Jessie Royce Landis

Personal Info

Birthday

November 25, 1896

Day of Death

1972-02-02

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Jessie Medbury

Jessie Royce-Landis

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.

Known For

Columbo

Climax!

Adventures in Paradise

Thriller

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Valentine's Day

North by Northwest

Filmography

1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1971
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Grandmother Greher
1970
The Ceremony of Innocence
as Queen Mother Alfreda
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
1963
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe
Critic's Choice
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
1962
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
1961
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
1959
A Private's Affair
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
1958
I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake
1957
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
1956
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
1955
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
1953
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
1952
Meet Me Tonight
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
1950
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Mrs. Wright
My Foolish Heart
as Martha Winters
1949
It Happens Every Spring
as Mrs. Greenleaf
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase
1930
Derelict
as Helen Lorber