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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
1959
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
1955
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
1970
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
1953
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
1962
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
1956
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
1957
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
1961
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase
1949
Critic's Choice
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
1963
Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
1962
I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake
1958
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Grandmother Greher
1971
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
1956
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Mrs. Wright
1950
A Private's Affair
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
1959
Derelict
as Helen Lorber
1930
My Foolish Heart
as Martha Winters
1950
It Happens Every Spring
as Mrs. Greenleaf
1949
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe
1963
TV Appearances
Ironside
1967
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Claire Crane
1955
Thriller
as Mrs. Kilburn
1960
Climax!
as Olivia Chesney
1954
Adventures in Paradise
as Madame Vachet
1959
Columbo
as Mrs. Chadwick
1971
Valentine's Day
as Mrs. Edwina Pierce
1964
The United States Steel Hour
1953
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Madame Olga Nemirovitch
1964