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 – 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