Acting credits
32
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jessie Royce Landis
Acting
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Movies: 23Series: 9
TMDB ID: 2640
IMDb ID: nm0484829
Known for: Acting
Born: November 25, 1896
Died: February 2, 1972
Age: 75
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1930 - 1987
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.88
Wikidata: Q541270
Also known as
Jessie Medbury • Jessie Royce-Landis
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jessie Royce Landis.
6.5
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self (archive footage)
1987 Movie
6.0
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
as Grandmother Greher
1971 Movie
The Ceremony of Innocence
as Queen Mother Alfreda
1970 Movie
6.5
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
1970 Movie
4.8
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe
1963 Movie
5.6
Critic's Choice
as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
1963 Movie
5.7
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
1962 Movie
5.5
Bon Voyage!
as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
1962 Movie
7.1
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
1961 Movie
1.0
A Private's Affair
as Elizabeth T. Chapman
1959 Movie
8.0
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
1959 Movie
5.8
I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake
1958 Movie
6.4
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
1957 Movie
3.5
The Girl He Left Behind
as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
1956 Movie
6.8
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
1956 Movie
7.3
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
1955 Movie
6.5
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
1953 Movie
6.7
Meet Me Tonight
as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
1952 Movie
6.2
Mother Didn't Tell Me
as Mrs. Wright
1950 Movie
6.4
My Foolish Heart
as Martha Winters
1950 Movie
6.5
It Happens Every Spring
as Mrs. Greenleaf
1949 Movie
7.1
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Mrs. Chase
1949 Movie
10.0
Derelict
as Helen Lorber
1930 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jessie Royce Landis.
8.1
Columbo
as Mrs. Chadwick • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.8
Ironside
2 eps
1967 Series
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Madame Olga Nemirovitch • 1 eps
1964 Series
Valentine's Day
as Mrs. Edwina Pierce • 1 eps
1964 Series
6.6
Thriller
as Mrs. Kilburn • 1 eps
1960 Series
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
as Madame Vachet • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Claire Crane • 1 eps
1955 Series
3.3
Climax!
as Olivia Chesney • 1 eps
1954 Series
6.2
The United States Steel Hour
1 eps
1953 Series