- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
tvThe Prince
2021 · Queen Elizabeth (voice)
tvProfessor T
2021 · Adelaide Tempest
movieEnola Holmes
2020 · The Dowager
movieDolittle
2020 · Dragon (voice)
movieThe Highway Rat
2018 · The Rabbit (voice)
tvVanity Fair
2018 · Lady Matilda Crawley
tvMan in an Orange Shirt
2017 · Mrs. March
tvThe Collection
2016 · Yvette Sabine
movieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · Aunt Imogene
movieThe Lady in the Van
2015 · Ursula Vaughan Williams
movieMiss You Already
2015 · Jill
movieMr. Holmes
2015 · Madame Schirmer
movieSurvivor
2015 · Sally
movieInto the Woods
2014 · Giant
tvOutlander
2014 · Mother Hildegarde
movieNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Kay
tvBig School
2013 · Ms Baron
movieTrap for Cinderella
2013 · Aunt Elinor
tvVicious
2013 · Violet Crosby
movieNational Theatre Live: People
2013 · Dorothy Stacpoole
movieSuspension of Disbelief
2012 · Nesta
moviePrivate Peaceful
2012 · Grandma Wolf
movieShoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012 · Self
movieHugo
2011 · Madame Emilie
movieThe Nutcracker
2010 · The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
movieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Olympe Maxime
movieNational Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010 · Kay
movieAlice in Wonderland
2010 · Aunt Imogene
movieThe Book of Eli
2010 · Martha
movieThe History Boys
2006 · Mrs. Lintott
movieHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Madame Olympe Maxime
tvSensitive Skin
2005 · Sarah Thorne
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
tvWho Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self
tvNew Tricks
2004
movieLove Actually
2003 · Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
What's Your Problem?
tvWhat's Your Problem?
2002
tvBorn and Bred
2002 · Eugenia Maddox
tvWaking the Dead
2001 · Alice Taylor-Garnett
movieThe Cherry Orchard
1999 · Charlotte Ivanovna
tvThe History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 · Aunt Western
tvCold Lazarus
1996 · Dr Emma Porlock
tvDownwardly Mobile
1994
movieGenghis Cohn
1993 · Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
tvEvery Silver Lining
1993
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Tessa
movieBejewelled
1991 · Beatrice
movieStrike It Rich
1990 · Mrs de Vere
tvStay Lucky
1989
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Salome Otterbourne
A Kind of Living
tvA Kind of Living
1988 · Carol Beasley
tvUnnatural Causes
1986 · Marcia
movieMurder with Mirrors
1985 · Miss Bellaver
Skirmishes
movieSkirmishes
1982 · Jean
tvThe Bounder
1982 · Celia
tvFlickers
1980 · Maud Cole
movieRising Damp
1980 · Miss Jones
movieWombling Free
1977 · Julia Frogmorton
Cottage to Let
tvCottage to Let
1977 · Elsie Pope
tvThe Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977 · The Woman
movieHousewives' Choice
1976 · Marcia
movieTo the Devil a Daughter
1976 · Salvation Army Major
tvRising Damp
1974 · Ruth
movieAll Good Men
1974
movieOur Miss Fred
1972 · Miss Lockhart
movieRight to Work March
1972 · Elizabeth I
tvPlay for Today
1970 · Marcia, Maria Waite
movieEvery Home Should Have One
1970 · Maud Crape
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Jean