Jessie Royce Landis
Acting
Born: 1896-11-25 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Known For
Columbo
Mrs. Chadwick
Ironside
Climax!
Olivia Chesney
Thriller
Mrs. Kilburn
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Claire Crane
The United States Steel Hour
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame Olga Nemirovitch
Adventures in Paradise
Madame Vachet
North by Northwest
Clara Thornhill
To Catch a Thief
Jessie Stevens
Valentine's Day
Mrs. Edwina Pierce
Airport
Harriet DuBarry Mossman
My Man Godfrey
Angelica Bullock
The Swan
Princess Beatrix
Boys' Night Out
Ethel Williams
Goodbye Again
Mrs. Van der Besh
My Foolish Heart
Martha Winters
Bon Voyage!
Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
Main Street to Broadway
Self (uncredited)
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Grandmother Greher
Critic's Choice
Charlotte Orr
Gidget Goes to Rome
Albertina Blythe
A Private's Affair
Elizabeth T. Chapman
I Married a Woman
Mrs. Blake
Mother Didn't Tell Me
Mrs. Wright
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Mrs. Chase
The Girl He Left Behind
Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
It Happens Every Spring
Mrs. Greenleaf
Meet Me Tonight
Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
The Ceremony of Innocence
Queen Mother Alfreda
Derelict
Helen Lorber