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Frances de la Tour
Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

ActingBorn July 30, 1944 (age 81)Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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

2021
The Prince

as Queen Elizabeth (voice)

TV
2021
Professor T

as Adelaide Tempest

TV
2020
Enola Holmes

as The Dowager

Movie
2020
Dolittle

as Dragon (voice)

Movie
2018
The Highway Rat

as The Rabbit (voice)

Movie
2018
Vanity Fair

as Lady Matilda Crawley

TV
2017TV
2016
The Collection

as Yvette Sabine

TV
2016Movie
2015
The Lady in the Van

as Ursula Vaughan Williams

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Mr. Holmes

as Madame Schirmer

Movie
2015
Survivor

as Sally

Movie
2014Movie
2014
Outlander

as Mother Hildegarde

TV
2013
Big School

as Ms Baron

TV
2013
Trap for Cinderella

as Aunt Elinor

Movie
2013
Vicious

as Violet Crosby

TV
2013
National Theatre Live: People

as Dorothy Stacpoole

Movie
2012Movie
2012
Private Peaceful

as Grandma Wolf

Movie
2011
Hugo

as Madame Emilie

Movie
2010
The Nutcracker

as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva

Movie
2010
Alice in Wonderland

as Aunt Imogene

Movie
2010Movie
2006
The History Boys

as Mrs. Lintott

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Sensitive Skin

as Sarah Thorne

TV
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop

TV
2003
Love Actually

as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)

Movie
2002
Born and Bred

as Eugenia Maddox

TV
2001
Waking the Dead

as Alice Taylor-Garnett

TV
1999
The Cherry Orchard

as Charlotte Ivanovna

Movie
1996
Cold Lazarus

as Dr Emma Porlock

TV
1993
Genghis Cohn

as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist

Movie
1993
Genghis Cohn

as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger

Movie
1992
Heartbeat

as Tessa

TV
1991
Bejewelled

as Beatrice

Movie
1990
Strike It Rich

as Mrs de Vere

Movie
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Salome Otterbourne

TV
1988
A Kind of Living

as Carol Beasley

TV
1986TV
1985
Murder with Mirrors

as Miss Bellaver

Movie
1982
Skirmishes

as Jean

Movie
1982
The Bounder

as Celia

TV
1980
Flickers

as Maud Cole

TV
1980
Rising Damp

as Miss Jones

Movie
1977
Wombling Free

as Julia Frogmorton

Movie
1976Movie
1976
To the Devil a Daughter

as Salvation Army Major

Movie
1974TV
1974Movie
1972
Our Miss Fred

as Miss Lockhart

Movie
1972
Right to Work March

as Elizabeth I

Movie
1970TV
1970
Play for Today

as Maria Waite

TV
1970Movie
1967TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 30, 1944
Place of BirthBovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Popularity1.2