Acting
Jessie Royce Landis
Chicago, Illinois, USABorn 1896
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.
23
Films
9
TV Shows
Known For
32 Credits
Columbo
as Mrs. Chadwick
1971
Ironside
1967
Climax!
as Olivia Chesney
1954
Thriller
as Mrs. Kilburn
1960
Adventures in Paradise
as Madame Vachet
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Claire Crane
1955
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Madame Olga Nemirovitch
1964
The United States Steel Hour
1953
North by Northwest
as Clara Thornhill
1959
Valentine's Day
as Mrs. Edwina Pierce
1964
To Catch a Thief
as Jessie Stevens
1955
Airport
as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
1970