Actor
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. ...

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