Frances de la Tour
Acting
Born: July 30, 1944 (age 82) · Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Hugo
2011
Love Actually
2003
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
The Book of Eli
2010
Enola Holmes
2020
Into the Woods
2014
Dolittle
2020
Outlander
2014
Mr. Holmes
2015
Photos (1)
Movies (36)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Olympe Maxime
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Madame Olympe Maxime
Alice in Wonderland
Aunt Imogene
Love Actually
Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
Enola Holmes
The Dowager
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Aunt Imogene
The Book of Eli
Martha
Hugo
Madame Emilie
Dolittle
Dragon (voice)
Survivor
Sally
Mr. Holmes
Madame Schirmer
Into the Woods
Giant
The Lady in the Van
Ursula Vaughan Williams
The Nutcracker
The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
Miss You Already
Jill
The History Boys
Mrs. Lintott
The Highway Rat
The Rabbit (voice)
To the Devil a Daughter
Salvation Army Major
Murder with Mirrors
Miss Bellaver
Private Peaceful
Grandma Wolf
Every Home Should Have One
Maud Crape
Bejewelled
Beatrice
Rising Damp
Miss Jones
The Cherry Orchard
Charlotte Ivanovna
Suspension of Disbelief
Nesta
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Kay
Genghis Cohn
Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
Our Miss Fred
Miss Lockhart
Trap for Cinderella
Aunt Elinor
Housewives' Choice
Marcia
Right to Work March
Elizabeth I
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Kay
All Good Men
1974
Strike It Rich
Mrs de Vere
Wombling Free
Julia Frogmorton
National Theatre Live: People
Dorothy Stacpoole
TV Shows (28)
Play for Today
Marcia · 1 eps
Play for Today
Maria Waite · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Salome Otterbourne · 1 eps
Outlander
Mother Hildegarde · 4 eps
New Tricks
1 eps
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Tessa · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
Alice Taylor-Garnett · 2 eps
ITV Playhouse
Jean · 1 eps
Professor T
Adelaide Tempest · 20 eps
Vicious
Violet Crosby · 12 eps
Vanity Fair
Lady Matilda Crawley · 7 eps
Born and Bred
Eugenia Maddox · 2 eps
Rising Damp
Ruth · 28 eps
The Prince
Queen Elizabeth (voice) · 12 eps
Stay Lucky
1 eps
Unnatural Causes
Marcia · 1 eps
Man in an Orange Shirt
Mrs. March · 1 eps
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Aunt Western · 5 eps
Big School
Ms Baron · 12 eps
Cold Lazarus
Dr Emma Porlock · 4 eps
The Collection
Yvette Sabine · 8 eps
Sensitive Skin
Sarah Thorne · 1 eps
Downwardly Mobile
7 eps
Flickers
Maud Cole · 6 eps
The Bounder
Celia · 2 eps
Every Silver Lining
6 eps
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
The Woman · 1 eps
