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{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Jessie Royce Landis
| name = Jessie Royce Landis
| birth_name = Jessie Royce Medbury
| birth_name = Jessie Medbury
| image = Jessie Royce Landis.jpg
| image = Jessie Royce Landis 1954.jpg
| caption =
| caption = Landis in 1954
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|11|25}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|11|25|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|02|02|1896|11|25}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|02|02|1896|11|25|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Danbury, Connecticut]]
| death_place = [[Danbury, Connecticut]], U.S.
|resting_place = [[Branchville (Ridgefield)|Branchville]] Cemetery, [[Ridgefield, Connecticut]]
|resting_place = [[Branchville (Ridgefield)|Branchville Cemetery, Ridgefield, Connecticut]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
| spouse = Perry Lester Landis (1923-1935) <br>Rex Smith (1937-1944)<br>Maj. Gen. J. F. R. Seitz (1956-1972)
* {{marriage|Lester Perry Landis<br>|1915|1925|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Rex Smith<br>|1937|1944|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[John F. R. Seitz]]<br>|1956}}
}}
| other_names = Jesse Royce-Landis
| children = 1
| yearsactive = 1924–1972
}}
}}


'''Jessie Royce Landis''' (November 25, 1896 &ndash; February 2, 1972) was an [[United States|American]] [[actress]].
'''Jessie Royce Landis''' (born '''Jessie Medbury'''; November 25, 1896 – February 2, 1972) was an [[Americans|American]] actress. Her name is also seen as '''Jesse Royce-Landis'''.<ref name=":0" /> She remains perhaps best-known for her mother roles in the [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]] films ''[[To Catch a Thief]]'' (1955) and ''[[North by Northwest]]'' (1959).


==Early Life==
==Early life==
Jesse Royce Landis was born '''Jessie Royce Medbury''' in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref name=nissen /> Her father, Paul, was an orchestra musician.
Jessie Royce Landis was born Jessie Medbury in [[Chicago, Illinois]],<ref name=nissen/> to Paul, an orchestra musician, and Ella Medbury. Her acting surname "Landis" derives from her first husband, although she was married twice more.

A scholarship that Landis received when she was 14 enabled her to attend the Hinshaw Dramatic School, which led to her acting two years later with the Evanston Stock Company.<ref name="acc">{{cite book|last1=Nissen|first1=Axel|title=Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties|date=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786427468|pages=95–99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IbpwDl1nt0MC&q=%22Washbourne.+Her+father+was+a+professional+musician%22&pg=PA96|access-date=8 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
[[File:The-Millionairess-Landis.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Landis starring in ''[[The Millionairess (play)|The Millionairess]]'' at the [[Westport Country Playhouse]] (1938), the US premiere of George Bernard Shaw's play]]
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 (film)|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, and in To Catch a Thief and the [[The Swan (film)|''The Swan'']] she played Grace Kelly's mother. She also made many television appearances.
Landis was a stage actress for much of her career.

When her first husband's family encountered financial problems, she joined the North Shore Players as leading lady and director. In 1924, she left those dual roles to go on tour with ''The Highwayman.''<ref name="nissen" />

Her Broadway career began with ''The Honor of the Family'' (1926) and ended with ''Roar Like a Dove'' (1964).<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Jessie Royce Landis|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessie-royce-landis-15358|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408021140/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jessie-royce-landis-15358|archive-date=8 April 2018}}</ref> In her early years on Broadway, she continued to act in touring productions.<ref name="baf">{{cite book|last1=Liebman|first1=Roy|title=Broadway Actors in Films, 1894-2015|date=2017|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786476855|page=151|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICUSDgAAQBAJ&q=%22Jessie+Royce+Landis%22&pg=PA151|access-date=8 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> In the early 1950s, Landis spent three seasons acting on stage in London.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jessie Royce Landis in 'Celia,' New Mystery at Bucks County|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19055095/jessie_royce_landis/|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=June 28, 1953|location=Pennsylvania, Philadelphia|page=b 9|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = April 8, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> Landis was recognized for the "best performance of the year" for her acting in ''Larger Than Life'' in London in 1950.<ref name="nyt" />

