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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 25, 1896
Died
February 2, 1972
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Jessie Medbury
- Jessie Royce-Landis
Jessie Royce Landis
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.5
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
6.0
Grandmother Greher
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
1971
8.1
Mrs. Chadwick
Columbo
1971
0.0
Queen Mother Alfreda
The Ceremony of Innocence
1970
6.4
Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Airport
1970
6.8
Ironside
1967
0.0
Mrs. Edwina Pierce
Valentine's Day
1964
4.8
Albertina Blythe
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963
5.5
Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
Critic's Choice
1963
5.8
Ethel Williams
Boys' Night Out
1962
Credits
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.5
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Grandmother Greher
1971
6.0
Columbo
as Mrs. Chadwick
1971
8.1
The Ceremony of Innocence
as Queen Mother Alfreda
1970
0.0
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
1970
6.4
Ironside
1967
6.8
Valentine's Day
as Mrs. Edwina Pierce
1964
0.0
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe
1963
4.8
Critic's Choice
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
1963
5.5
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
1962
5.8
Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
1962
5.3
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
1961
7.1
Thriller
as Mrs. Kilburn
1960
6.4
Adventures in Paradise
as Madame Vachet
1959
5.7
A Private's Affair
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
1959
1.0
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
1959
8.0
I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake
1958
5.8
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
1957
6.3
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
1956
4.0
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
1956
6.9
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Claire Crane
1955
7.7
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
1955
7.3
Climax!
as Olivia Chesney
1954
3.3
The United States Steel Hour
1953
6.2
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
1953
6.5
Meet Me Tonight
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
1952
6.7
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Mrs. Wright
1950
6.2
My Foolish Heart
as Martha Winters
1950
6.7
It Happens Every Spring
as Mrs. Greenleaf
1949
6.4
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase
1949
6.7
Derelict
as Helen Lorber
1930
10.0