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Jessie Royce Landis

Acting · Born November 25, 1896 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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).

Movies with Jessie Royce Landis

• North by Northwest (1959) — Clara Thornhill
• To Catch a Thief (1955) — Jessie Stevens
• Airport (1970) — Harriet DuBarry Mossman
• Boys' Night Out (1962) — Ethel Williams
• Goodbye Again (1961) — Mrs. Van der Besh
• Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) — Albertina Blythe
• It Happens Every Spring (1949) — Mrs. Greenleaf
• Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987) — Self (archive footage)
• Main Street to Broadway (1953) — Self (uncredited)
• The Girl He Left Behind (1956) — Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
• My Man Godfrey (1957) — Angelica Bullock
• Critic's Choice (1963) — Charlotte Orr