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Home/People/Jessie Royce Landis
Jessie Royce Landis profile photo
Born
Nov 25, 1896Died: Feb 2, 1972
Lived 75 years
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

23
Movies
9
TV Shows
Also Known As
Jessie Medbury
Jessie Royce-Landis
IMDb Profile

Jessie Royce Landis

Acting

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.
Grace Kelly: The American Princess poster

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

as Self (archive footage)
1987
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones poster

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

as Grandmother Greher
1971
The Ceremony of Innocence poster

The Ceremony of Innocence

as Queen Mother Alfreda
1970
Airport poster

Airport

as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
1970
Gidget Goes to Rome poster

Gidget Goes to Rome

as Albertina Blythe
1963
Critic's Choice poster

Critic's Choice

as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
1963
Boys' Night Out poster

Boys' Night Out

as Ethel Williams
1962
Bon Voyage! poster

Bon Voyage!

as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
1962
Goodbye Again poster

Goodbye Again

as Mrs. Van der Besh
1961
A Private's Affair poster

A Private's Affair

as Elizabeth T. Chapman
1959
North by Northwest poster

North by Northwest

as Clara Thornhill
1959
I Married a Woman poster

I Married a Woman

as Mrs. Blake
1958
My Man Godfrey poster

My Man Godfrey

as Angelica Bullock
1957
The Girl He Left Behind poster

The Girl He Left Behind

as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
1956
The Swan poster

The Swan

as Princess Beatrix
1956
To Catch a Thief poster

To Catch a Thief

as Jessie Stevens
1955
Main Street to Broadway poster

Main Street to Broadway

as Self (uncredited)
1953
Meet Me Tonight poster

Meet Me Tonight

as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
1952
Mother Didn't Tell Me poster

Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Mrs. Wright
1950
My Foolish Heart poster

My Foolish Heart

as Martha Winters
1950