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