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.

Known For

Columbo

Ironside

Thriller

Climax!

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Adventures in Paradise

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

The United States Steel Hour

All Movies (23)

• Grace Kelly: The American Princess1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones1971 · as Grandmother Greher
• The Ceremony of Innocence1970 · as Queen Mother Alfreda
• Airport1970 · as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
• Gidget Goes to Rome1963 · as Albertina Blythe
• Critic's Choice1963 · as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
• Boys' Night Out1962 · as Ethel Williams
• Bon Voyage!1962 · as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
• Goodbye Again1961 · as Mrs. Van der Besh
• A Private's Affair1959 · as Elizabeth T. Chapman
• North by Northwest1959 · as Clara Thornhill
• I Married a Woman1958 · as Mrs. Blake
• My Man Godfrey1957 · as Angelica Bullock
• The Girl He Left Behind1956 · as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
• The Swan1956 · as Princess Beatrix
• To Catch a Thief1955 · as Jessie Stevens
• Main Street to Broadway1953 · as Self (uncredited)
• Meet Me Tonight1952 · as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
• Mother Didn't Tell Me1950 · as Mrs. Wright
• My Foolish Heart1950 · as Martha Winters
• It Happens Every Spring1949 · as Mrs. Greenleaf
• Mr. Belvedere Goes to College1949 · as Mrs. Chase
• Derelict1930 · as Helen Lorber

All TV Shows (9)

• Columbo1971 · as Mrs. Chadwick
• Ironside1967
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Madame Olga Nemirovitch
• Valentine's Day1964 · as Mrs. Edwina Pierce
• Thriller1960 · as Mrs. Kilburn
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Madame Vachet
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Claire Crane
• Climax!1954 · as Olivia Chesney
• The United States Steel Hour1953