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Jessie Royce Landis
Acting
Born: November 25, 1896
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
