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DIED
February 02, 1972

RECENT CREDITS
North By Northwest (FILM)  Oct. 22, 1999
Airport (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1970
Boys' Night Out (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1962
Goodbye Again (FILM)  Aug. 1, 1961
I Married a Woman (FILM)  Mar. 1, 1958

BIOGRAPHY
Mature character actress who specialized in portraying aristocrats and wealthy society matrons. Although Landis appeared in over 45 plays on the Broadway and London stage and made her film debut in 1930, it was not....
Mature character actress who specialized in portraying aristocrats and wealthy society matrons. Although Landis appeared in over 45 plays on the Broadway and London stage and made her film debut in 1930, it was not until the 1950s that she gave her most notable film performances. She was twice cast as the mother of Grace Kelly--in Alfred Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" (1955), as the caustic mother who stubs out her cigarette in a soft-boiled egg, and again in "The Swan" (1956). Landis also played Cary Grant's sophisticated mother in "North By Northwest" (1959), although she was ten months younger than him.



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North By Northwest
Released: Oct. 22, 1999

Airport
Released: Mar. 5, 1970

Boys' Night Out
Released: Jan. 1, 1962

Goodbye Again
Released: Aug. 1, 1961

I Married a Woman
Released: Mar. 1, 1958


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