Acting
Jessie Royce Landis
EN cinema · 23 credits
Born
25 November 1896
Died
2 February 1972 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Jessie Medbury · 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). 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
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Grandmother Greher
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
The Ceremony of Innocence
as Queen Mother Alfreda
Critic's Choice
as Charlotte Orr
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
A Private's Affair
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
Meet Me Tonight
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Mrs. Wright
My Foolish Heart
as Martha Winters
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase
It Happens Every Spring
as Mrs. Greenleaf
Derelict
as Helen Lorber