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).
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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