Jane Lapotaire
Acting
Born: December 26, 1944 · Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK
Died: March 5, 2026 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
Biography
Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944 – 5 March 2026) was an English actress from Suffolk.
Known for
The Crown
2016
Rebecca
2020
Midsomer Murders
1997
Endeavour
2013
Performance.
1970
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000
Lady Jane
1986
Surviving Picasso
1996
Casualty
1986
Shooting Fish
1997
The Asphyx
1972
Eureka
1983
Photos (2)
Movies (32)
Lady Jane
Princess Mary
Rebecca
Granny
Eureka
Helen McCann
Shooting Fish
Dylan's Headmistress
Performance.
Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Miss Prescott
RSC Live: Richard II
Duchess of Gloucester
Antony and Cleopatra
Charmian
Surviving Picasso
Olga Picasso
The Asphyx
Christina Cunningham
Piaf
Édith Piaf
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Alice Brewer
The Dark Angel
Madame de la Rougierre
To Catch a King
Irene Neumann
The Captain's Doll
Evangeline
Smyrna
Filio Williams
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
Bella and the Boys
Mrs. Rogers
Murder on the Moon
Louise Mackey
The Other Woman
Kim
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Stocker's Copper
Alice Stocker
Can't Stop Breathing
Daisy
Lucan
Susan Maxwell-Scott
Crescendo
Lillianne
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
Ernestine Carter
Circles Of Deceit
Helen
Antony & Cleopatra
Cleopatra
The Master Builder
Aline Solness
RSC Live: Henry V
Queen Isobel
Windsor Castle: After the Fire
Narrator
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
TV Shows (43)
Midsomer Murders
Mary Mohan · 1 eps
Play for Today
Kim · 1 eps
Casualty
Eileen Jarvis · 1 eps
Casualty
Maureen · 2 eps
The Crown
Princess Alice · 2 eps
Crown Court
Juliet Tomlin · 3 eps
Endeavour
Madame Belasco · 1 eps
Screen Two
Helen · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth · 1 eps
Dalgliesh
Lady Lavinia · 2 eps
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Anouk Khoori · 3 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Emily Shaw · 1 eps
Van der Valk
1 eps
Van der Valk
Elly · 1 eps
Callan
1 eps
Jason King
1 eps
Arabian Nights
Miriam · 2 eps
Edward the Seventh
Princess Dagmar · 2 eps
Edward the Seventh
Dowager Empress Dagmar · 4 eps
Chillers
Betsey McCullough · 1 eps
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Sarah (voice) · 1 eps
Country Matters
Orianda Crabbe · 1 eps
He Knew He Was Right
Lady Milborough · 1 eps
Lucan
Susie Maxwell-Scott · 2 eps
McCallum
1 eps
Seal Morning
Miriam Spencer · 6 eps
Love Hurts
20 eps
The Burning Girls
Joan Hartman · 6 eps
The Edwardians
Alice Hoatson · 1 eps
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
Elspeth Cost · 1 eps
The Sextet
1 eps
Marie Curie
Marie Curie · 5 eps
Playing Shakespeare
9 eps
Eleventh Hour
1 eps
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
Letizia Bonaparte · 3 eps
The Dark Angel
Madame de la Rougierre · 3 eps
Johnny and the Dead
Sylvia Liberty · 4 eps
Ain't Misbehavin'
Clara Van Trapp · 3 eps
The Big Battalions
Martha Hoyland · 5 eps
Armchair Theatre
Jean · 1 eps
Love and Mr Lewisham
Miss Heydinger · 4 eps
The Devil's Crown
Eleanor of Aquitaine · 11 eps
The Search for Alexander the Great
Olympias · 4 eps