Jessie Royce Landis (born Jessie Medbury, November , â€" February , )
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 () and North by Northwest ().Jessie Royce
Landis was born Jessie Medbury in Chicago, Illinois, to Paul, an
orchestra musician, and Ella Medbury. As per Ancestry.com, "Royce"
does not appear to have been her middle name by birth; her middle
initial is cited as either "J." or "T". Her acting surname "Landis"
derives from her first husband, although she was married twice more.A
scholarship that Landis received when she was enabled her to attend
the Hinshaw Dramatic School, which led to her acting two years later
with the Evanston Stock Company.Landis was a stage actress for much of
her career.
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 () and North by Northwest ().Jessie Royce
Landis was born Jessie Medbury in Chicago, Illinois, to Paul, an
orchestra musician, and Ella Medbury. As per Ancestry.com, "Royce"
does not appear to have been her middle name by birth; her middle
initial is cited as either "J." or "T". Her acting surname "Landis"
derives from her first husband, although she was married twice more.A
scholarship that Landis received when she was enabled her to attend
the Hinshaw Dramatic School, which led to her acting two years later
with the Evanston Stock Company.Landis was a stage actress for much of
her career.
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