Frances de la Tour
July 30, 1944 (80 years old) in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Frances de la Tour is an English television, stage and film actress, known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom "Rising Damp" from 1974 until 1978; Madame Olympe Maxime in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005) and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" (2010) and Mrs. Lintott in Alan Bennett's "The History Boys". She is a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · The Prince as Queen Elizabeth (voice)
- 2021 · Professor T as Adelaide Tempest
- 2020 · Enola Holmes as The Dowager
- 2020 · Dolittle as Dragon (voice)
- 2018 · The Highway Rat as The Rabbit (voice)
- 2018 · Vanity Fair as Lady Matilda Crawley
- 2017 · Man in an Orange Shirt as Mrs. March
- 2016 · The Collection as Yvette Sabine
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Aunt Imogene (uncredited)
- 2015 · The Lady in the Van as Ursula Vaughan Williams
- 2015 · Miss You Already as Jill the Wigmaker
- 2015 · Mr. Holmes as Madame Schirmer
- 2015 · Survivor as Sally
- 2014 · Into the Woods as Giant
- 2014 · Outlander as Mother Hildegarde
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Kay
- 2013 · Big School as Ms Baron
- 2013 · Trap for Cinderella as Aunt Elinor
- 2013 · Vicious as Violet Crosby
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: People as Dorothy Stacpoole
- 2012 · Suspension of Disbelief as Nesta
- 2012 · Private Peaceful as Grandma Wolf
- 2012 · Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' as Self
- 2011 · Hugo as Madame Emilie
- 2010 · The Nutcracker: The Untold Story as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Olympe Maxime
- 2010 · National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art as Kay
- 2010 · Alice in Wonderland as Aunt Imogene
- 2010 · The Book of Eli as Martha
- 2006 · The History Boys as Mrs. Lintott
- 2005 · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Madame Olympe Maxime
- 2005 · Sensitive Skin as
- 2004 · Agatha Christie's Marple as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2003 · Love Actually as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
- 2002 · What's Your Problem? as
- 2002 · Born and Bred as
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Alice Taylor-Garnett
- 1999 · The Cherry Orchard as Charlotte Ivanovna
- 1997 · The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Aunt Western
- 1996 · Cold Lazarus as Emma Porlock
- 1994 · Downwardly Mobile as
- 1994 · Genghis Cohn as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
- 1994 · Genghis Cohn as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger
- 1993 · Every Silver Lining as
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Tessa
- 1991 · Bejewelled as Beatrice
- 1990 · Strike It Rich as Mrs de Vere
- 1989 · Stay Lucky as
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Salome Otterbourne
- 1988 · Kind of Living as
- 1986 · Unnatural Causes as Marcia
- 1985 · Murder with Mirrors as Miss Bellaver
- 1982 · Skirmishes as Jean
- 1982 · The Bounder as Celia
- 1980 · Flickers as Maud Cole
- 1980 · Rising Damp as Miss Jones
- 1977 · Wombling Free as Julia Frogmorton
- 1977 · The Galton & Simpson Playhouse as
- 1976 · Housewives' Choice as Marcia
- 1976 · To the Devil a Daughter as Salvation Army Major
- 1974 · Rising Damp as Ruth
- 1974 · All Good Men as
- 1972 · Our Miss Fred as Miss Lockhart
- 1972 · Right to Work March as Elizabeth I
- 1970 · Play for Today as Marcia
- 1970 · Play for Today as Maria Waite
- 1970 · Every Home Should Have One as Maud Crape