Jessie Royce Landis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1896-11-25
Day of Death
1972-02-02 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jessie Royce Landis
Biography
Jessie Royce Landis (born Jessie Medbury; November 25, 1896 – February 2, 1972) was an American actress. Her name is also seen as Jesse Royce-Landis. She remains perhaps best-known for her mother roles in the Hitchcock films To Catch a Thief (1955) and North by Northwest (1959).
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Acting
(1987)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
(1971)
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Grandmother Greher
(1970)
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
(1970)
The Ceremony of Innocence
as Queen Mother Alfreda
(1963)
Critic's Choice
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
(1963)
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe
(1962)
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
(1962)
Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
(1961)
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
(1959)
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
(1959)
A Private's Affair
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
(1958)
I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake
(1957)
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
(1956)
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
(1956)
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
(1955)
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
(1953)
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
(1952)
Meet Me Tonight
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
(1950)
My Foolish Heart
as Martha Winters
(1950)
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Mrs. Wright
(1949)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase
(1949)
It Happens Every Spring
as Mrs. Greenleaf
(1930)
Derelict
as Helen Lorber