Jessie Royce Landis
Born: 1896-11-25 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1972-02-02
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1987
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self (archive footage)
1971
- Columbo as Mrs. Chadwick
- Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones as Grandmother Greher
1970
- Airport as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
- The Ceremony of Innocence as Queen Mother Alfreda
1967
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Madame Olga Nemirovitch
- Valentine's Day as Mrs. Edwina Pierce
1963
- Gidget Goes to Rome as Albertina Blythe
- Critic's Choice as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
1962
- Bon Voyage! as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
- Boys' Night Out as Ethel Williams
1961
- Goodbye Again as Mrs. Van der Besh
1960
- Thriller as Mrs. Kilburn
1959
- Adventures in Paradise as Madame Vachet
- North by Northwest as Clara Thornhill
- A Private's Affair as Elizabeth T. Chapman
1958
- I Married a Woman as Mrs. Blake
1957
- My Man Godfrey as Angelica Bullock
1956
- The Swan as Princess Beatrix
- The Girl He Left Behind as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Claire Crane
- To Catch a Thief as Jessie Stevens
1954
- Climax! as Olivia Chesney
1953
- The United States Steel Hour
- Main Street to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
1952
- Meet Me Tonight as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
1950
- My Foolish Heart as Martha Winters
- Mother Didn't Tell Me as Mrs. Wright
1949
- It Happens Every Spring as Mrs. Greenleaf
- Mr. Belvedere Goes to College as Mrs. Chase
1930
- Derelict as Helen Lorber