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Jessie Royce Landis

Cast & creator

Jessie Royce Landis

1896-11-25 (died at 75) Chicago, Illinois, USAIMDb

Best known for Columbo, Ironside, Climax!

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.

Also known as: Jessie Medbury, Jessie Royce-Landis

Movies

23

film credits

Series

9

television credits

Career

32

1930–1987 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Columbo

Columbo

Mrs. Chadwick · 1971

Ironside

Ironside

Acting · 1967

Climax!

Climax!

Olivia Chesney · 1954

Thriller

Thriller

Mrs. Kilburn · 1960

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

Madame Vachet · 1959

Across film & television

Filmography (32)

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Showing 32 of 32 credits

Columbo

Columbo

Mrs. Chadwick

Ironside

Ironside

Climax!

Climax!

Olivia Chesney

Thriller

Thriller

Mrs. Kilburn

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise

Madame Vachet

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Madame Olga Nemirovitch

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Claire Crane

The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour

North by Northwest

North by Northwest

Clara Thornhill

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

Mrs. Edwina Pierce

To Catch a Thief

To Catch a Thief

Jessie Stevens

Airport

Airport

Harriet DuBarry Mossman

Boys' Night Out

Boys' Night Out

Ethel Williams

Goodbye Again

Goodbye Again

Mrs. Van der Besh

The Swan

The Swan

Princess Beatrix

Gidget Goes to Rome

Gidget Goes to Rome

Albertina Blythe

Bon Voyage!

Bon Voyage!

Countessa 'La Comtesse' DuFresne

It Happens Every Spring

It Happens Every Spring

Mrs. Greenleaf

My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

Angelica Bullock

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Grace Kelly: The American Princess

Self (archive footage)

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones

Grandmother Greher

I Married a Woman

I Married a Woman

Mrs. Blake

The Girl He Left Behind

The Girl He Left Behind

Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

Mrs. Chase

Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway

Self (uncredited)

My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart

Martha Winters

A Private's Affair

A Private's Affair

Elizabeth T. Chapman

Critic's Choice

Critic's Choice

Charlotte Orr

Mother Didn't Tell Me

Mother Didn't Tell Me

Mrs. Wright

Meet Me Tonight

Meet Me Tonight

Olive Lloyd Ransome (segment "Ways and Means")

The Ceremony of Innocence

The Ceremony of Innocence

Queen Mother Alfreda

Derelict

Derelict

Helen Lorber