Jessie Royce Landis
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).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.093 |
| Birthday | 1896-11-25 |
| Place of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Also Known As | Jessie Medbury, Jessie Royce-Landis, |
1959
North by Northwest
8/4163
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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North by Northwest
1955
To Catch a Thief
7.3/1524
An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.
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To Catch a Thief
1970
Airport
6.4/399
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
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Airport
1953
Main Street to Broadway
6.5/2
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspira...
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Main Street to Broadway
1962
Boys' Night Out
5.8/26
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different...
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Boys' Night Out
1956
The Swan
6.9/28
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant co...
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The Swan
1957
My Man Godfrey
6.3/22
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and notic...
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My Man Godfrey
1961
Goodbye Again
7.1/35
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her lo...
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Goodbye Again
1949
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
6.7/7
A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time.
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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1963
Critic's Choice
5.5/13
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewin...
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Critic's Choice
1962
Bon Voyage!
5.3/20
The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, France. Harry Willard believes that the greatest p...
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Bon Voyage!
1958
I Married a Woman
5.8/6
Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion model Janice Blake.
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I Married a Woman
1971
Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
6/2
Two high school seniors try to adjust to adult responsibilities when an unexpected pregnancy forces them into marriage.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
1956
The Girl He Left Behind
4/3
A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director David...
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The Girl He Left Behind
1950
Mother Didn't Tell Me
6.2/3
Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite warnings from a host of other doctor's wives that she...
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Mother Didn't Tell Me
1959
A Private's Affair
1/1
Luigi, Jerry, and Mike are in boot camp when they are presented with a chance to represent their unit in competition on a national television show. Th...
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A Private's Affair
1930
Derelict
10/1
Two rival seamen fight for both a promotion to a captaincy in their shipping line and the attentions of a Havana saloon singer. Sparks fly as they bo...
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Derelict
1950
My Foolish Heart
6.7/16
After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew W...
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My Foolish Heart
1949
It Happens Every Spring
6.4/21
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
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It Happens Every Spring
1963
Gidget Goes to Rome
4.8/12
Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of hi...
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Gidget Goes to Rome
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
6.5/2
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1970
The Ceremony of Innocence
0/0
Events leading up to Sweyn Forkbeard's invasion of England in AD 1013.
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The Ceremony of Innocence
1952
Meet Me Tonight
6.7/6
Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production of the same name.
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