Jessie Royce Landis (November 25, 1896 - February 2, 1972) was an American actress. She was born Jessie Royce Medbury in Chicago, Illinois. Landis was a stage actress for much of her career. In the 1950s, she began appearing in movies as a character actress, most notably in To Catch a Thief, and North by Northwest, both starring Cary Grant and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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  • Jessie Royce Landis (November 25, 1896 - February 2, 1972) was an American actress. She was born Jessie Royce Medbury in Chicago, Illinois. Landis was a stage actress for much of her career. In the 1950s, she began appearing in movies as a character actress, most notably in To Catch a Thief, and North by Northwest, both starring Cary Grant and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In North by Northwest she played Grant's character's mother (she was only 8 years older than Grant), and in To Catch a Thief she played Grace Kelly's mother. She also made many television appearances. She was married three times. Her autobiography, titled You Won't Be So Pretty (But You'll Know More) was published in 1954. Landis died of cancer in Danbury, Connecticut, aged 75.
  • Jessie Royce Landis war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Physiognomisch als illegitime Schwester Myrna Loys einzuordnen, ist sie vor allem im Oeuvre Alfred Hitchcocks ein Kuriosum. Laut eigenen Angaben geboren Nov. 1904, und demnach fast ein Jahr jünger als Cary Grant, spielt sie in Der unsichtbare Dritte dessen Mutter und in Über den Dächern von Nizza dessen Schwiegermutter in spe. Als Mutter ihrer hitchcockschen Filmtochter Grace Kelly tritt sie auch in der Schmonzette Der Schwan auf. Ihre letzte Kino-Rolle hat sie im Katastrophenfilm Airport, ihren letzten TV-Auftritt hat sie 1971 in einer Folge der Serie Columbo. 1972 starb Jessie Royce Landis an den Folgen von Krebs.
  • Jessie Royce Landis était une actrice américaine, née Jessie Royce Medbury à Chicago le 25 novembre 1896, décédée d'un cancer à Danbury le 2 février 1972.
  • Джесси Ройс Лэндис — американская актриса.
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  • Jessie Royce Landis (November 25, 1896 - February 2, 1972) was an American actress. She was born Jessie Royce Medbury in Chicago, Illinois. Landis was a stage actress for much of her career. In the 1950s, she began appearing in movies as a character actress, most notably in To Catch a Thief, and North by Northwest, both starring Cary Grant and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Jessie Royce Landis war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Physiognomisch als illegitime Schwester Myrna Loys einzuordnen, ist sie vor allem im Oeuvre Alfred Hitchcocks ein Kuriosum. Laut eigenen Angaben geboren Nov. 1904, und demnach fast ein Jahr jünger als Cary Grant, spielt sie in Der unsichtbare Dritte dessen Mutter und in Über den Dächern von Nizza dessen Schwiegermutter in spe. Als Mutter ihrer hitchcockschen Filmtochter Grace Kelly tritt sie auch in der Schmonzette Der Schwan auf.
  • Jessie Royce Landis était une actrice américaine, née Jessie Royce Medbury à Chicago le 25 novembre 1896, décédée d'un cancer à Danbury le 2 février 1972.
  • Джесси Ройс Лэндис — американская актриса.
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