Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 25, 1896
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Jessie Medbury
- Jessie Royce-Landis
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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Known For - Movies
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Boys' Night Out
as Ethel Williams
Goodbye Again
as Mrs. Van der Besh
The Swan
as Princess Beatrix
My Man Godfrey
as Angelica Bullock
Main Street to Broadway
as Self (uncredited)
Gidget Goes to Rome
as Albertina Blythe
I Married a Woman
as Mrs. Blake
