Jessie Royce Landis
Birthday: 1896-11-25
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography: 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.
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North by Northwest
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase....
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To Catch a Thief
When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The...
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Airport
An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots...
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Main Street to Broadway
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to ac...
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Boys' Night Out
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred i...
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The Swan
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess ...
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My Man Godfrey
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfre...
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Goodbye Again
Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son...
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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time....
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Critic's Choice
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be ver...
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Bon Voyage!
The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, ...
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I Married a Woman
Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion mod...
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Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Two high school seniors try to adjust to adult responsibilities when an unexpected pregnancy forces ...
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The Girl He Left Behind
A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the exp...
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Mother Didn't Tell Me
Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite war...
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A Private's Affair
Luigi, Jerry, and Mike are in boot camp when they are presented with a chance to represent their uni...
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Derelict
Two rival seamen fight for both a promotion to a captaincy in their shipping line and the attentions...
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My Foolish Heart
After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise...
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It Happens Every Spring
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets ou...
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Gidget Goes to Rome
Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journ...
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death ...
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The Ceremony of Innocence
Events leading up to Sweyn Forkbeard's invasion of England in AD 1013....
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Meet Me Tonight
Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel...
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