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.

Birthday

Nov 25, 1896

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Deathday

Feb 2, 1972

Also known as

Jessie Medbury
Jessie Royce-Landis

Credited in

As cast

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