Jessie Royce Landis

★ Acting #11,380

1896 - 1972 (age 75) • Acting

Born: 11/25/1896 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 2/2/1972 (age 75)

Known for: Acting

Jessie Royce Landis

★ Acting #11,380

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).

Known For

North by Northwest

80%

Clara Thornhill

1959

To Catch a Thief

73%

Jessie Stevens

1955

Columbo

81%

Mrs. Chadwick

1971

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

78%

Claire Crane

1955

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

72%

Madame Olga Nemirovitch

1964

Ironside

68%

Unknown

1967

Goodbye Again

71%

Mrs. Van der Besh

1961

The Swan

69%

Princess Beatrix

1956

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

70%

Self (archive footage)

1987

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

73%

Grandmother Greher

1971

Columbo

81%

Mrs. Chadwick

1971

The Ceremony of Innocence

90%

Queen Mother Alfreda

1970

Airport

65%

Harriet DuBarry Mossman

1970

Ironside

68%

Unknown

1967

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

72%

Madame Olga Nemirovitch

1964

Valentine's Day

80%

Mrs. Edwina Pierce

1964

Gidget Goes to Rome

50%

Albertina Blythe

1963

Critic's Choice

56%

Charlotte Orr

1963

Boys' Night Out

59%

Ethel Williams

1962

Bon Voyage!

56%

Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne

1962

Goodbye Again

71%

Mrs. Van der Besh

1961

Thriller

67%

Mrs. Kilburn

1960

Adventures in Paradise

61%

Madame Vachet

1959

A Private's Affair

47%

Elizabeth T. Chapman

1959

North by Northwest

80%

Clara Thornhill

1959

I Married a Woman

64%

Mrs. Blake

1958

My Man Godfrey

65%

Angelica Bullock

1957

The Girl He Left Behind

45%

Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer

1956

The Swan

69%

Princess Beatrix

1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

78%

Claire Crane

1955

To Catch a Thief

73%

Jessie Stevens

1955

Climax!

38%

Olivia Chesney

1954

The United States Steel Hour

63%

Unknown

1953

Main Street to Broadway

73%

Self (uncredited)

1953

Meet Me Tonight

71%

Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")

1952

Mother Didn't Tell Me

64%

Mrs. Wright

1950