Jessie Royce Landis

Jessie Royce Landis

Acting

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
North by Northwest
8.0

(1959) North by Northwest

as Clara Thornhill

To Catch a Thief
7.3

(1955) To Catch a Thief

as Jessie Stevens

Airport
6.4

(1970) Airport

as Harriet DuBarry Mossman

Main Street to Broadway
6.5

(1953) Main Street to Broadway

as Self (uncredited)

Boys' Night Out
5.8

(1962) Boys' Night Out

as Ethel Williams

The Swan
6.9

(1956) The Swan

as Princess Beatrix

My Man Godfrey
6.3

(1957) My Man Godfrey

as Angelica Bullock

Goodbye Again
7.1

(1961) Goodbye Again

as Mrs. Van der Besh

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
6.7

(1949) Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

as Mrs. Chase

Critic's Choice
5.5

(1963) Critic's Choice

as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie

Bon Voyage!
5.3

(1962) Bon Voyage!

as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne

I Married a Woman
5.8

(1958) I Married a Woman

as Mrs. Blake

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
6.0

(1971) Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

as Grandmother Greher

The Girl He Left Behind
4.0

(1956) The Girl He Left Behind

as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer

Mother Didn't Tell Me
6.2

(1950) Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Mrs. Wright

A Private's Affair
1.0

(1959) A Private's Affair

as Elizabeth T. Chapman

Derelict
10.0

(1930) Derelict

as Helen Lorber

My Foolish Heart
6.7

(1950) My Foolish Heart

as Martha Winters

It Happens Every Spring
6.4

(1949) It Happens Every Spring

as Mrs. Greenleaf

Gidget Goes to Rome
4.8

(1963) Gidget Goes to Rome

as Albertina Blythe

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
6.5

(1987) Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)

The Ceremony of Innocence
0.0

(1970) The Ceremony of Innocence

as Queen Mother Alfreda

Meet Me Tonight
6.7

(1952) Meet Me Tonight

as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")

Ironside
6.8

(1967) Ironside

as ---

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7

(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Claire Crane

Thriller
6.3

(1960) Thriller

as Mrs. Kilburn

Climax!
3.0

(1954) Climax!

as Olivia Chesney

Adventures in Paradise
5.7

(1959) Adventures in Paradise

as Madame Vachet

Columbo
8.1

(1971) Columbo

as Mrs. Chadwick

Valentine's Day
0.0

(1964) Valentine's Day

as Mrs. Edwina Pierce

The United States Steel Hour
5.8

(1953) The United States Steel Hour

as ---