Jessie Royce Landis

Jessie Royce Landis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

25/11/1896

Day of Death

02/02/1972
(76) years old

Place of Birth

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 f... Read More

Filmography

Cast

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

1970

Airport

as Harriet DuBarry Mossman

1963

Gidget Goes to Rome

as Albertina Blythe

1963

Critic's Choice

as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie

1962

Boys' Night Out

as Ethel Williams

1962

Bon Voyage!

as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne

1961

Goodbye Again

as Mrs. Van der Besh

1959

A Private's Affair

as Elizabeth T. Chapman

1959

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

1956

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 M...

1950

Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Mrs. Wright

1950

My Foolish Heart

as Martha Winters

1949

It Happens Every Spring

as Mrs. Greenleaf

1930

Derelict

as Helen Lorber