Jessie Royce Landis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 25, 1896
- Died
- February 2, 1972
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Grace Kelly: The American Princess 1987
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones 1971
as Grandmother Greher
The Ceremony of Innocence 1970
as Queen Mother Alfreda
Airport 1970
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Gidget Goes to Rome 1963
as Albertina Blythe
Critic's Choice 1963
as Charlotte Orr
Boys' Night Out 1962
as Ethel Williams
Bon Voyage! 1962
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
Goodbye Again 1961
as Mrs. Van der Besh
A Private's Affair 1959
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
North by Northwest 1959
as Clara Thornhill
I Married a Woman 1958
as Mrs. Blake
My Man Godfrey 1957
as Angelica Bullock
The Girl He Left Behind 1956
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
The Swan 1956
as Princess Beatrix
To Catch a Thief 1955
as Jessie Stevens
Main Street to Broadway 1953
as Self (uncredited)
Meet Me Tonight 1952
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
Mother Didn't Tell Me 1950
as Mrs. Wright
My Foolish Heart 1950
as Martha Winters
It Happens Every Spring 1949
as Mrs. Greenleaf
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College 1949
as Mrs. Chase
Derelict 1930
as Helen Lorber
Credits from TMDB.