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.
★8.0
MOVIE1959
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
★7.3
MOVIE1955
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
★6.5
MOVIE1970
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
★7.1
MOVIE1961
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
★6.5
MOVIE1957
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
★7.3
MOVIE1971
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Grandmother Greher
★5.9
MOVIE1962
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
★6.6
MOVIE1950
My Foolish Heart
as Martha Winters
★7.1
MOVIE1952
Meet Me Tonight
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
★6.6
MOVIE1949
It Happens Every Spring
as Mrs. Greenleaf
★7.3
MOVIE1953
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1963
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe
★6.9
MOVIE1956
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
★4.5
MOVIE1956
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
★5.6
MOVIE1962
Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Mrs. Wright
★5.6
MOVIE1963
Critic's Choice
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
★4.7
MOVIE1959
A Private's Affair
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
★6.4
MOVIE1958
I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake
★7.3
MOVIE1949
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase
★9.0
MOVIE1970
The Ceremony of Innocence
as Queen Mother Alfreda
★9.0
MOVIE1930
Derelict
as Helen Lorber