Frances de la Tour
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1944 (age 82)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Professor T
TV · as Adelaide Tempest · 30 eps
The Prince
TV · as Queen Elizabeth (voice) · 12 eps
Enola Holmes
Movie · as The Dowager
Dolittle
Movie · as Dragon (voice)
The Highway Rat
Movie · as The Rabbit (voice)
Vanity Fair
TV · as Lady Matilda Crawley · 7 eps
Man in an Orange Shirt
TV · as Mrs. March · 1 ep
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie · as Aunt Imogene
The Collection
TV · as Yvette Sabine · 8 eps
The Lady in the Van
Movie · as Ursula Vaughan Williams
Survivor
Movie · as Sally
Mr. Holmes
Movie · as Madame Schirmer
Miss You Already
Movie · as Jill
Into the Woods
Movie · as Giant
Outlander
TV · as Mother Hildegarde · 4 eps
Trap for Cinderella
Movie · as Aunt Elinor
National Theatre Live: People
Movie · as Dorothy Stacpoole
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Movie · as Kay
Vicious
TV · as Violet Crosby · 12 eps
Big School
TV · as Ms Baron · 12 eps
Private Peaceful
Movie · as Grandma Wolf
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Movie · as Self
Suspension of Disbelief
Movie · as Nesta
Hugo
Movie · as Madame Emilie
The Book of Eli
Movie · as Martha
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Aunt Imogene
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie · as Olympe Maxime
The Nutcracker
Movie · as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Movie · as Kay
The History Boys
Movie · as Mrs. Lintott
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Movie · as Madame Olympe Maxime
Sensitive Skin
TV · as Sarah Thorne · 1 ep
New Tricks
TV · 1 ep
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop · 1 ep
Love Actually
Movie · as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
What's Your Problem?
TV · 1 ep
Born and Bred
TV · as Eugenia Maddox · 2 eps
Waking the Dead
TV · as Alice Taylor-Garnett · 2 eps
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Charlotte Ivanovna
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TV · as Aunt Western · 5 eps
Cold Lazarus
TV · as Dr Emma Porlock · 4 eps
Downwardly Mobile
TV · 7 eps
Genghis Cohn
Movie · as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
Every Silver Lining
TV · 6 eps
Heartbeat
TV · as Tessa · 1 ep
Bejewelled
Movie · as Beatrice
Strike It Rich
Movie · as Mrs de Vere
Stay Lucky
TV · 1 ep
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Salome Otterbourne · 1 ep
A Kind of Living
TV · as Carol Beasley · 13 eps
Unnatural Causes
TV · as Marcia · 1 ep
Murder with Mirrors
Movie · as Miss Bellaver
Skirmishes
Movie · as Jean
The Bounder
TV · as Celia · 2 eps
Rising Damp
Movie · as Miss Jones
Flickers
TV · as Maud Cole · 6 eps
Leave it to Charlie
TV · as Miss Grimshaw · 1 ep
Wombling Free
Movie · as Julia Frogmorton
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
TV · as The Woman · 1 ep
Cottage to Let
TV · as Elsie Pope · 1 ep
To the Devil a Daughter
Movie · as Salvation Army Major
Housewives' Choice
Movie · as Marcia
All Good Men
Movie
Rising Damp
TV · as Ruth · 28 eps
Our Miss Fred
Movie · as Miss Lockhart
Right to Work March
Movie · as Elizabeth I
Every Home Should Have One
Movie · as Maud Crape
Brotherly Love
Movie · as District Nurse
Play for Today
TV · as Marcia, Maria Waite · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Jean · 1 ep