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