Jessie Royce Landis

Birthday: 1896-11-25
Deathday: 1972-02-02
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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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Credits

Year Title Character
1971-11-16 Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones Grandmother Greher
1970-06-12 The Ceremony of Innocence Queen Mother Alfreda
1970-03-25 Airport Harriet DuBarry Mossman
1963-08-07 Gidget Goes to Rome Albertina Blythe
1963-02-24 Critic's Choice Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
1962-06-21 Boys' Night Out Ethel Williams
1962-05-17 Bon Voyage! Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
1961-05-23 Goodbye Again Mrs. Van der Besh
1959-08-14 A Private's Affair Elizabeth T. Chapman
1959-07-08 North by Northwest Clara Thornhill
1958-03-01 I Married a Woman Mrs. Blake
1957-10-11 My Man Godfrey Angelica Bullock
1956-10-26 The Girl He Left Behind Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
1956-04-26 The Swan Princess Beatrix
1955-08-03 To Catch a Thief Jessie Stevens
1952-09-09 Meet Me Tonight Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
1950-03-03 Mother Didn't Tell Me Mrs. Wright
1950-01-19 My Foolish Heart Martha Winters
1949-06-10 It Happens Every Spring Mrs. Greenleaf
1949-04-15 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College Mrs. Chase
1930-11-22 Derelict Helen Lorber