Jessie Royce Landis (Jessie Royce Landis)
Actress. Made her stage debut at the age of 20 in Chicago before moving to Broadway, and developing a career on the stage and the cinema. She is best known for playing Cary Grant’s mother in Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” (1959) although she was about ten months younger than Grant. Also she played the Grace Kelly’s mother in “The Swan” (1956) and “To Catch a Thief” (1955). (bio by: JosĂ© L BernabĂ© Tronchoni)
Born
- November, 25, 1896
- USA
Died
- February, 02, 1972
- USA
Cemetery
- Branchville Cemetery
- Connecticut
- USA