Person
Frances de la Tour
Acting · Born 1944-07-30 · 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.
Known for
Play for Today
Marcia
Outlander
Mother Hildegarde
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Salome Otterbourne
Heartbeat
Tessa
Waking the Dead
Alice Taylor-Garnett
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Madame Olympe Maxime
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Olympe Maxime
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
New Tricks
2004
Filmography
- 2021The PrinceQueen Elizabeth (voice)
- 2021Professor TAdelaide Tempest
- 2020Enola HolmesThe Dowager
- 2020DolittleDragon (voice)
- 2018The Highway RatThe Rabbit (voice)
- 2018Vanity FairLady Matilda Crawley
- 2017Man in an Orange ShirtMrs. March
- 2016The CollectionYvette Sabine
- 2016Alice Through the Looking GlassAunt Imogene
- 2015The Lady in the VanUrsula Vaughan Williams
- 2015Miss You AlreadyJill
- 2015Mr. HolmesMadame Schirmer
- 2015SurvivorSally
- 2014Into the WoodsGiant
- 2014OutlanderMother Hildegarde
- 2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageKay
- 2013Big SchoolMs Baron
- 2013Trap for CinderellaAunt Elinor
- 2013ViciousViolet Crosby
- 2013National Theatre Live: PeopleDorothy Stacpoole
- 2012Suspension of DisbeliefNesta
- 2012Private PeacefulGrandma Wolf
- 2012Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'Self
- 2011HugoMadame Emilie
- 2010The NutcrackerThe Rat Queen / Frau Eva
- 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Olympe Maxime
- 2010National Theatre Live: The Habit of ArtKay
- 2010Alice in WonderlandAunt Imogene
- 2010The Book of EliMartha
- 2006The History BoysMrs. Lintott
- 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireMadame Olympe Maxime
- 2005Sensitive SkinSarah Thorne
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
- 2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self
- 2004New Tricks
- 2003Love ActuallyLesbian Lover (uncredited)
- 2002What's Your Problem?
- 2002Born and BredEugenia Maddox
- 2001Waking the DeadAlice Taylor-Garnett
- 1999The Cherry OrchardCharlotte Ivanovna
- 1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingAunt Western
- 1996Cold LazarusDr Emma Porlock
- 1994Downwardly Mobile
- 1993Genghis CohnDr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
- 1993Every Silver Lining
- 1992HeartbeatTessa
- 1991BejewelledBeatrice
- 1990Strike It RichMrs de Vere
- 1989Stay Lucky
- 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSalome Otterbourne
- 1988A Kind of LivingCarol Beasley
- 1986Unnatural CausesMarcia
- 1985Murder with MirrorsMiss Bellaver
- 1982SkirmishesJean
- 1982The BounderCelia
- 1980FlickersMaud Cole
- 1980Rising DampMiss Jones
- 1977Wombling FreeJulia Frogmorton
- 1977Cottage to LetElsie Pope
- 1977The Galton & Simpson PlayhouseThe Woman
- 1976Housewives' ChoiceMarcia
- 1976To the Devil a DaughterSalvation Army Major
- 1974Rising DampRuth
- 1974All Good Men
- 1972Our Miss FredMiss Lockhart
- 1972Right to Work MarchElizabeth I
- 1970Play for TodayMarcia
- 1970Every Home Should Have OneMaud Crape
- 1967ITV PlayhouseJean
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