Birthday:
Jul 30, 1944
Place of Birth: Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Place of Birth: Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Frances de la Tour
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Madame Olympe Maxime | 2005 |
| The Book of Eli | Martha | 2010 |
| Murder with Mirrors | Miss Bellaver | 1985 |
| The History Boys | Mrs. Lintott | 2006 |
| Rising Damp | Miss Jones | 1980 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Aunt Imogene | 2010 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Olympe Maxime | 2010 |
| Hugo | Madame Emilie | 2011 |
| The Nutcracker: The Untold Story | The Rat Queen / Frau Eva | 2010 |
| Wombling Free | Julia Frogmorton | 1977 |
| Private Peaceful | Grandma Wolf | 2012 |
| Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' | Self | 2012 |
| Suspension of Disbelief | Nesta | 2012 |
| Trap for Cinderella | Aunt Elinor | 2013 |
| Into the Woods | Giant | 2014 |
| National Theatre Live: People | Dorothy Stacpoole | 2013 |
| National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art | Kay | 2010 |
| Our Miss Fred | Miss Lockhart | 1972 |
| Genghis Cohn | Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist | 1993 |
| The Lady in the Van | Ursula Vaughan Williams | 2015 |
| All Good Men | 1974 | |
| Survivor | Sally | 2015 |
| Love Actually | Lesbian Lover (uncredited) | 2003 |
| Mr. Holmes | Madame Schirmer | 2015 |
| Skirmishes | Jean | 1982 |
| Strike It Rich | Mrs de Vere | 1990 |
| Bejewelled | Beatrice | 1991 |
| Miss You Already | Jill the Wigmaker | 2015 |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | Aunt Imogene (uncredited) | 2016 |
| National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Kay | 2013 |
| Every Home Should Have One | Maud Crape | 1970 |
| The Highway Rat | The Rabbit (voice) | 2018 |
| Right to Work March | Elizabeth I | 1972 |
| Genghis Cohn | Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger | 1993 |
| The Cherry Orchard | Charlotte Ivanovna | 1999 |
| Enola Holmes | The Dowager | 2020 |
| To the Devil a Daughter | Salvation Army Major | 1976 |
| Dolittle | Dragon (voice) | 2020 |
| Housewives' Choice | Marcia | 1976 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Aunt Western | 1997 |
| Cold Lazarus | Emma Porlock | 1996 |
| Rising Damp | Ruth | 1974 |
| Heartbeat | Tessa | 1992 |
| Professor T | Adelaide Tempest | 2021 |
| Born and Bred | 2002 | |
| Play for Today | Marcia | 1970 |
| New Tricks | 2004 | |
| What's Your Problem? | 2002 | |
| The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | 1977 | |
| Kind of Living | 1988 | |
| Every Silver Lining | 1993 | |
| Downwardly Mobile | 1994 | |
| Waking the Dead | Alice Taylor-Garnett | 2001 |
| Unnatural Causes | Marcia | 1986 |
| Vicious | Violet Crosby | 2013 |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004 |
| Outlander | Mother Hildegarde | 2014 |
| Play for Today | Maria Waite | 1970 |
| Sensitive Skin | 2005 | |
| Stay Lucky | 1989 | |
| The Collection | Yvette Sabine | 2016 |
| The Bounder | Celia | 1982 |
| Flickers | Maud Cole | 1980 |
| Man in an Orange Shirt | Mrs. March | 2017 |
| Vanity Fair | Lady Matilda Crawley | 2018 |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop | 2004 |
| Big School | Ms Baron | 2013 |
| The Prince | Queen Elizabeth (voice) | 2021 |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | Salome Otterbourne | 1989 |
