
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.
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The Prince
2021
Professor T
2021
Enola Holmes
2020
Dolittle
2020
The Highway Rat
2018
Vanity Fair
2018
The Collection
2016
Miss You Already
2015
Mr. Holmes
2015
Survivor
2015
Into the Woods
2014
Outlander
2014
Big School
2013
Vicious
2013
Private Peaceful
2012
Hugo
2011
The Nutcracker
2010
The Book of Eli
2010
The History Boys
2006
Sensitive Skin
2005
New Tricks
2004
Love Actually
2003
Born and Bred
2002
Waking the Dead
2001
Cold Lazarus
1996
Genghis Cohn
1993
Heartbeat
1992
Bejewelled
1991
Strike It Rich
1990
Stay Lucky
1989
Unnatural Causes
1986
The Bounder
1982
Flickers
1980
Rising Damp
1980
Wombling Free
1977
Rising Damp
1974
All Good Men
1974
Our Miss Fred
1972
Play for Today
1970
ITV Playhouse
1967
































































