Acting

Jane Lapotaire

Born 1944-12-26 · Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK

Died 2026-03-05

Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944 – 5 March 2026) was an English actress from Suffolk.

Credits

Newest first

The Burning Girls
as Joan Hartman
2023
Smyrna
as Filio Williams
2021
Dalgliesh
as Lady Lavinia
2021
Rebecca
as Granny
2020
The Crown
as Princess Alice
2016
RSC Live: Henry V
as Queen Isobel
2015
Lucan
as Susan Maxwell-Scott
2013
Lucan
as Susie Maxwell-Scott
2013
RSC Live: Richard II
as Duchess of Gloucester
2013
Endeavour
as Madame Belasco
2013
Windsor Castle: After the Fire
as Narrator
2011
Eleventh Hour
2006
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
as Ernestine Carter
2006
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
2004
He Knew He Was Right
as Lady Milborough
2004
Bella and the Boys
as Mrs. Rogers
2004
Can't Stop Breathing
as Daisy
2004
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
as Alice Brewer
2000
Arabian Nights
as Miriam
2000
Shooting Fish
as Dylan's Headmistress
1997
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Clara Van Trapp
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Mary Mohan
1997
McCallum
1997
Testament: The Bible in Animation
as Sarah (voice)
1996
Surviving Picasso
as Olga Picasso
1996
Giving Tongue
as Hilda Jacob
1996
Johnny and the Dead
as Sylvia Liberty
1995
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
as Elspeth Cost
1993
The Big Battalions
as Martha Hoyland
1992
Love Hurts
1992
A Curious Suicide
as Betsey McCullough
1990
Circles Of Deceit
as Helen
1990
Chillers
as Betsey McCullough
1990
Murder on the Moon
as Louise Mackey
1989
The Dark Angel
as Madame de la Rougierre
1989
Blind Justice
as Katherine Hughes
1988
The Master Builder
as Aline Solness
1988
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
as Letizia Bonaparte
1987
Daytime Live
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Anouk Khoori
1987
The Dark Angel
as Madame de la Rougierre
1987
Casualty
as Eileen Jarvis
1986
Casualty
as Maureen
1986
Seal Morning
as Miriam Spencer
1986
Lady Jane
as Princess Mary
1986
Theatre Night
as Aline Solness
1985
Screen Two
as Helen
1985
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Piaf
as Édith Piaf
1984
To Catch a King
as Irene Neumann
1984
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
1983
Eureka
as Helen McCann
1983
The Captain's Doll
as Evangeline
1983
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
1982
Antony & Cleopatra
as Cleopatra
1981
The Search for Alexander the Great
as Olympias
1981
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Lady Macbeth
1978
The Devil's Crown
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
1978
Marie Curie
as Marie Curie
1977
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Magdalena
1976
The Other Woman
as Kim
1976
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Miss Prescott
1975
Edward the Seventh
as Princess Dagmar
1975
Edward the Seventh
as Dowager Empress Dagmar
1975
Oranges and Lemons
as Anne Sewell
1973
The Black Dog
as Orianda
1973
The Asphyx
as Christina Cunningham
1972
The Edwardians
as Alice Hoatson
1972
Crown Court
as Juliet Tomlin
1972
On Call
as Jean
1972
Van der Valk
1972
Van der Valk
as Elly
1972
Love and Mr Lewisham
as Miss Heydinger
1972
Country Matters
as Orianda Crabbe
1972
The Sextet
1972
Antony and Cleopatra
as Charmian
1972
Stocker's Copper
as Alice Stocker
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Emily Shaw
1971
Jason King
1971
Play for Today
as Kim
1970