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Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

Birthday: 1944-07-30 | Place of Birth: Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Professor T

as    Adelaide Tempest

2021
The Prince

as    Queen Elizabeth (voice)

2020
Enola Holmes

as    The Dowager

2018
Vanity Fair

as    Lady Matilda Crawley

2018
The Highway Rat

as    The Rabbit (voice)

2016
The Lady in the Van

as    Ursula Vaughan Williams

2016
The Collection

as    Yvette Sabine

2015
Miss You Already

as    Jill the Wigmaker

2015
Mr. Holmes

as    Madame Schirmer

2015
Survivor

as    Sally

2013
Trap for Cinderella

as    Aunt Elinor

2013
Big School

as    Ms Baron

2013
Vicious

as    Violet Crosby

2012
Private Peaceful

as    Grandma Wolf

2011
Hugo

as    Madame Emilie

2010
The Book of Eli

as    Martha

2010
The Nutcracker: The Untold Story

as    The Rat Queen / Frau Eva

1997
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

as    Aunt Western

1996
Cold Lazarus

as    Emma Porlock

1994
Genghis Cohn

as    Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger

1985
Murder with Mirrors

as    Miss Bellaver

1980
Rising Damp

as    Miss Jones

1974
Rising Damp

as    Ruth