Jessie Royce Landis

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Jessie Royce Landis

Acting 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-know…

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North by Northwest

North by Northwest

8.0 1959 Movie
Columbo

Columbo

8.1 1971 TV Show
To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief

7.3 1955 Movie
Ironside

Ironside

6.8 1967 TV Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8 1955 TV Show
Airport

Airport

6.5 1970 Movie
Climax!

Climax!

3.8 1954 TV Show
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

7.2 1964 TV Show
Thriller

Thriller

6.7 1960 TV Show
Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

6.1 1959 TV Show
The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour

6.3 1953 TV Show
Goodbye Again

Goodbye Again

7.1 1961 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1987
    Grace Kelly: The American Princess

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1971
    Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

    Movie Grandmother Greher

  3. 1971
    Columbo

    TV show Mrs. Chadwick

  4. 1970
    The Ceremony of Innocence

    Movie Queen Mother Alfreda

  5. 1970
    Airport

    Movie Harriet DuBarry Mossman

  6. 1967
    Ironside

    TV show

  7. 1964
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    TV show Madame Olga Nemirovitch

  8. 1964
    Valentine's Day

    TV show Mrs. Edwina Pierce

  9. 1963
    Gidget Goes to Rome

    Movie Albertina Blythe

  10. 1963
    Critic's Choice

    Movie Charlotte Orr

  11. 1962
    Boys' Night Out

    Movie Ethel Williams

  12. 1962
    Bon Voyage!

    Movie Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne

  13. 1961
    Goodbye Again

    Movie Mrs. Van der Besh

  14. 1960
    Thriller

    TV show Mrs. Kilburn

  15. 1959
    Adventures in Paradise

    TV show Madame Vachet

  16. 1959
    A Private's Affair

    Movie Elizabeth T. Chapman

More credits
  1. 1959
    North by Northwest

    Movie Clara Thornhill

  2. 1958
    I Married a Woman

    Movie Mrs. Blake

  3. 1957
    My Man Godfrey

    Movie Angelica Bullock

  4. 1956
    The Girl He Left Behind

    Movie Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer

  5. 1956
    The Swan

    Movie Princess Beatrix

  6. 1955
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    TV show Claire Crane

  7. 1955
    To Catch a Thief

    Movie Jessie Stevens

  8. 1954
    Climax!

    TV show Olivia Chesney

  9. 1953
    The United States Steel Hour

    TV show

  10. 1953
    Main Street to Broadway

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  11. 1952
    Meet Me Tonight

    Movie Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")

  12. 1950
    Mother Didn't Tell Me

    Movie Mrs. Wright

  13. 1950
    My Foolish Heart

    Movie Martha Winters

  14. 1949
    It Happens Every Spring

    Movie Mrs. Greenleaf

  15. 1949
    Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

    Movie Mrs. Chase

  16. 1930
    Derelict

    Movie Helen Lorber