Jessie Royce Landis
November 25, 1896 · 129 years old
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 f…
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North by Northwest
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
To Catch a Thief
A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.
Goodbye Again
A successful business woman, dissatisfied with her current, philandering lover, starts an affair with a much younger man.
My Man Godfrey
The spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship.
Bon Voyage!
A family takes a long delayed trip to Europe and finds an unending series of comedy adventures.