Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born November 25, 1896
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.
MovieGrace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
1971
as Grandmother Greher
TVColumbo
1971
as Mrs. Chadwick
MovieThe Ceremony of Innocence
1970
as Queen Mother Alfreda
MovieAirport
1970
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
TVIronside
1967
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Madame Olga Nemirovitch
TVValentine's Day
1964
as Mrs. Edwina Pierce
MovieGidget Goes to Rome
1963
as Albertina Blythe
MovieCritic's Choice
1963
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
MovieBoys' Night Out
1962
as Ethel Williams
MovieBon Voyage!
1962
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
MovieGoodbye Again
1961
as Mrs. Van der Besh
TVThriller
1960
as Mrs. Kilburn
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Madame Vachet
MovieA Private's Affair
1959
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
MovieNorth by Northwest
1959
as Clara Thornhill
MovieI Married a Woman
1958
as Mrs. Blake
MovieMy Man Godfrey
1957
as Angelica Bullock
MovieThe Girl He Left Behind
1956
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
MovieThe Swan
1956
as Princess Beatrix
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Claire Crane
MovieTo Catch a Thief
1955
as Jessie Stevens
TVClimax!
1954
as Olivia Chesney
TVThe United States Steel Hour
1953
MovieMain Street to Broadway
1953
as Self (uncredited)
MovieMeet Me Tonight
1952
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
MovieMother Didn't Tell Me
1950
as Mrs. Wright
MovieMy Foolish Heart
1950
as Martha Winters
MovieIt Happens Every Spring
1949
as Mrs. Greenleaf
MovieMr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949
as Mrs. Chase
MovieDerelict
1930
as Helen Lorber
