Jessie Royce Landis

Jessie Royce Landis

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...

Known For

North by Northwest

as Clara Thornhill

To Catch a Thief

as Jessie Stevens

Airport

as Harriet DuBarry Mossman

Cast Credits

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

as Grandmother Greher

The Ceremony of Innocence

as Queen Mother Alfreda

Airport

as Harriet DuBarry Mossman

Gidget Goes to Rome

as Albertina Blythe

Critic's Choice

as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie

Boys' Night Out

as Ethel Williams

Bon Voyage!

as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne

Goodbye Again

as Mrs. Van der Besh

A Private's Affair

as Elizabeth T. Chapman

North by Northwest

as Clara Thornhill

I Married a Woman

as Mrs. Blake

My Man Godfrey

as Angelica Bullock

The Girl He Left Behind

as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer

The Swan

as Princess Beatrix

To Catch a Thief

as Jessie Stevens

Main Street to Broadway

as Self (uncredited)

Meet Me Tonight

as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")

Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Mrs. Wright

My Foolish Heart

as Martha Winters

It Happens Every Spring

as Mrs. Greenleaf

Derelict

as Helen Lorber