Actor

Jessie Royce Landis

1930–present1896–1972ComedyDramaRomanceThriller

Comic Visionary

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Known For

23 acting credits

as Clara Thornhill

North by Northwest

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1959

North by Northwest

as Jessie Stevens

To Catch a Thief

as Jessie Stevens

1955

To Catch a Thief

Filmography

1987Grace Kelly: The American PrincessSelf (archive footage)7.0 1971Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo JonesGrandmother Greher7.3 1970AirportHarriet DuBarry Mossman6.5 1970The Ceremony of InnocenceQueen Mother Alfreda9.0 1963Critic's ChoiceCharlotte Orr aka Charlie5.7 1963Gidget Goes to Rome

About

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 on Wikipedia.

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