Jessie Royce Landis
Birthday
1896/11/25
Day of death
1972/02/02 (75 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Jessie Medbury, 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessie Royce Landis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
(1959) North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
(1955) To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
(1970) Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
(1953) Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
(1962) Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
(1956) The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
(1957) My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
(1961) Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
(1949) Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase
(1963) Critic's Choice
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
(1962) Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
(1958) I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake
(1971) Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Grandmother Greher
(1956) The Girl He Left Behind
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
(1950) Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Mrs. Wright
(1959) A Private's Affair
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
(1930) Derelict
as Helen Lorber
(1950) My Foolish Heart
as Martha Winters
(1949) It Happens Every Spring
as Mrs. Greenleaf
(1963) Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe
(1987) Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
(1970) The Ceremony of Innocence
as Queen Mother Alfreda
(1952) Meet Me Tonight
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Claire Crane
(1960) Thriller
as Mrs. Kilburn
(1954) Climax!
as Olivia Chesney
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Madame Vachet
(1971) Columbo
as Mrs. Chadwick
(1964) Valentine's Day
as Mrs. Edwina Pierce
(1953) The United States Steel Hour
as ---