In the era of [[old-time radio]], Landis had the roles of Irene Emerson on ''[[Helpmate (radio program)|Helpmate]]''<ref name="slpd">{{cite news|title=Bob Hope's Show Starts Tuesday Night|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4402903/92141_pd_jh_radio/|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=September 21, 1941|location=Missouri, St. Louis|page=65|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = April 3, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> and the housekeeper on ''The House on Q Street''.<ref name="rp">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows|date=1999|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7864-4513-4|page=158}}</ref> She also was part of "a stellar cast of Broadway actors and actresses" in the cast of ''We Are Always Young'' on [[WOR (AM)|WOR]] in New York in 1941.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Lesser|first1=Jerry|title=Radio Talent: New York|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/40s/1941/BB-1941-03-08i-OCR-Page-0007.pdf|access-date=8 April 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=March 8, 1941|page=7}}</ref>

In the 1950s, she began appearing in movies as a character actress, such as her roles 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, and in ''To Catch a Thief'' and ''[[The Swan (1956 film)|The Swan]]'' (1956), she played the mother of the character played by [[Grace Kelly]]. Landis's appearance in ''North by Northwest'' earned her publicity for portraying Cary Grant's mother despite claiming to be nearly a year younger. Landis listed 1904 as the year of her birth.<ref name=nissen>{{cite book|last=Nissen|first=Axel|title=Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties|year=2006|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-7864-2746-9|page=95}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|volume=3|year=1972|publisher=New York Times & Arno Press|page=353}}</ref> However, she had actually shaved eight years off her age. She appears in the [[1900 census|1900 U.S. Census]] as a 3-year-old born in November 1896;<ref name="autogenerated2">Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 4, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 248; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 96; FHL microfilm: 1240248.</ref> not old enough to be his (biological) mother.{{Original research inline|date=December 2023}}

Landis made many television appearances in programs such as ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'', ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', and ''[[Boris Karloff's Thriller]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jessie Royce Landis|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19057959/jessie_royce_landis/|work=The Daily News|date=February 3, 1972|location=New York, New York City|page=88|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = April 8, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>

Landis' autobiography ''You Won't Be So Pretty (But You'll Know More)'' was published in 1954.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|title=Jessie Royce Landis Is Dead; Stage and Screen Actress, 67|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/03/archives/jessie-royce-landis-is-dead-stage-and-screen-actress-67.html|access-date=8 April 2018|work=The New York Times|date=February 3, 1972|location=New York, New York City}}</ref>


==Age Controversy==
==Marriages==
Landis was married three times. In June 1915, she secretly married Perry Lester Landis, "a scion of one of Evanston's prominent families".<ref name="nissen" /> Their son, Medbury Perry Landis, was born with [[Down syndrome]] in 1916. When she returned to the stage, he was put in a special school over his father's objections. The couple never lived together again, although they were not divorced until 1925,<ref name="nissen" /> and their only son died in 1928.
Landis's appearance in ''North by Northwest'' earned her publicity for portraying Cary Grant's mother despite being nearly a year younger. Landis listed 1904 as the year of her birth, a date now given by many printed biographies and online sources.<ref name=nissen>{{cite book|last=Nissen|first=Axel |title=Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties|year=2006|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-7864-2746-9|page=95}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|volume=3|year=1972|publisher=New York Times & Arno Press|page=353}}</ref> However, in the tradition of many Hollywood actors, Landis had actually shaved years off her age – in this instance, eight. She appears in the [[1900 census|1900 U.S. Census]] as a 3-year-old born in November, 1896,<ref name="autogenerated2">Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 4, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 248; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 96; FHL microfilm: 1240248.</ref> and so was actually seven years older than Grant.


