Acting
Jessie Royce Landis
Also Known As: Jessie Medbury, Jessie Royce-Landis
Birth Date
November 25, 1896
Death Date
February 2, 1972
(passed away at 75)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessie Royce Landis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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TV Show
Columbo
Mrs. Chadwick
1971 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Ironside
1967 • 2 episodes
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TV Show
Climax!
Olivia Chesney
1954 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Thriller
Mrs. Kilburn
1960 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Claire Crane
1955 • 1 episode
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The United States Steel Hour
1953 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Adventures in Paradise
Madame Vachet
1959 • 1 episode
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TV Show
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame Olga Nemirovitch
1964 • 1 episode
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Movie
North by Northwest
Clara Thornhill
1959
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Movie
To Catch a Thief
Jessie Stevens
1955
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Movie
Airport
Harriet DuBarry Mossman
1970
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TV Show
Valentine's Day
Mrs. Edwina Pierce
1964 • 1 episode
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Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Grandmother Greher
1971
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Movie
Goodbye Again
Mrs. Van der Besh
1961
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Movie
My Man Godfrey
Angelica Bullock
1957
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Movie
Boys' Night Out
Ethel Williams
1962
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Movie
My Foolish Heart
Martha Winters
1950
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Movie
The Girl He Left Behind
Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
1956
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Movie
It Happens Every Spring
Mrs. Greenleaf
1949
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Movie
The Swan
Princess Beatrix
1956