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).
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North by Northwest
Clara Thornhill
To Catch a Thief
Jessie Stevens
Airport
Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Main Street to Broadway
Self (uncredited)
Boys' Night Out
Ethel Williams
The Swan
Princess Beatrix
My Man Godfrey
Angelica Bullock
Goodbye Again
Mrs. Van der Besh
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Mrs. Chase
Critic's Choice
Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
Bon Voyage!
Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
I Married a Woman
Mrs. Blake
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Grandmother Greher
The Girl He Left Behind
Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
Mother Didn't Tell Me
Mrs. Wright
A Private's Affair
Elizabeth T. Chapman
Derelict
Helen Lorber
My Foolish Heart
Martha Winters
It Happens Every Spring
Mrs. Greenleaf
Gidget Goes to Rome
Albertina Blythe
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Self (archive footage)
The Ceremony of Innocence
Queen Mother Alfreda
Meet Me Tonight
Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")