Landis was married to Rex Smith from 1937 to 1944. In 1956, she married her third husband and widower,<ref name="nissen" /> [[United States Army]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] [[John F. R. Seitz|John F. R. "Jeff" Seitz]] (died 1978).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/US_Army_officers_S01.html|title=US Army Officers 1939–1945|access-date=February 21, 2011}}</ref>
==Personal life and death==
She was married three times. Her third husband was Major General J.F.R. "Jeff" Seitz. He died in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/US_Army_officers_S01.html|title=US Army Officers 1939-1945|accessdate=22 February 2011}}</ref> Her [[autobiography]], titled ''You Won't Be So Pretty (But You'll Know More)'' was published in 1954.


==Death==
Landis died of [[cancer]] in [[Danbury, Connecticut]] on February 2, 1972.<ref name=nissen />
Landis died of [[cancer]] at [[Danbury Hospital]] in [[Danbury, Connecticut]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Deaths|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/72-OCR/1972-02-14-BC-OCR-Page-0052.pdf|access-date=8 April 2018|work=Broadcasting|date=February 14, 1972|page=54}}</ref> on February 2, 1972, aged 75.<ref name=nissen/>


==Selected filmography==
==Complete filmography==
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|-
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! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1930
| 1949
| ''At Your Service''
|
| Short
|-
| ''[[Derelict (film)|Derelict]]''
| Helen Lorber
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1949
| ''[[Mr. Belvedere Goes to College]]''
| ''[[Mr. Belvedere Goes to College]]''
| Mrs. Chase
| Mrs. Chase
|
|
|-
|-
| 1949
| ''[[It Happens Every Spring]]''
| ''[[It Happens Every Spring]]''
| Mrs. Greenleaf
| Mrs. Greenleaf
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[My Foolish Heart (1949 film)|My Foolish Heart]]''
| 1949
| ''[[My Foolish Heart (film)|My Foolish Heart]]''
| Martha Winters
| Martha Winters
|
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Mother Didn't Tell Me]]''
| Mrs. Wright
|
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Meet Me Tonight]]''
| Olive Lloyd Ransome, segment "Ways and Means"
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Main Street to Broadway]]''
| Jessie Royce Landis - First Nighter
| Uncredited
|-
|-
| 1955
| 1955
| ''[[To Catch a Thief (film)|To Catch a Thief]]''
| ''[[To Catch a Thief]]''
| Jessie Stevens
| Jessie Stevens
|
|
|-
|-
| 1956
| rowspan=2 | 1956
| ''[[Climax!]]''
| ''[[The Swan (1956 film)|The Swan]]''
| Olivia Chesney
| Episode: "An Episode of Sparrows"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[The Swan (film)|The Swan]]''
| Princess Beatrix
| Princess Beatrix
|
|-
| ''[[The Girl He Left Behind]]''
| Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
|
|
|-
|-
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|
|-
|-
| 1959
| rowspan=2 | 1959
| ''[[North by Northwest]]''
| ''[[North by Northwest]]''
| Clara Thornhill
| Clara Thornhill
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[A Private's Affair]]''
| 1960
| Elizabeth T. Chapman
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
|
| Claire Crane
| Episode: "Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Thriller (U.S. TV series)|Thriller]]''
| Mrs. Killburn
| Episode: "The Mark of the Hand"
|-
|-
| 1961
| 1961
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|
|-
|-
| 1962
| rowspan=2 | 1962
| ''[[Bon Voyage! (1962 film)|Bon Voyage!]]''
| Countessa "La Comtesse" DuFresne
|
|-
| ''[[Boys' Night Out (film)|Boys' Night Out]]''
| ''[[Boys' Night Out (film)|Boys' Night Out]]''
| Ethel Williams
| Ethel Williams
|
|
|-
|-
| 1963
| rowspan=2 | 1963
| ''[[Critic's Choice (1963 film)|Critic's Choice]]''
| ''[[Critic's Choice (1963 film)|Critic's Choice]]''
| Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
| Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
|
|
|-
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Gidget Goes to Rome]]''
| ''[[Gidget Goes to Rome]]''
| Albertina Blythe
| Albertina Blythe
|
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]''
| Madame Olga Nemirovitch
| Episode: "The Adriatic Express Affair"
|-
|-
| 1970
| 1970
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| Mrs. Harriet DuBarry Mossman
| Mrs. Harriet DuBarry Mossman
|
|
|}

