Frances de la Tour
Acting1944Bovingdon, 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
Acting History
2021
Professor T
TVas Adelaide Tempest• 20 eps
The Prince
TVas Queen Elizabeth (voice)
2020
Dolittle
as Dragon (voice)
Enola Holmes
as The Dowager
2018
The Highway Rat
as The Rabbit (voice)
Vanity Fair
TVas Lady Matilda Crawley
2017
Man in an Orange Shirt
TVas Mrs. March
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Aunt Imogene
Outlander
TVas Mother Hildegarde• 4 eps
The Collection
TVas Yvette Sabine
2015
Survivor
as Sally
Miss You Already
as Jill
Mr. Holmes
as Madame Schirmer
The Lady in the Van
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
Who Do You Think You Are?
TVas Self• 1 eps
2014
Into the Woods
as Giant
2013
Trap for Cinderella
as Aunt Elinor
National Theatre Live: People
as Dorothy Stacpoole
Vicious
TVas Violet Crosby• 12 eps
Big School
TVas Ms Baron
2012
Private Peaceful
as Grandma Wolf
Suspension of Disbelief
as Nesta
2011
Hugo
as Madame Emilie
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Olympe Maxime
The Book of Eli
as Martha
Alice in Wonderland
as Aunt Imogene
The Nutcracker
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
2006
The History Boys
as Mrs. Lintott
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVas Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop• 1 eps
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Madame Olympe Maxime
2004
Waking the Dead
TVas Alice Taylor-Garnett• 2 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Salome Otterbourne• 1 eps
2003
Love Actually
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
2002
Born and Bred
TVas Eugenia Maddox
1999
The Cherry Orchard
as Charlotte Ivanovna
1998
Heartbeat
TVas Tessa• 1 eps
1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
TVas Aunt Western
1996
Cold Lazarus
TVas Dr Emma Porlock• 4 eps
1993
Genghis Cohn
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger
1991
Bejewelled
as Beatrice
1990
Strike It Rich
as Mrs de Vere
1989
1988
A Kind of Living
TVas Carol Beasley
1986
Unnatural Causes
TVas Marcia
1985
Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Bellaver
1982
Skirmishes
as Jean
The Bounder
TVas Celia
1980
Rising Damp
as Miss Jones
Flickers
TVas Maud Cole
1977
Wombling Free
as Julia Frogmorton
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
TVas The Woman
1976
To the Devil a Daughter
as Salvation Army Major
Housewives' Choice
as Marcia
1974
1972
Right to Work March
as Elizabeth I
Our Miss Fred
as Miss Lockhart
1970
Every Home Should Have One
as Maud Crape