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