Jane Lapotaire

Known for: Acting

Born: 1944-12-26 – 2026-03-05 (aged 81)

From: Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK

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Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944 – 5 March 2026) was an English actress from Suffolk.

Filmography (79)

TV★ 6.8
The Burning Girls
2023
as Joan Hartman
MOVIE★ 8.1
Smyrna
2021
as Filio Williams
TV★ 6.8
Dalgliesh
2021
as Lady Lavinia
MOVIE★ 6.3
Rebecca
2020
as Granny
TV★ 8.2
The Crown
2016
as Princess Alice
MOVIE
RSC Live: Henry V
2015
as Queen Isobel
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lucan
2013
as Susan Maxwell-Scott
TV★ 7.1
Lucan
2013
as Susie Maxwell-Scott
MOVIE★ 7.4
RSC Live: Richard II
2013
as Duchess of Gloucester
TV★ 8.1
Endeavour
2013
as Madame Belasco
MOVIE
Windsor Castle: After the Fire
2011
as Narrator
TV★ 6.6
Eleventh Hour
2006
MOVIE★ 2.0
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006
as Ernestine Carter
MOVIE★ 8.3
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
as Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
TV★ 7.6
He Knew He Was Right
2004
as Lady Milborough
MOVIE★ 5.6
Bella and the Boys
2004
as Mrs. Rogers
MOVIE
Can't Stop Breathing
2004
as Daisy
MOVIE★ 6.8
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000
as Alice Brewer
TV★ 6.8
Arabian Nights
2000
as Miriam
MOVIE★ 6.3
Shooting Fish
1997
as Dylan's Headmistress
TV★ 7.0
Ain't Misbehavin'
1997
as Clara Van Trapp
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Mary Mohan
TV★ 7.5
McCallum
1997
TV★ 7.0
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Sarah (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Surviving Picasso
1996
as Olga Picasso
MOVIE★ 3.3
Giving Tongue
1996
as Hilda Jacob
TV★ 6.5
Johnny and the Dead
1995
as Sylvia Liberty
TV★ 6.7
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993
as Elspeth Cost
TV★ 8.0
The Big Battalions
1992
as Martha Hoyland
TV★ 8.0
Love Hurts
1992
MOVIE
Circles Of Deceit
1990
as Helen
TV★ 6.7
Chillers
1990
as Betsey McCullough
MOVIE★ 3.8
Murder on the Moon
1989
as Louise Mackey
TV
The Dark Angel
1989
as Madame de la Rougierre
MOVIE
The Master Builder
1988
as Aline Solness
TV★ 6.7
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
1987
as Letizia Bonaparte
TV★ 3.5
Daytime Live
1987
TV★ 6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Anouk Khoori
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Dark Angel
1987
as Madame de la Rougierre
TV★ 6.2
Casualty
1986
as Eileen Jarvis
TV★ 9.0
Seal Morning
1986
as Miriam Spencer
MOVIE★ 6.9
Lady Jane
1986
as Princess Mary
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Helen
TV★ 9.7
Playing Shakespeare
1984
MOVIE★ 4.5
Piaf
1984
as Édith Piaf
MOVIE★ 7.0
To Catch a King
1984
as Irene Neumann
MOVIE★ 6.4
Macbeth
1983
as Lady Macbeth
MOVIE★ 5.3
Eureka
1983
as Helen McCann
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Captain's Doll
1983
as Evangeline
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1982
as Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
MOVIE★ 7.3
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
as Cleopatra
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Olympias
TV
The Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Olympias
TV★ 6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Lady Macbeth
TV★ 7.8
The Devil's Crown
1978
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
TV★ 8.0
Marie Curie
1977
as Marie Curie
MOVIE
The House of Bernarda Alba
1976
as Magdalena
MOVIE★ 3.0
The Other Woman
1976
as Kim
MOVIE★ 5.8
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Miss Prescott
TV★ 6.6
Edward the Seventh
1975
as Princess Dagmar
TV
Oranges and Lemons
1973
as Anne Sewell
MOVIE
The Black Dog
1973
as Orianda
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Asphyx
1972
as Christina Cunningham
TV★ 6.3
The Edwardians
1972
as Alice Hoatson
TV★ 5.7
Crown Court
1972
as Juliet Tomlin
MOVIE★ 9.0
On Call
1972
as Jean
TV★ 6.2
Van der Valk
1972
TV
Love and Mr Lewisham
1972
as Miss Heydinger
TV★ 4.6
Country Matters
1972
as Orianda Crabbe
TV★ 10.0
The Sextet
1972
MOVIE★ 5.7
Antony and Cleopatra
1972
as Charmian
MOVIE★ 8.0
Stocker's Copper
1972
as Alice Stocker
TV★ 7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Emily Shaw
TV★ 7.8
Jason King
1971
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Kim
MOVIE★ 6.8
Performance.
1970
as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Crescendo
1970
as Lillianne
TV★ 7.0
Callan
1967
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Jean