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Jessie Royce Landis

1896 - 1972

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jessie Royce Landis is the 2,306th most popular actor (up from 3,773rd in 2019), the 4,024th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,642nd in 2019) and the 1,120th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jessie Royce Landis ranks 2,306 out of 13,578. Before her are Josh Hartnett, Brigitte Lin, Dita Von Teese, Paul Rudd, Julio Baghy, and Aaron Paul. After her are Gustav Fröhlich, Murray Head, Oleg Yefremov, Ita Ever, Joan Hickson, and Madge Sinclair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Jessie Royce Landis ranks 124. Before her are Hans Cramer, Johannes Kleiman, Jacques Duclos, Marguerite Laugier, André Hunebelle, and Máté Zalka. After her are Na Hye-sok, Anandamayi Ma, Eduardo Lonardi, Salim Ali, Ieronim Uborevich, and Ivan Yefimovich Petrov. Among people deceased in 1972, Jessie Royce Landis ranks 105. Before her are Vladimir Durković, Mohamed Oufkir, Violette Leduc, Frank Knight, Edward Calvin Kendall, and Ángel Romano. After her are Nikolay Krylov, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Prince William of Gloucester, Walter Jackson Freeman II, Erik Eriksen, and Dan Blocker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jessie Royce Landis ranks 4,024 out of 20,380. Before her are Paul Rudd (1969), Aaron Paul (1979), Horace Greeley (1811), James Waddell Alexander II (1888), Edward Bellamy (1850), and Richie Ginther (1930). After her are Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Charles Whitman (1941), Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), Tony Robbins (1960), William Joyce (1906), and Stewart Copeland (1952).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jessie Royce Landis ranks 1,120. Before her are Gig Young (1913), Paul Winfield (1939), Josh Hartnett (1978), Dita Von Teese (1972), Paul Rudd (1969), and Aaron Paul (1979). After her are Tallulah Bankhead (1902), Alan Hale Sr. (1892), Chris Tucker (1971), Jean Acker (1893), Carey Lowell (1961), and Sue Lyon (1946).

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