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