Frances de la Tour

Personal Info

Birthday

July 30, 1944

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Frances J. de Lautour

فرانسیس دی لا تور

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.

Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Outlander

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Agatha Christie's Marple

Play for Today

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Heartbeat

Alice in Wonderland

Filmography

2020
Enola Holmes
as The Dowager
Dolittle
as Dragon (voice)
2018
The Highway Rat
as The Rabbit (voice)
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Aunt Imogene
2015
The Lady in the Van
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
Miss You Already
as Jill
Mr. Holmes
as Madame Schirmer
Survivor
as Sally
2014
Into the Woods
as Giant
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Kay
Trap for Cinderella
as Aunt Elinor
National Theatre Live: People
as Dorothy Stacpoole
2012
Suspension of Disbelief
as Nesta
Private Peaceful
as Grandma Wolf
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
2011
Hugo
as Madame Emilie
2010
The Nutcracker
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Olympe Maxime
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Kay
Alice in Wonderland
as Aunt Imogene
The Book of Eli
as Martha
2006
The History Boys
as Mrs. Lintott
2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Madame Olympe Maxime
2003
Love Actually
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
1999
The Cherry Orchard
as Charlotte Ivanovna
1993
Genghis Cohn
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
1991
Bejewelled
as Beatrice
1990
Strike It Rich
as Mrs de Vere
1985
Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Bellaver
1982
Skirmishes
as Jean
1977
Wombling Free
as Julia Frogmorton
1976
Housewives' Choice
as Marcia
To the Devil a Daughter
as Salvation Army Major
1972
Our Miss Fred
as Miss Lockhart
Right to Work March
as Elizabeth I
1970
Every Home Should Have One
as Maud Crape