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Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

Acting
July 30, 1944 (81)
Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
July 30, 1944 (81)
Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Frances de la Tour

Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography 69

Movies (38)

  • Enola Holmes
    2020
    The Dowager
  • Dolittle
    2020
    Dragon (voice)
  • The Highway Rat
    2018
    The Rabbit (voice)
  • Alice Through the Looking Glass
    2016
    Aunt Imogene
  • The Lady in the Van
    2015
    Ursula Vaughan Williams
  • Miss You Already
    2015
    Jill
  • Mr. Holmes
    2015
    Madame Schirmer
  • Survivor
    2015
    Sally
  • Into the Woods
    2014
    Giant
  • National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
    2013
    Kay
  • Trap for Cinderella
    2013
    Aunt Elinor
  • National Theatre Live: People
    2013
    Dorothy Stacpoole
  • Suspension of Disbelief
    2012
    Nesta
  • Private Peaceful
    2012
    Grandma Wolf
  • Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
    2012
    Self
  • Hugo
    2011
    Madame Emilie
  • The Nutcracker
    2010
    The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
    2010
    Olympe Maxime
  • National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
    2010
    Kay
  • Alice in Wonderland
    2010
    Aunt Imogene
  • The Book of Eli
    2010
    Martha
  • The History Boys
    2006
    Mrs. Lintott
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    2005
    Madame Olympe Maxime
  • Love Actually
    2003
    Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
  • The Cherry Orchard
    1999
    Charlotte Ivanovna
  • Genghis Cohn
    1993
    Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
  • Bejewelled
    1991
    Beatrice
  • Strike It Rich
    1990
    Mrs de Vere
  • Murder with Mirrors
    1985
    Miss Bellaver
  • Skirmishes
    1982
    Jean

Shows (31)

  • The Prince
    2021
    Queen Elizabeth (voice)
  • Professor T
    2021
    Adelaide Tempest
  • Vanity Fair
    2018
    Lady Matilda Crawley
  • Man in an Orange Shirt
    2017
    Mrs. March
  • The Collection
    2016
    Yvette Sabine
  • Outlander
    2014
    Mother Hildegarde
  • Big School
    2013
    Ms Baron
  • Vicious
    2013
    Violet Crosby
  • Sensitive Skin
    2005
    Sarah Thorne
  • Agatha Christie's Marple
    2004
    Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
  • Who Do You Think You Are?
    2004
    Self
  • New Tricks
    2004
  • What's Your Problem?
    2002
  • Born and Bred
    2002
    Eugenia Maddox
  • Waking the Dead
    2001
    Alice Taylor-Garnett
  • The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
    1997
    Aunt Western
  • Cold Lazarus
    1996
    Dr Emma Porlock
  • Downwardly Mobile
    1994
  • Every Silver Lining
    1993
  • Heartbeat
    1992
    Tessa
  • Stay Lucky
    1989
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot
    1989
    Salome Otterbourne
  • A Kind of Living
    1988
    Carol Beasley
  • Unnatural Causes
    1986
    Marcia
  • The Bounder
    1982
    Celia
  • Flickers
    1980
    Maud Cole
  • Cottage to Let
    1977
    Elsie Pope
  • The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
    1977
    The Woman
  • Rising Damp
    1974
    Ruth
  • Play for Today
    1970
    Marcia