
Frances de la Tour
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 β 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.
Known For
Filmography

Professor T
2021
as Adelaide Tempest

The Prince
2021
as Queen Elizabeth (voice)

Enola Holmes
2020
as The Dowager

Dolittle
2020
as Dragon (voice)

The Highway Rat
2018
as The Rabbit (voice)

Vanity Fair
2018
as Lady Matilda Crawley

Man in an Orange Shirt
2017
as Mrs. March

Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Aunt Imogene

The Collection
2016
as Yvette Sabine

The Lady in the Van
2015
as Ursula Vaughan Williams

Survivor
2015
as Sally

Mr. Holmes
2015
as Madame Schirmer

Miss You Already
2015
as Jill

Into the Woods
2014
as Giant

Outlander
2014
as Mother Hildegarde

Trap for Cinderella
2013
as Aunt Elinor

National Theatre Live: People
2013
as Dorothy Stacpoole

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Kay

Vicious
2013
as Violet Crosby

Big School
2013
as Ms Baron

Private Peaceful
2012
as Grandma Wolf

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
as Self

Suspension of Disbelief
2012
as Nesta

Hugo
2011
as Madame Emilie

The Book of Eli
2010
as Martha

Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Aunt Imogene

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Olympe Maxime

The Nutcracker
2010
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
as Kay

The History Boys
2006
as Mrs. Lintott

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Madame Olympe Maxime

Sensitive Skin
2005

New Tricks
2004

Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop

Love Actually
2003
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
What's Your Problem?
2002

Born and Bred
2002
as Eugenia Maddox

Waking the Dead
2001
as Alice Taylor-Garnett

The Cherry Orchard
1999
as Charlotte Ivanovna

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Aunt Western

Cold Lazarus
1996
as Dr Emma Porlock

Downwardly Mobile
1994

Genghis Cohn
1993
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist

Genghis Cohn
1993
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger

Every Silver Lining
1993

Heartbeat
1992
as Tessa

Bejewelled
1991
as Beatrice

Strike It Rich
1990
as Mrs de Vere

Stay Lucky
1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Salome Otterbourne
A Kind of Living
1988
as Carol Beasley
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Marcia

Murder with Mirrors
1985
as Miss Bellaver
Skirmishes
1982
as Jean

The Bounder
1982
as Celia

Rising Damp
1980
as Miss Jones

Flickers
1980
as Maud Cole

Wombling Free
1977
as Julia Frogmorton

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as The Woman

To the Devil a Daughter
1976
as Salvation Army Major

Housewives' Choice
1976
as Marcia

All Good Men
1974

Rising Damp
1974
as Ruth

Our Miss Fred
1972
as Miss Lockhart

Right to Work March
1972
as Elizabeth I

Every Home Should Have One
1970
as Maud Crape

Play for Today
1970
as Marcia

Play for Today
1970
as Maria Waite