Frances de la Tour
Known for Acting · 68 credits
- Born
- 1944-07-30 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Frances J. de Lautour · فرانسیس دی لا تور
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
TV Shows (30)
Outlander
2014
as Mother Hildegarde
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Salome Otterbourne
Play for Today
1970
as Marcia / Maria Waite
Heartbeat
1992
as Tessa
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
Waking the Dead
2001
as Alice Taylor-Garnett
New Tricks
2004
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Jean
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Professor T
2021
as Adelaide Tempest
Born and Bred
2002
as Eugenia Maddox
Vicious
2013
as Violet Crosby
Rising Damp
1974
as Ruth
Stay Lucky
1989
Vanity Fair
2018
as Lady Matilda Crawley
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Marcia
Big School
2013
as Ms Baron
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Aunt Western
Cold Lazarus
1996
as Dr Emma Porlock
Man in an Orange Shirt
2017
as Mrs. March
The Collection
2016
as Yvette Sabine
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as The Woman
The Prince
2021
as Queen Elizabeth (voice)
Sensitive Skin
2005
The Bounder
1982
as Celia
Flickers
1980
as Maud Cole
What's Your Problem?
2002
A Kind of Living
1988
as Carol Beasley
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Every Silver Lining
1993
Movies (38)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Olympe Maxime
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Madame Olympe Maxime
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Aunt Imogene
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Aunt Imogene
Enola Holmes
2020
as The Dowager
Love Actually
2003
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
The Book of Eli
2010
as Martha
Dolittle
2020
as Dragon (voice)
Hugo
2011
as Madame Emilie
Survivor
2015
as Sally
Into the Woods
2014
as Giant
Mr. Holmes
2015
as Madame Schirmer
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
The Nutcracker
2010
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
Miss You Already
2015
as Jill
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
as Salvation Army Major
The Highway Rat
2018
as The Rabbit (voice)
The Cherry Orchard
1999
as Charlotte Ivanovna
The History Boys
2006
as Mrs. Lintott
Private Peaceful
2012
as Grandma Wolf
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Kay
Trap for Cinderella
2013
as Aunt Elinor
Murder with Mirrors
1985
as Miss Bellaver
Every Home Should Have One
1970
as Maud Crape
Suspension of Disbelief
2012
as Nesta
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
as Self
Our Miss Fred
1972
as Miss Lockhart
Bejewelled
1991
as Beatrice
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
as Kay
Rising Damp
1980
as Miss Jones
Right to Work March
1972
as Elizabeth I
Genghis Cohn
1993
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
National Theatre Live: People
2013
as Dorothy Stacpoole
Strike It Rich
1990
as Mrs de Vere
Skirmishes
1982
as Jean
All Good Men
1974
Wombling Free
1977
as Julia Frogmorton
Housewives' Choice
1976
as Marcia
About Frances de la Tour
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. With 68 credits spanning from 1967 to 2021, Frances de la Tour has appeared in 38 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular Frances de la Tour Movies
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — as Olympe Maxime
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) — as Madame Olympe Maxime
- Alice in Wonderland (2010) — as Aunt Imogene
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) — as Aunt Imogene
- Enola Holmes (2020) — as The Dowager
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