Stage
Broadway
Her stage work included Love’s Old Sweet Song.
FLM.REDJESSIE ROYCE
LANDIS
เจสซี รอยซ์ แลนดิส
A stage performer in Hitchcock’s films
From Broadway to North by Northwest.
A career on stage and screen
Jessie Royce Landis was an American stage and screen actress born in Chicago. Her professional work included Broadway productions before she became familiar to film audiences.
The Internet Broadway Database records her appearances in productions including Love’s Old Sweet Song. Her career also took her into film and television.
In Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief, Landis played Jessie Stevens, mother of Grace Kelly’s character. She appeared in another Hitchcock film, North by Northwest, as Clara Thornhill, mother of Cary Grant’s Roger.
Her other film credits include The Swan and My Foolish Heart. Landis died in 1972; North by Northwest is listed among her films on FLM.RED.
Selected performances
1955
To Catch a Thief
She played Jessie Stevens.
1959
North by Northwest
She played Clara Thornhill.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Internet Broadway Database — stage credits
- Cary Grant — film credits
- American Film Institute — film credits
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.