Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

Known for

Acting

Born

July 30, 1944 (age 82)

Birthplace

Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Best known work

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

2010

Hugo

Hugo

2011

Love Actually

Love Actually

2003

The Book of Eli

The Book of Eli

2010

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes

2020

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

2014

Dolittle

Dolittle

2020

Filmography

2021
The PrinceTV
as Queen Elizabeth (voice) (12 episodes)
2021
Professor TTV
as Adelaide Tempest (20 episodes)
2020
Enola Holmes
as The Dowager
2020
Dolittle
as Dragon (voice)
2018
The Highway Rat
as The Rabbit (voice)
2018
Vanity FairTV
as Lady Matilda Crawley (7 episodes)
2017
Man in an Orange ShirtTV
as Mrs. March (1 episode)
2016
The CollectionTV
as Yvette Sabine (8 episodes)
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Aunt Imogene
2015
The Lady in the Van
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
2015
Miss You Already
as Jill
2015
Mr. Holmes
as Madame Schirmer
2015
Survivor
as Sally
2014
Into the Woods
as Giant
2014
OutlanderTV
as Mother Hildegarde (4 episodes)
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Kay
2013
Big SchoolTV
as Ms Baron (12 episodes)
2013
Trap for Cinderella
as Aunt Elinor
2013
ViciousTV
as Violet Crosby (12 episodes)
2013
National Theatre Live: People
as Dorothy Stacpoole
2012
Suspension of Disbelief
as Nesta
2012
Private Peaceful
as Grandma Wolf
2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
2011
Hugo
as Madame Emilie
2010
The Nutcracker
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva