Acting

Frances de la Tour

Born 1944-07-30 · Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

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The Prince
as Queen Elizabeth (voice)
2021
Professor T
as Adelaide Tempest
2021
Enola Holmes
as The Dowager
2020
Dolittle
as Dragon (voice)
2020
The Highway Rat
as The Rabbit (voice)
2018
Vanity Fair
as Lady Matilda Crawley
2018
Man in an Orange Shirt
as Mrs. March
2017
The Collection
as Yvette Sabine
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Aunt Imogene
2016
The Lady in the Van
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
2015
Miss You Already
as Jill
2015
Mr. Holmes
as Madame Schirmer
2015
Survivor
as Sally
2015
Into the Woods
as Giant
2014
Outlander
as Mother Hildegarde
2014
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Kay
2013
Big School
as Ms Baron
2013
Trap for Cinderella
as Aunt Elinor
2013
Vicious
as Violet Crosby
2013
National Theatre Live: People
as Dorothy Stacpoole
2013
Suspension of Disbelief
as Nesta
2012
Private Peaceful
as Grandma Wolf
2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
2012
Hugo
as Madame Emilie
2011
The Nutcracker
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Olympe Maxime
2010
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Kay
2010
Alice in Wonderland
as Aunt Imogene
2010
The Book of Eli
as Martha
2010
The History Boys
as Mrs. Lintott
2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Madame Olympe Maxime
2005
Sensitive Skin
as Sarah Thorne
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
New Tricks
2004
Love Actually
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
2003
What's Your Problem?
2002
Born and Bred
as Eugenia Maddox
2002
Waking the Dead
as Alice Taylor-Garnett
2001
The Cherry Orchard
as Charlotte Ivanovna
1999
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Aunt Western
1997
Cold Lazarus
as Dr Emma Porlock
1996
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Genghis Cohn
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
1993
Every Silver Lining
1993
Heartbeat
as Tessa
1992
Bejewelled
as Beatrice
1991
Strike It Rich
as Mrs de Vere
1990
Stay Lucky
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Salome Otterbourne
1989
A Kind of Living
as Carol Beasley
1988
Unnatural Causes
as Marcia
1986
Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Bellaver
1985
Skirmishes
as Jean
1982
The Bounder
as Celia
1982
Flickers
as Maud Cole
1980
Rising Damp
as Miss Jones
1980
Leave it to Charlie
as Miss Grimshaw
1978
Wombling Free
as Julia Frogmorton
1977
Cottage to Let
as Elsie Pope
1977
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as The Woman
1977
Housewives' Choice
as Marcia
1976
To the Devil a Daughter
as Salvation Army Major
1976
Rising Damp
as Ruth
1974
All Good Men
1974
Our Miss Fred
as Miss Lockhart
1972
Right to Work March
as Elizabeth I
1972
Play for Today
as Marcia
1970
Play for Today
as Maria Waite
1970
Every Home Should Have One
as Maud Crape
1970
Brotherly Love
as District Nurse
1970
ITV Playhouse
as Jean
1967