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