Actor info
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Name :
Jessie Royce Landis
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Born :
November 25, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois, USA (75 years at death)
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Died :
February 2, 1972
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
23 films (1930–1987)
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Also known as :
Jessie Medbury, Jessie Royce-Landis
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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.
Notable films
- Airport (1970) as Harriet DuBarry Mossman
- Goodbye Again (1961) as Mrs. Van der Besh
- North by Northwest (1959) as Clara Thornhill
- My Man Godfrey (1957) as Angelica Bullock
- To Catch a Thief (1955) as Jessie Stevens
