Jessie Royce Landis

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.

Actor

1930

[ ] Derelict (Helen Lorber)

1949

[ ] Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (Mrs. Chase)
[ ] It Happens Every Spring (Mrs. Greenleaf)

1950

[ ] Mother Didn't Tell Me (Mrs. Wright)
[ ] My Foolish Heart (Martha Winters)

1952

[ ] Meet Me Tonight (Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means"))

1953

[ ] Main Street to Broadway (Self (uncredited))

1955

[ ] To Catch a Thief (Jessie Stevens)

1956

[ ] The Swan (Princess Beatrix)
[ ] The Girl He Left Behind (Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer)

1957

[ ] My Man Godfrey (Angelica Bullock)

1958

[ ] I Married a Woman (Mrs. Blake)

1959

[ ] North by Northwest (Clara Thornhill)
[ ] A Private's Affair (Elizabeth T. Chapman)

1961

[ ] Goodbye Again (Mrs. Van der Besh)

1962

[ ] Boys' Night Out (Ethel Williams)
[ ] Bon Voyage! (Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne)

1963

[ ] Critic's Choice (Charlotte Orr aka Charlie)
[ ] Gidget Goes to Rome (Albertina Blythe)

1970

[ ] Airport (Harriet DuBarry Mossman)
[ ] The Ceremony of Innocence (Queen Mother Alfreda)

1971

[ ] Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (Grandmother Greher)

1987

[ ] Grace Kelly: The American Princess (Self (archive footage))