Frances de la Tour

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1944-07-30 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Frances de la Tour

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.

Acting

2005

2010

1985

Murder with Mirrors

as Miss Bellaver

2006

The History Boys

as Mrs. Lintott

1980

Rising Damp

as Miss Jones

2010

Alice in Wonderland

as Aunt Imogene

2011

Hugo

as Madame Emilie

2010

The Nutcracker

as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva

1977

Wombling Free

as Julia Frogmorton

2012

Private Peaceful

as Grandma Wolf

2013

Trap for Cinderella

as Aunt Elinor

2014

2013

National Theatre Live: People

as Dorothy Stacpoole

1972

Our Miss Fred

as Miss Lockhart

1993

Genghis Cohn

as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist

2015

The Lady in the Van

as Ursula Vaughan Williams

2015

Survivor

as Sally

2003

Love Actually

as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)

2015

Mr. Holmes

as Madame Schirmer

1982

Skirmishes

as Jean

1990

Strike It Rich

as Mrs de Vere

1991

Bejewelled

as Beatrice

2018

The Highway Rat

as The Rabbit (voice)

1972

Right to Work March

as Elizabeth I

1993

Genghis Cohn

as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger

1999

The Cherry Orchard

as Charlotte Ivanovna

2020

Enola Holmes

as The Dowager

1976

To the Devil a Daughter

as Salvation Army Major

2020

Dolittle

as Dragon (voice)

1976

2015

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