Jessie Royce Landis
- Acting
- November 25, 1896 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- February 2, 1972
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess · Self
- Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones · Grandmother Greher
- Columbo · Mrs. Chadwick
- The Ceremony of Innocence · Queen Mother Alfreda
- Airport · Harriet DuBarry Mossman
- Ironside
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · Madame Olga Nemirovitch
- Valentine's Day · Mrs. Edwina Pierce
- Gidget Goes to Rome · Albertina Blythe
- Critic's Choice · Charlotte Orr
- Boys' Night Out · Ethel Williams
- Bon Voyage! · Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
- Goodbye Again · Mrs. Van der Besh
- Thriller · Mrs. Kilburn
- Adventures in Paradise · Madame Vachet
- A Private's Affair · Elizabeth T. Chapman
- North by Northwest · Clara Thornhill
- I Married a Woman · Mrs. Blake
- My Man Godfrey · Angelica Bullock
- The Girl He Left Behind · Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
- The Swan · Princess Beatrix
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Claire Crane
- To Catch a Thief · Jessie Stevens
- Climax! · Olivia Chesney
- The United States Steel Hour
- Main Street to Broadway · Self
- Meet Me Tonight · Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
- Mother Didn't Tell Me · Mrs. Wright
- My Foolish Heart · Martha Winters
- It Happens Every Spring · Mrs. Greenleaf
- Mr. Belvedere Goes to College · Mrs. Chase
- Derelict · Helen Lorber