Jane Lapotaire
Acting
83
Acting Credits
Biography
Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944 – 5 March 2026) was an English actress from Suffolk.
Known For
Filmography
The Burning Girls
2023
as Joan Hartman
Smyrna
2021
as Filio Williams
Dalgliesh
2021
as Lady Lavinia
Rebecca
2020
as Granny
The Crown
2016
as Princess Alice
RSC Live: Henry V
2015
as Queen Isobel
Lucan
2013
as Susan Maxwell-Scott
RSC Live: Richard II
2013
as Duchess of Gloucester
Lucan
2013
as Susie Maxwell-Scott
Endeavour
2013
as Madame Belasco
Windsor Castle: After the Fire
2011
as Narrator
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006
as Ernestine Carter
Eleventh Hour
2006
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
as Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
Can't Stop Breathing
2004
as Daisy
Bella and the Boys
2004
as Mrs. Rogers
He Knew He Was Right
2004
as Lady Milborough
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000
as Alice Brewer
Arabian Nights
2000
as Miriam
Shooting Fish
1997
as Dylan's Headmistress
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Mary Mohan
McCallum
1997
Ain't Misbehavin'
1997
as Clara Van Trapp
Giving Tongue
1996
as Hilda Jacob
Surviving Picasso
1996
as Olga Picasso
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Sarah (voice)
Johnny and the Dead
1995
as Sylvia Liberty
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993
as Elspeth Cost
The Big Battalions
1992
as Martha Hoyland
Love Hurts
1992
Circles Of Deceit
1990
as Helen
A Curious Suicide
1990
as Betsey McCullough
Chillers
1990
as Betsey McCullough
Murder on the Moon
1989
as Louise Mackey
The Dark Angel
1989
as Madame de la Rougierre
The Master Builder
1988
as Aline Solness
Blind Justice
1988
as Katherine Hughes
The Dark Angel
1987
as Madame de la Rougierre
Daytime Live
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Anouk Khoori
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
1987
as Letizia Bonaparte
Lady Jane
1986
as Princess Mary
Seal Morning
1986
as Miriam Spencer
Casualty
1986
as Eileen Jarvis
Casualty
1986
as Maureen
Screen Two
1985
as Helen
To Catch a King
1984
as Irene Neumann
Piaf
1984
as Édith Piaf
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Macbeth
1983
as Lady Macbeth
Eureka
1983
as Helen McCann
The Captain's Doll
1983
as Evangeline
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1982
as Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
as Cleopatra
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Olympias
The Devil's Crown
1978
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Lady Macbeth
Marie Curie
1977
as Marie Curie
The Other Woman
1976
as Kim
The House of Bernarda Alba
1976
as Magdalena
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Miss Prescott
Edward the Seventh
1975
as Princess Dagmar
Edward the Seventh
1975
as Dowager Empress Dagmar
The Black Dog
1973
as Orianda
Oranges and Lemons
1973
as Anne Sewell
The Asphyx
1972
as Christina Cunningham
Stocker's Copper
1972
as Alice Stocker
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
as Charmian
On Call
1972
as Jean
Van der Valk
1972
Van der Valk
1972
as Elly
Crown Court
1972
as Juliet Tomlin
The Edwardians
1972
as Alice Hoatson
The Sextet
1972
Country Matters
1972
as Orianda Crabbe
Love and Mr Lewisham
1972
as Miss Heydinger
Jason King
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Emily Shaw
Performance.
1970
as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
Crescendo
1970
as Lillianne
Play for Today
1970
as Kim
Callan
1967
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Jean