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Jessie Royce Landis
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Life & Death

Died aged 75
Also known asJessie Medbury, Jessie Royce-LandisGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn25/11/1896Born inChicago, Illinois, USADied02/02/1972 (aged 75)Died inDanburyCausecancerWikidataQ541270 ↗Buried atBranchville CemeteryTMDb#2640 ↗

Jessie Royce Landis, also known as Jesse Royce-Landis, was an American actress known for her mother roles in the Hitchcock films To Catch a Thief (1955) and North by Northwest (1959).

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Filmography32 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1987Grace Kelly: The American PrincessMovieSelf (archive footage)91
1971ColumboSeriesMrs. Chadwick75
1971Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo JonesMovieGrandmother Greher75
1970AirportMovieHarriet DuBarry Mossman74
1970The Ceremony of InnocenceMovieQueen Mother Alfreda74
1967IronsideSeries—71
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.SeriesMadame Olga Nemirovitch68
1964Valentine's DaySeriesMrs. Edwina Pierce68
1963Gidget Goes to RomeMovieAlbertina Blythe67
1963Critic's ChoiceMovieCharlotte Orr67
1962Bon Voyage!MovieCountessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne66
1962Boys' Night OutMovieEthel Williams66
1961Goodbye AgainMovieMrs. Van der Besh65
1960ThrillerSeriesMrs. Kilburn64
1959North by NorthwestMovieClara Thornhill63
1959Adventures in ParadiseSeriesMadame Vachet63
1959A Private's AffairMovieElizabeth T. Chapman63
1958I Married a WomanMovieMrs. Blake62
1957My Man GodfreyMovieAngelica Bullock61
1956The SwanMoviePrincess Beatrix60
1956The Girl He Left BehindMovieMrs. Madeline Shaeffer60
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeriesClaire Crane59
1955To Catch a ThiefMovieJessie Stevens59
1954Climax!SeriesOlivia Chesney58
1953The United States Steel HourSeries—57
1953Main Street to BroadwayMovieSelf (uncredited)57
1952Meet Me TonightMovieOlive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")56
1950My Foolish HeartMovieMartha Winters54
1950Mother Didn't Tell MeMovieMrs. Wright54
1949It Happens Every SpringMovieMrs. Greenleaf53
1949Mr. Belvedere Goes to CollegeMovieMrs. Chase53
1930DerelictMovieHelen Lorber34