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.
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Filmography
all 68
Movies 39
TV Shows 29
Voice 2
self 2
Narrator 1
Queen Elizabeth
The Prince (2021)
TV
Adelaide Tempest
Professor T (2021)
TV
The Dowager
Enola Holmes (2020)
Movie
6.42
Dragon (voice)
Dolittle (2020)
Movie
6.5
The Rabbit (voice)
The Highway Rat (2018)
Movie
Lady Matilda Crawley
Vanity Fair (2018)
TV
7.15
Salvation Army Major
Dark Arts: Inside 'To the Devil a Daughter' (2018)
Movie
Yvette Sabine
The Collection (2016)
TV
Aunt Imogene (uncredited)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Movie
6.96
Ursula Vaughan Williams
The Lady in the Van (2015)
Movie
6.27
Jill the Wigmaker
Miss You Already (2015)
Movie
6.8
Madame Schirmer
Mr. Holmes (2015)
Movie
1
Sally
Survivor (2015)
Movie
1
Giant
Into the Woods (2014)
Movie
6.68
Mother Hildegarde
Outlander (2014)
TV
6.7
Kay
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Movie
Ms Baron
Big School (2013)
TV
1
Elinor
Trap for Cinderella (2013)
Movie
6.3
Violet Crosby
Vicious (2013)
TV
5.33
Dorothy Stacpoole
National Theatre Live: People (2013)
Movie
Nesta
Suspension of Disbelief (2012)
Movie
Grandma Wolf
Private Peaceful (2012)
Movie
Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012)
Movie
Madame Emilie
Hugo (2011)
Movie
7.56
The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (2010)
Movie
Olympe Maxime
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Movie
7.18
Kay
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (2010)
Movie
Aunt Imogene
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Movie
7.91
Martha
The Book of Eli (2010)
Movie
6.4
Mrs. Lintott
The History Boys (2006)
Movie
Olympe Maxime
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Movie
7.29
Sensitive Skin (2005)
TV
Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
TV
6.11
Self
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
TV
New Tricks (2004)
TV
Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
Love Actually (2003)
Movie
7.7
What's Your Problem? (2002)
TV
Born and Bred (2002)
TV
Alice Taylor-Garnett
Waking the Dead (2001)
TV
4.67
The Narrator
Eddy and the Bear (2001)
TV
Charlotta Ivanovna
The Cherry Orchard (1999)
Movie
Aunt Western
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (1997)
TV
Emma Porlock
Cold Lazarus (1996)
TV
6
Rosemary
Downwardly Mobile (1994)
TV
Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist / Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger
Genghis Cohn (1994)
Movie
Every Silver Lining (1993)
TV
Tessa
Heartbeat (1992)
TV
9
Beatrice
Bejewelled (1991)
Movie
Mrs de Vere
Strike It Rich (1990)
Movie
Stay Lucky (1989)
TV
Salome Otterbourne
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
TV
6.24
Carol Beasley
Kind of Living (1988)
TV
Marcia
Unnatural Causes (1986)
TV
Miss Bellaver
Murder with Mirrors (1985)
Movie
Celia
The Bounder (1982)
TV
Maud
Flickers (1980)
TV
Miss Ruth Jones
Rising Damp (1980)
Movie
Julia Frogmorton
Wombling Free (1977)
Movie
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse (1977)
TV
Marcia
Housewives' Choice (1976)
Movie
Salvation Army Major
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Movie
6
Ruth
The Permissive Society (1975)
Movie
Ruth
Rising Damp (1974)
TV
5.5
All Good Men (1974)
Movie
Miss Lockhart
Our Miss Fred (1972)
Movie
Elizabeth I
Right To Work March (1972)
Movie
Maria Waite
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Maud Crape
Every Home Should Have One (1970)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.2
Based on 4.06 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1970
1989
2004
1994
2021
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1944-07-30 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceBovingdon, United Kingdom
RelationshipsTom Kempinski (1972-01-01 - 1982-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsFrances J. de Lautour
AwardsEvening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival, Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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