Jessie Royce Landis
Actor
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).
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Filmography
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens 1955
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman 1970
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh 1961
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix 1956
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams 1962
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock 1957
It Happens Every Spring
as Mrs. Greenleaf 1949
Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne 1962
My Foolish Heart
as Martha Winters 1950
Critic's Choice
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie 1963
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe 1963
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase 1949
I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake 1958
Meet Me Tonight
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means") 1952
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer 1956
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Mrs. Wright 1950