Jessie Royce Landis

Born: 25 November 1896, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 2 February 1972, Danbury, Connecticut, USA

 

Jessie Royce Landis was primarily a stage actress, appearing on Broadway as early as 1926. She made sporadic forays into film in 1930 but preferred to stay on the stage going on to appear in over 30 Broadway productions.

Derelict (1930) as Helen Lorber

With William 'Stage' Boyd.

North by Northwest (1959) as Clara Thornhill