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Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

Actor · Born July 30, 1944 · Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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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.

Acted in 64

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2017

    Man in an Orange Shirt

    Mrs. March · 1 episode

  3. 2016

    The Collection

    Yvette Sabine · 8 episodes

  4. 2015
  5. 2014
  6. 2013

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    Kay

  7. Vicious

    Violet Crosby · 12 episodes

  8. National Theatre Live: People

    Dorothy Stacpoole

  9. 2012

    Suspension of Disbelief

    Nesta

  10. 2011
  11. 2010
  12. National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

    Kay

1990s

  1. 1999

    The Cherry Orchard

    Charlotte Ivanovna

  2. 1997
  3. 1996

    Cold Lazarus

    Dr Emma Porlock · 4 episodes

  4. 1994

    Downwardly Mobile

    TV

  5. 1993

    Genghis Cohn

    Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist

  6. Every Silver Lining

    TV

  7. 1992
  8. 1991

    Bejewelled

    Beatrice

  9. 1990

    Strike It Rich

    Mrs de Vere

1980s

  1. 1989

    Stay Lucky

    TV

  2. 1986

    Unnatural Causes

    Marcia · 1 episode

  3. 1985

    Murder with Mirrors

    Miss Bellaver

  4. 1982

    The Bounder

    Celia · 2 episodes

  5. 1980

    Flickers

    Maud Cole · 6 episodes

1970s

  1. 1977

    Wombling Free

    Julia Frogmorton

  2. The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

    The Woman · 1 episode

  3. 1976

    Housewives' Choice

    Marcia

  4. To the Devil a Daughter

    Salvation Army Major

  5. 1974
  6. All Good Men

    Movie

  7. 1972

    Our Miss Fred

    Miss Lockhart

  8. Right to Work March

    Elizabeth I

  9. 1970
  10. Every Home Should Have One

    Maud Crape

Appearances2

2010s

  1. 2012

    Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

    Self