==Partial television credits==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Series/TV Movie
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Episode
|-
| 1952
| ''Larger Than Life''
| Julia Lambert
| [[Television film|TV movie]]
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Climax!]]''
| Olivia Chesney
| "An Episode of Sparrows"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Claire Crane
| Season 5 Episode 26: "Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Thriller (American TV series)|Thriller]]''
| Mrs. Killburn
| "The Mark of the Hand"
|-
| 1965
| ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]''
| Madame Olga Nemirovitch
| "The Adriatic Express Affair"
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]''
| Victoria Ironside
| "Why the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club Met on Thursday"
|-
| 1971
| ''Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones''
| Grandmother Greher
| [[ABC Movie of the Week]]
|-
|-
| 1971
| 1971
| ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]''
| ''[[List of Columbo episodes#Season 1|Columbo]]''
| Mrs. Chadwick
| Mrs. Chadwick
| Episode: "Lady in Waiting"
| "Lady in Waiting" (final appearance)
|}

==Radio appearances==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Program !! Episode/source
|-
| 1944 || ''[[Grand Central Station (radio series)|Grand Central Station]]'' || NA<ref>{{cite news|title=Broadway Stars Heard on "Grand Central Station"|newspaper=Harrisburg Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3921641/harrisburg_telegraph/|agency=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=October 21, 1944|location=Pennsylvania, Harrisburg|page=15|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = December 27, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
| 1953|| ''[[The United States Steel Hour#Theatre Guild on the Air|Theatre Guild on the Air]]'' || ''[[Quiet Wedding (play)|Quiet Wedding]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kirby|first1=Walter|title=Better Radio Programs for the Week|newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2676130/the_decatur_daily_review/|agency=The Decatur Daily Review|date=March 15, 1953|page=46|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = June 25, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
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'''Notes'''
{{reflist}}
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== External links ==
==External links==
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* {{OL author}}
*[http://www.dougmacaulay.com/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Jessie.Royce&actor_last=Landis Jessie Royce Landis] from Great Character Actors
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Latest revision as of 04:11, 26 October 2024

Jessie Royce Landis
Landis in 1954
Born
Jessie Medbury

(1896-11-25)November 25, 1896
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedFebruary 2, 1972(1972-02-02) (aged 75)
Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Resting placeBranchville Cemetery, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Other namesJesse Royce-Landis
Years active1924–1972
Spouses
Lester Perry Landis
​
​
(m. 1915; div. 1925)​
Rex Smith
​
​
(m. 1937; div. 1944)​
​
​
(m. 1956)​
Children1

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.[1] She remains perhaps best-known for her mother roles in the Hitchcock films To Catch a Thief (1955) and North by Northwest (1959).

Early life

[edit]

Jessie Royce Landis was born Jessie Medbury in Chicago, Illinois,[2] to Paul, an orchestra musician, and Ella Medbury. Her acting surname "Landis" derives from her first husband, although she was married twice more.

A scholarship that Landis received when she was 14 enabled her to attend the Hinshaw Dramatic School, which led to her acting two years later with the Evanston Stock Company.[3]

Career

[edit]
Landis starring in The Millionairess at the Westport Country Playhouse (1938), the US premiere of George Bernard Shaw's play

Landis was a stage actress for much of her career.

