Actor

Jessie Royce Landis

Birthday: November 25, 1896

Born in: 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessie Royce Landis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 90
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971) as Grandmother Greher
Age: 74
The Ceremony of Innocence (1970) as Queen Mother Alfreda
Age: 73
Airport (1970) as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
Age: 73
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) as Albertina Blythe
Age: 66
Critic's Choice (1963) as Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
Age: 66
Boys' Night Out (1962) as Ethel Williams
Age: 65
Bon Voyage! (1962) as Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne
Age: 65
Goodbye Again (1961) as Mrs. Van der Besh
Age: 64
A Private's Affair (1959) as Elizabeth T. Chapman
Age: 62
North by Northwest (1959) as Clara Thornhill
Age: 62
I Married a Woman (1958) as Mrs. Blake
Age: 61
My Man Godfrey (1957) as Angelica Bullock
Age: 60
The Girl He Left Behind (1956) as Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
Age: 59
The Swan (1956) as Princess Beatrix
Age: 59
To Catch a Thief (1955) as Jessie Stevens
Age: 58
Main Street to Broadway (1953) as Self (uncredited)
Age: 56
Meet Me Tonight (1952) as Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")
Age: 55
Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950) as Mrs. Wright
Age: 53
My Foolish Heart (1950) as Martha Winters
Age: 53
It Happens Every Spring (1949) as Mrs. Greenleaf
Age: 52
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) as Mrs. Chase
Age: 52
Derelict (1930) as Helen Lorber
Age: 33