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Jessie Royce Landis

Acting
November 25, 1896
— February 2, 1972(75 years old)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Popularity: 0
IMDb

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.

Also Known As

Jessie Medbury • Jessie Royce-Landis

Known For

Columbo series poster (1971)
8.1

Columbo

Mrs. Chadwick

Ironside series poster (1967)
6.9

Ironside

Thriller series poster (1960)
6.7

Thriller

Mrs. Kilburn

Climax! series poster (1954)
3.8

Climax!

Olivia Chesney

Alfred Hitchcock Presents series poster (1955)
7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Claire Crane

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series poster (1964)
7.1

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Madame Olga Nemirovitch

North by Northwest movie poster (1959)
8.0

North by Northwest

Clara Thornhill

Adventures in Paradise series poster (1959)
6.1

Adventures in Paradise

Madame Vachet

To Catch a Thief movie poster (1955)
7.3

To Catch a Thief

Jessie Stevens

The United States Steel Hour series poster (1953)
6.3

The United States Steel Hour

Airport movie poster (1970)
6.5

Airport

Harriet DuBarry Mossman

Valentine's Day series poster (1964)
8.0

Valentine's Day

Mrs. Edwina Pierce

Photos of Jessie Royce Landis

Filmography

1980s

Grace Kelly: The American Princess movie poster (1987)
7.0

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Self (archive footage)

1970s

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones movie poster (1971)
7.3

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

Grandmother Greher

Airport movie poster (1970)
6.5

Airport

Harriet DuBarry Mossman

The Ceremony of Innocence movie poster (1970)
9.0

The Ceremony of Innocence

Queen Mother Alfreda

1960s

Critic's Choice movie poster (1963)
5.7

Critic's Choice

Charlotte Orr aka Charlie

Gidget Goes to Rome movie poster (1963)
5.0

Gidget Goes to Rome

Albertina Blythe

Boys' Night Out movie poster (1962)
5.9

Boys' Night Out

Ethel Williams

Bon Voyage! movie poster (1962)
5.6

Bon Voyage!

Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne

Goodbye Again movie poster (1961)
7.1

Goodbye Again

Mrs. Van der Besh

1950s

North by Northwest movie poster (1959)
8.0

North by Northwest

Clara Thornhill

A Private's Affair movie poster (1959)
4.5

A Private's Affair

Elizabeth T. Chapman

I Married a Woman movie poster (1958)
6.4

I Married a Woman

Mrs. Blake

My Man Godfrey movie poster (1957)
6.5

My Man Godfrey

Angelica Bullock

The Swan movie poster (1956)
6.9

The Swan

Princess Beatrix

The Girl He Left Behind movie poster (1956)
4.5

The Girl He Left Behind

Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer

To Catch a Thief movie poster (1955)
7.3

To Catch a Thief

Jessie Stevens

Main Street to Broadway movie poster (1953)
7.3

Main Street to Broadway

Self (uncredited)

Meet Me Tonight movie poster (1952)
7.1

Meet Me Tonight

Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")

My Foolish Heart movie poster (1950)
6.6

My Foolish Heart

Martha Winters

Mother Didn't Tell Me movie poster (1950)
6.5

Mother Didn't Tell Me

Mrs. Wright

1940s

It Happens Every Spring movie poster (1949)
6.5

It Happens Every Spring

Mrs. Greenleaf

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College movie poster (1949)
7.3

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

Mrs. Chase

1930s

Derelict movie poster (1930)
9.0

Derelict

Helen Lorber