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Jessie Royce Landis

Acting Born Nov 25, 1896 Chicago, Illinois, USA 24 credits

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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Full filmography

  • Columbo (1971) as Mrs. Chadwick
  • Ironside (1967)
  • Climax! (1954) as Olivia Chesney
  • Thriller (1960) as Mrs. Kilburn
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Madame Olga Nemirovitch
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Claire Crane
  • Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Madame Vachet
  • The United States Steel Hour (1953)
  • North by Northwest (1959) as Clara Thornhill
  • To Catch a Thief (1955) as Jessie Stevens
  • Valentine's Day (1964) as Mrs. Edwina Pierce
  • Airport (1970) as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
  • The Swan (1956) as Princess Beatrix
  • My Man Godfrey (1957) as Angelica Bullock
  • Boys' Night Out (1962) as Ethel Williams
  • Goodbye Again (1961) as Mrs. Van der Besh
  • Critic's Choice (1963) as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
  • The Girl He Left Behind (1956) as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
  • Bon Voyage! (1962) as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
  • Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) as Albertina Blythe
  • Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950) as Mrs. Wright
  • I Married a Woman (1958) as Mrs. Blake
  • My Foolish Heart (1950) as Martha Winters
  • It Happens Every Spring (1949) as Mrs. Greenleaf