Jessie Royce Landis

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.

Known For

North by Northwest

as Clara Thornhill

To Catch a Thief

as Jessie Stevens

Columbo

as Mrs. Chadwick

Airport

as Harriet DuBarry Mossman

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Claire Crane

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

as Madame Olga Nemirovitch

Ironside

Goodbye Again

as Mrs. Van der Besh

The Swan

as Princess Beatrix

Boys' Night Out

as Ethel Williams