Frances de la Tour

Known for: Acting

Born: 1944-07-30 (age 81)

From: Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography (69)

TV★ 6.4
The Prince
2021
as Queen Elizabeth (voice)
TV★ 7.3
Professor T
2021
as Adelaide Tempest
MOVIE★ 7.2
Enola Holmes
2020
as The Dowager
MOVIE★ 6.6
Dolittle
2020
as Dragon (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Highway Rat
2018
as The Rabbit (voice)
TV★ 7.2
Vanity Fair
2018
as Lady Matilda Crawley
TV★ 7.5
Man in an Orange Shirt
2017
as Mrs. March
TV★ 6.5
The Collection
2016
as Yvette Sabine
MOVIE★ 6.6
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Aunt Imogene
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
MOVIE★ 7.4
Miss You Already
2015
as Jill
MOVIE★ 6.5
Mr. Holmes
2015
as Madame Schirmer
MOVIE★ 5.7
Survivor
2015
as Sally
MOVIE★ 5.8
Into the Woods
2014
as Giant
TV★ 8.2
Outlander
2014
as Mother Hildegarde
MOVIE★ 6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Kay
TV★ 6.7
Big School
2013
as Ms Baron
MOVIE★ 5.2
Trap for Cinderella
2013
as Aunt Elinor
TV★ 7.5
Vicious
2013
as Violet Crosby
MOVIE★ 8.0
National Theatre Live: People
2013
as Dorothy Stacpoole
MOVIE★ 4.2
Suspension of Disbelief
2012
as Nesta
MOVIE★ 6.6
Private Peaceful
2012
as Grandma Wolf
MOVIE★ 6.0
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Hugo
2011
as Madame Emilie
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Nutcracker
2010
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
MOVIE★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Olympe Maxime
MOVIE★ 8.0
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
as Kay
MOVIE★ 6.6
Alice in Wonderland
2010
as Aunt Imogene
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Book of Eli
2010
as Martha
MOVIE★ 6.6
The History Boys
2006
as Mrs. Lintott
MOVIE★ 7.8
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Madame Olympe Maxime
TV★ 7.4
Sensitive Skin
2005
as Sarah Thorne
TV★ 7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
TV★ 7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
TV★ 7.3
New Tricks
2004
MOVIE★ 7.1
Love Actually
2003
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
TV
What's Your Problem?
2002
TV★ 9.0
Born and Bred
2002
as Eugenia Maddox
TV★ 7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
as Alice Taylor-Garnett
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Cherry Orchard
1999
as Charlotte Ivanovna
TV★ 7.5
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
as Aunt Western
TV★ 6.9
Cold Lazarus
1996
as Dr Emma Porlock
TV
Downwardly Mobile
1994
MOVIE★ 5.1
Genghis Cohn
1993
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
TV★ 6.0
Every Silver Lining
1993
TV★ 7.2
Heartbeat
1992
as Tessa
MOVIE★ 4.9
Bejewelled
1991
as Beatrice
MOVIE★ 6.5
Strike It Rich
1990
as Mrs de Vere
TV★ 7.0
Stay Lucky
1989
TV★ 8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Salome Otterbourne
TV★ 5.7
A Kind of Living
1988
as Carol Beasley
TV★ 6.3
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Marcia
MOVIE★ 6.5
Murder with Mirrors
1985
as Miss Bellaver
MOVIE
Skirmishes
1982
as Jean
TV★ 7.0
The Bounder
1982
as Celia
TV★ 7.0
Flickers
1980
as Maud Cole
MOVIE★ 5.6
Rising Damp
1980
as Miss Jones
MOVIE★ 9.7
Wombling Free
1977
as Julia Frogmorton
TV
Cottage to Let
1977
as Elsie Pope
TV
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
as The Woman
MOVIE
Housewives' Choice
1976
as Marcia
MOVIE★ 5.5
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
as Salvation Army Major
TV★ 7.4
Rising Damp
1974
as Ruth
MOVIE
All Good Men
1974
MOVIE★ 6.1
Our Miss Fred
1972
as Miss Lockhart
MOVIE
Right to Work March
1972
as Elizabeth I
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Marcia
MOVIE★ 4.9
Every Home Should Have One
1970
as Maud Crape
TV★ 7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Jean