Cast
Jessie Royce Landis
Acting
Cast
Jessie Royce Landis
Known for
Acting
Born
1896-11-25
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
1972-02-02
Also known as Jessie Medbury, 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.
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Derelict
as Helen Lorber
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
Critic's Choice
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Mrs. Wright
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Grandmother Greher
My Foolish Heart
as Martha Winters
A Private's Affair
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
It Happens Every Spring
as Mrs. Greenleaf
I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake
Meet Me Tonight
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
The Ceremony of Innocence
as Queen Mother Alfreda