Jessie Royce Landis
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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Films (23)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
1971 · Grandmother Greher
The Ceremony of Innocence
1970 · Queen Mother Alfreda
Airport
1970 · Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963 · Albertina Blythe
Critic's Choice
1963 · Charlotte Orr
Boys' Night Out
1962 · Ethel Williams
Bon Voyage!
1962 · Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
Goodbye Again
1961 · Mrs. Van der Besh
A Private's Affair
1959 · Elizabeth T. Chapman
North by Northwest
1959 · Clara Thornhill
I Married a Woman
1958 · Mrs. Blake
My Man Godfrey
1957 · Angelica Bullock
The Girl He Left Behind
1956 · Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
The Swan
1956 · Princess Beatrix
To Catch a Thief
1955 · Jessie Stevens
Main Street to Broadway
1953 · Self (uncredited)
Meet Me Tonight
1952 · Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
Mother Didn't Tell Me
1950 · Mrs. Wright
My Foolish Heart
1950 · Martha Winters
It Happens Every Spring
1949 · Mrs. Greenleaf
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949 · Mrs. Chase
Derelict
1930 · Helen Lorber
Séries (9)
Columbo
1971 · Mrs. Chadwick
Ironside
1967
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Madame Olga Nemirovitch
Valentine's Day
1964 · Mrs. Edwina Pierce
Thriller
1960 · Mrs. Kilburn
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Madame Vachet
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Claire Crane
Climax!
1954 · Olivia Chesney
The United States Steel Hour
1953