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.

Filmography

• Columbo — Mrs. Chadwick
• 1971Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones — Grandmother Greher
• 1970Airport — Harriet DuBarry Mossman
• 1970The Ceremony of Innocence — Queen Mother Alfreda
• Ironside
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Madame Olga Nemirovitch
• Valentine's Day — Mrs. Edwina Pierce
• 1963Critic's Choice — Charlotte Orr
• 1963Gidget Goes to Rome — Albertina Blythe
• 1962Bon Voyage! — Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
• 1962Boys' Night Out — Ethel Williams
• 1961Goodbye Again — Mrs. Van der Besh
• Thriller — Mrs. Kilburn
• 1959A Private's Affair — Elizabeth T. Chapman
• Adventures in Paradise — Madame Vachet
• 1959North by Northwest — Clara Thornhill
• 1958I Married a Woman — Mrs. Blake
• 1957My Man Godfrey — Angelica Bullock
• 1956The Girl He Left Behind — Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
• 1956The Swan — Princess Beatrix
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Claire Crane
• 1955To Catch a Thief — Jessie Stevens
• Climax! — Olivia Chesney
• The United States Steel Hour
• 1952Meet Me Tonight — Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
• 1950Mother Didn't Tell Me — Mrs. Wright
• 1950My Foolish Heart — Martha Winters
• 1949It Happens Every Spring — Mrs. Greenleaf
• 1949Mr. Belvedere Goes to College — Mrs. Chase
• 1930Derelict — Helen Lorber

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1987Grace Kelly: The American Princess — Self (archive footage)
• 1953Main Street to Broadway — Self (uncredited)