Jessie Royce Landis
Acting
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessie Royce Landis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (23)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess1987Self (archive footage)
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones1971Grandmother Greher
The Ceremony of Innocence1970Queen Mother Alfreda
Airport1970Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Gidget Goes to Rome1963Albertina Blythe
Critic's Choice1963Charlotte Orr
Boys' Night Out1962Ethel Williams
Bon Voyage!1962Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
Goodbye Again1961Mrs. Van der Besh
A Private's Affair1959Elizabeth T. Chapman
North by Northwest1959Clara Thornhill
I Married a Woman1958Mrs. Blake
My Man Godfrey1957Angelica Bullock
The Girl He Left Behind1956Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
The Swan1956Princess Beatrix
To Catch a Thief1955Jessie Stevens
Main Street to Broadway1953Self (uncredited)
Meet Me Tonight1952Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
Mother Didn't Tell Me1950Mrs. Wright
My Foolish Heart1950Martha Winters
It Happens Every Spring1949Mrs. Greenleaf
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College1949Mrs. Chase
Derelict1930Helen Lorber
Shows (9)
Columbo1971Mrs. Chadwick
Ironside1967
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964Madame Olga Nemirovitch
Valentine's Day1964Mrs. Edwina Pierce
Thriller1960Mrs. Kilburn
Adventures in Paradise1959Madame Vachet
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955Claire Crane
Climax!1954Olivia Chesney
The United States Steel Hour1953