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Jessie Royce Landis
Jessie Royce Landis

Jessie Royce Landis

ActingBorn November 25, 1896Died February 2, 1972 (age 75)Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography

1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1971
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

as Grandmother Greher

Movie
1971
Columbo

as Mrs. Chadwick

TV
1970
The Ceremony of Innocence

as Queen Mother Alfreda

Movie
1970
Airport

as Harriet DuBarry Mossman

Movie
1967TV
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Madame Olga Nemirovitch

TV
1964
Valentine's Day

as Mrs. Edwina Pierce

TV
1963
Gidget Goes to Rome

as Albertina Blythe

Movie
1963
Critic's Choice

as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie

Movie
1962
Boys' Night Out

as Ethel Williams

Movie
1962
Bon Voyage!

as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne

Movie
1961
Goodbye Again

as Mrs. Van der Besh

Movie
1960
Thriller

as Mrs. Kilburn

TV
1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Madame Vachet

TV
1959
A Private's Affair

as Elizabeth T. Chapman

Movie
1959
North by Northwest

as Clara Thornhill

Movie
1958
I Married a Woman

as Mrs. Blake

Movie
1957
My Man Godfrey

as Angelica Bullock

Movie
1956
The Girl He Left Behind

as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer

Movie
1956
The Swan

as Princess Beatrix

Movie
1955TV
1955
To Catch a Thief

as Jessie Stevens

Movie
1954
Climax!

as Olivia Chesney

TV
1953
Main Street to Broadway

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Meet Me Tonight

as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")

Movie
1950
Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Mrs. Wright

Movie
1950
My Foolish Heart

as Martha Winters

Movie
1949
It Happens Every Spring

as Mrs. Greenleaf

Movie
1949Movie
1930
Derelict

as Helen Lorber

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 25, 1896
Day of DeathFebruary 2, 1972
Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
Popularity0.4