom of Melanie Ravenswood and her fiance. She speaks in both English and French.