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 (1)
Movies (32)
Lady Jane
Princess Mary
Rebecca
Granny
RSC Live: Richard II
Duchess of Gloucester
Performance.
Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Miss Prescott
To Catch a King
Irene Neumann
Surviving Picasso
Olga Picasso
Antony and Cleopatra
Charmian
Eureka
Helen McCann
The Asphyx
Christina Cunningham
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Alice Brewer
Shooting Fish
Dylan's Headmistress
Piaf
Édith Piaf
Bella and the Boys
Mrs. Rogers
The Other Woman
Kim
The Dark Angel
Madame de la Rougierre
Murder on the Moon
Louise Mackey
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Smyrna
Filio Williams
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
Ernestine Carter
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
Can't Stop Breathing
Daisy
Circles Of Deceit
Helen
Windsor Castle: After the Fire
Narrator
The Captain's Doll
Evangeline
Antony & Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Crescendo
Lillianne
Lucan
Susan Maxwell-Scott
The Master Builder
Aline Solness
RSC Live: Henry V
Queen Isobel
Stocker's Copper
Alice Stocker
TV Shows (44)
Midsomer Murders
Mary Mohan · 1 eps
Crown Court
Juliet Tomlin · 3 eps
Casualty
Eileen Jarvis · 1 eps
Casualty
Maureen · 2 eps
The Crown
Princess Alice · 2 eps
Play for Today
Kim · 1 eps
Screen Two
Helen · 1 eps
Endeavour
Madame Belasco · 1 eps
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Anouk Khoori · 3 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Lady Macbeth · 1 eps
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Emily Shaw · 1 eps
Van der Valk
1 eps
Van der Valk
Elly · 1 eps
Dalgliesh
Lady Lavinia · 2 eps
Callan
1 eps
Jason King
1 eps
Arabian Nights
Miriam · 2 eps
Theatre Night
Aline Solness · 1 eps
The Burning Girls
Joan Hartman · 6 eps
Playing Shakespeare
9 eps
The Edwardians
Alice Hoatson · 1 eps
Testament: The Bible in Animation
Sarah (voice) · 1 eps
Chillers
Betsey McCullough · 1 eps
He Knew He Was Right
Lady Milborough · 1 eps
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
Elspeth Cost · 1 eps
Eleventh Hour
1 eps
Edward the Seventh
Princess Dagmar · 2 eps
Edward the Seventh
Dowager Empress Dagmar · 4 eps
Country Matters
Orianda Crabbe · 1 eps
Love Hurts
20 eps
McCallum
1 eps
The Sextet
1 eps
Lucan
Susie Maxwell-Scott · 2 eps
Armchair Theatre
Jean · 1 eps
The Big Battalions
Martha Hoyland · 5 eps
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
Letizia Bonaparte · 3 eps
Johnny and the Dead
Sylvia Liberty · 4 eps
The Dark Angel
Madame de la Rougierre · 3 eps
Seal Morning
Miriam Spencer · 6 eps
Ain't Misbehavin'
Clara Van Trapp · 3 eps
Marie Curie
Marie Curie · 5 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