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