Jessie Royce Landis
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1896-11-25 (76 years old)
Deathday
1972-02-02
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known As
Jessie Medbury
Jessie Royce-Landis
Jessie Royce Landis
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.
Acting
1959
as Clara Thornhill
1955
as Jessie Stevens
1970
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
1953
as Self (uncredited)
1962
as Ethel Williams
1956
as Princess Beatrix
1957
as Angelica Bullock
1961
as Mrs. Van der Besh
1949
as Mrs. Chase
1963
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
1962
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
1958
as Mrs. Blake
1971
as Grandmother Greher
1956
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
1950
as Mrs. Wright
1959
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
1930
as Helen Lorber
1950
as Martha Winters
1949
as Mrs. Greenleaf
1963
as Albertina Blythe
1987
as Self (archive footage)
1970
as Queen Mother Alfreda
1952
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
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