When her first husband's family encountered financial problems, she joined the North Shore Players as leading lady and director. In 1924, she left those dual roles to go on tour with The Highwayman.[2]

Her Broadway career began with The Honor of the Family (1926) and ended with Roar Like a Dove (1964).[1] In her early years on Broadway, she continued to act in touring productions.[4] In the early 1950s, Landis spent three seasons acting on stage in London.[5] Landis was recognized for the "best performance of the year" for her acting in Larger Than Life in London in 1950.[6]

In the era of old-time radio, Landis had the roles of Irene Emerson on Helpmate[7] and the housekeeper on The House on Q Street.[8] She also was part of "a stellar cast of Broadway actors and actresses" in the cast of We Are Always Young on WOR in New York in 1941.[9]

In the 1950s, she began appearing in movies as a character actress, such as her roles 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, and in To Catch a Thief and The Swan (1956), she played the mother of the character played by Grace Kelly. Landis's appearance in North by Northwest earned her publicity for portraying Cary Grant's mother despite claiming to be nearly a year younger. Landis listed 1904 as the year of her birth.[2][10] However, she had actually shaved eight years off her age. She appears in the 1900 U.S. Census as a 3-year-old born in November 1896;[11] not old enough to be his (biological) mother.[original research?]

Landis made many television appearances in programs such as The United States Steel Hour, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Boris Karloff's Thriller.[12]

Landis' autobiography You Won't Be So Pretty (But You'll Know More) was published in 1954.[6]

Marriages

[edit]

Landis was married three times. In June 1915, she secretly married Perry Lester Landis, "a scion of one of Evanston's prominent families".[2] Their son, Medbury Perry Landis, was born with Down syndrome in 1916. When she returned to the stage, he was put in a special school over his father's objections. The couple never lived together again, although they were not divorced until 1925,[2] and their only son died in 1928.

Landis was married to Rex Smith from 1937 to 1944. In 1956, she married her third husband and widower,[2] United States Army Major General John F. R. "Jeff" Seitz (died 1978).[13]

Death

[edit]

Landis died of cancer at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut,[14] on February 2, 1972, aged 75.[2]

Complete filmography

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1930 At Your Service Short
Derelict Helen Lorber
1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College Mrs. Chase
It Happens Every Spring Mrs. Greenleaf
My Foolish Heart Martha Winters
1950 Mother Didn't Tell Me Mrs. Wright
1952 Meet Me Tonight Olive Lloyd Ransome, segment "Ways and Means"
1953 Main Street to Broadway Jessie Royce Landis - First Nighter Uncredited
1955 To Catch a Thief Jessie Stevens
1956 The Swan Princess Beatrix
The Girl He Left Behind Mrs. Madeline Shaeffer
1957 My Man Godfrey Angelica Bullock
1958 I Married a Woman Mrs. Blake, Janice's Mother
1959 North by Northwest Clara Thornhill
A Private's Affair Elizabeth T. Chapman
1961 Goodbye Again Mrs. Van der Besh
1962 Bon Voyage! Countessa "La Comtesse" DuFresne
Boys' Night Out Ethel Williams
1963 Critic's Choice Charlotte Orr aka Charlie
Gidget Goes to Rome Albertina Blythe
1970 Airport Mrs. Harriet DuBarry Mossman

Partial television credits

[edit]
Year Series/TV Movie Role Episode
1952 Larger Than Life Julia Lambert TV movie
1956 Climax! Olivia Chesney "An Episode of Sparrows"
1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Claire Crane Season 5 Episode 26: "Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?"
1960 Thriller Mrs. Killburn "The Mark of the Hand"
1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Madame Olga Nemirovitch "The Adriatic Express Affair"
1969 Ironside Victoria Ironside "Why the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club Met on Thursday"
1971 Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones Grandmother Greher ABC Movie of the Week
1971 Columbo Mrs. Chadwick "Lady in Waiting" (final appearance)

Radio appearances

[edit]
Year Program Episode/source
1944 Grand Central Station NA[15]
1953 Theatre Guild on the Air Quiet Wedding[16]

References

[edit]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Jessie Royce Landis". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Nissen, Axel (2006). Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties. McFarland. p. 95. ISBN 0-7864-2746-9.
  3. ^ Nissen, Axel (2007). Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties. McFarland. pp. 95–99. ISBN 9780786427468. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. ^ Liebman, Roy (2017). Broadway Actors in Films, 1894-2015. McFarland. p. 151. ISBN 9780786476855. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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