Frances de la Tour
Birthday
1944/07/30 (80 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Also know as
Frances J. de Lautour
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.
Acting
(2005) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Madame Olympe Maxime
(2010) The Book of Eli
as Martha
(1985) Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Bellaver
(2006) The History Boys
as Mrs. Lintott
(1980) Rising Damp
as Miss Jones
(2010) Alice in Wonderland
as Aunt Imogene
(2010) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Olympe Maxime
(2011) Hugo
as Madame Emilie
(2010) The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
(1977) Wombling Free
as Julia Frogmorton
(2012) Private Peaceful
as Grandma Wolf
(2012) Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
(2012) Suspension of Disbelief
as Nesta
(2013) Trap for Cinderella
as Aunt Elinor
(2014) Into the Woods
as Giant
(2013) National Theatre Live: People
as Dorothy Stacpoole
(2010) National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Kay
(1972) Our Miss Fred
as Miss Lockhart
(1993) Genghis Cohn
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
(2015) The Lady in the Van
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
(1974) All Good Men
as ---
(2015) Survivor
as Sally
(2003) Love Actually
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
(2015) Mr. Holmes
as Madame Schirmer
(1982) Skirmishes
as Jean
(1990) Strike It Rich
as Mrs de Vere
(1991) Bejewelled
as Beatrice
(2015) Miss You Already
as Jill the Wigmaker
(2016) Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Aunt Imogene (uncredited)
(2013) National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Kay
(1970) Every Home Should Have One
as Maud Crape
(2018) The Highway Rat
as The Rabbit (voice)
(1972) Right to Work March
as Elizabeth I
(1993) Genghis Cohn
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger
(1999) The Cherry Orchard
as Charlotte Ivanovna
(2020) Enola Holmes
as The Dowager
(1976) To the Devil a Daughter
as Salvation Army Major
(2020) Dolittle
as Dragon (voice)
(1976) Housewives' Choice
as Marcia
(1997) The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Aunt Western
(1996) Cold Lazarus
as Emma Porlock
(1974) Rising Damp
as Ruth
(1992) Heartbeat
as Tessa
(2021) Professor T
as Adelaide Tempest
(2002) Born and Bred
as ---
(1970) Play for Today
as Marcia
(2004) New Tricks
as ---
(2002) What's Your Problem?
as ---
(1977) The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as ---
(1988) Kind of Living
as ---
(1993) Every Silver Lining
as ---
(1994) Downwardly Mobile
as ---
(2001) Waking the Dead
as Alice Taylor-Garnett
(1986) Unnatural Causes
as Marcia
(2013) Vicious
as Violet Crosby
(2004) Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
(2014) Outlander
as Mother Hildegarde
(1970) Play for Today
as Maria Waite
(2005) Sensitive Skin
as ---
(1989) Stay Lucky
as ---
(2016) The Collection
as Yvette Sabine
(1982) The Bounder
as Celia
(1980) Flickers
as Maud Cole
(2017) Man in an Orange Shirt
as Mrs. March
(2018) Vanity Fair
as Lady Matilda Crawley
(2004) Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
(2013) Big School
as Ms Baron
(2021) The Prince
as Queen Elizabeth (voice)
(1989) Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Salome Otterbourne