Acting

Jessie Royce Landis

Born 1896-11-25 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died 1972-02-02

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.

Credits

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