
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.
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Filmography
Acting (32)
Movies (23)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987as Self (archive footage)
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
1971as Grandmother Greher
Airport
1970as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
The Ceremony of Innocence
1970as Queen Mother Alfreda
Critic's Choice
1963as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963as Albertina Blythe
Bon Voyage!
1962as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
Boys' Night Out
1962as Ethel Williams
Goodbye Again
1961as Mrs. Van der Besh
North by Northwest
1959as Clara Thornhill
A Private's Affair
1959as Elizabeth T. Chapman
I Married a Woman
1958as Mrs. Blake
My Man Godfrey
1957as Angelica Bullock
The Girl He Left Behind
1956as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
The Swan
1956as Princess Beatrix
To Catch a Thief
1955as Jessie Stevens
Main Street to Broadway
1953as Self (uncredited)
Meet Me Tonight
1952as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
Mother Didn't Tell Me
1950as Mrs. Wright
My Foolish Heart
1950as Martha Winters
It Happens Every Spring
1949as Mrs. Greenleaf
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949as Mrs. Chase
Derelict
1930as Helen Lorber
Television (9)
Columbo
1971as Mrs. Chadwick
Ironside
1967
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964as Madame Olga Nemirovitch
Valentine's Day
1964as Mrs. Edwina Pierce
Thriller
1960as Mrs. Kilburn
Adventures in Paradise
1959as Madame Vachet
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Claire Crane
Climax!
1954as Olivia Chesney
The United States Steel Hour
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