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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.
She was an American actress and prominent Broadway veteran known for her transition to film in the 1950s, where she specialized in playing sophisticated society matrons.
She is recognized for her memorable supporting roles as the mother figures in Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief and North by Northwest.