Jessie Royce Landis
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| Born | Jessie Royce Medbury November 25, 1896 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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[edit] Notes
- ^ "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.
- ^ See http://www.unithistories.com/officers/US_Army_officers_S01.html
[edit] External links
- Jessie Royce Landis at the Internet Broadway Database
- Jessie Royce Landis at the Internet Movie Database
- Jessie Royce Landis at the TCM Movie Database
- Jessie Royce Landis at Find a Grave
- Jessie Royce Landis from Great Character Actors
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