Jessie Royce Landis

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Jessie Royce Landis
Born Jessie Royce Medbury
November 25, 1896(1896-11-25)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died February 2, 1972 (aged 75)
Danbury, Connecticut
Spouse(s) Perry Lester Landis (1923-1935)
Rex Smith (1937-1944)
Maj. Gen. J. F. R. Seitz (1956-1972)

Jessie Royce Landis (November 25, 1896 [1] - 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 (1955), and North by Northwest (1959), 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 third husband was Major General J.F.R. "Jeff" Seitz. He died in 1978.[2] 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.

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Year Film
1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
It Happens Every Spring
My Foolish Heart
1955 To Catch a Thief
1956 The Swan
1957 My Man Godfrey
1958 I Married a Woman
1959 North by Northwest
1961 Goodbye Again
1962 Boys' Night Out
1963 Critic's Choice
Gidget Goes to Rome
1970 Airport

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  1. ^ "Jessie Royce Landis". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484829/. Retrieved 2009-03-27.  Some sources give the year of birth as 1904.
  2. ^ See http://www.unithistories.com/officers/US_Army_officers_S01.html

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