Actor

Jessie Royce Landis

November 25, 1896 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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).

Notable work

8
North by Northwest (1959)
as Clara Thornhill
7.3
To Catch a Thief (1955)
as Jessie Stevens
8.1
Columbo (1971)
as Mrs. Chadwick
6.5
Airport (1970)
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman

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