Frances de la Tour
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1944
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Enola Holmes 2020
as The Dowager
Dolittle 2020
as Dragon (voice)
The Highway Rat 2018
as The Rabbit (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016
as Aunt Imogene
The Lady in the Van 2015
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
Miss You Already 2015
as Jill
Mr. Holmes 2015
as Madame Schirmer
Survivor 2015
as Sally
Into the Woods 2014
as Giant
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage 2013
as Kay
Trap for Cinderella 2013
as Aunt Elinor
National Theatre Live: People 2013
as Dorothy Stacpoole
Suspension of Disbelief 2012
as Nesta
Private Peaceful 2012
as Grandma Wolf
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' 2012
as Self
Hugo 2011
as Madame Emilie
The Nutcracker 2010
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010
as Olympe Maxime
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art 2010
as Kay
Alice in Wonderland 2010
as Aunt Imogene
The Book of Eli 2010
as Martha
The History Boys 2006
as Mrs. Lintott
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
as Madame Olympe Maxime
Love Actually 2003
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
The Cherry Orchard 1999
as Charlotte Ivanovna
Genghis Cohn 1993
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
Bejewelled 1991
as Beatrice
Strike It Rich 1990
as Mrs de Vere
Murder with Mirrors 1985
as Miss Bellaver
- Skirmishes
Skirmishes 1982
as Jean
Rising Damp 1980
as Miss Jones
Wombling Free 1977
as Julia Frogmorton
Housewives' Choice 1976
as Marcia
To the Devil a Daughter 1976
as Salvation Army Major
All Good Men 1974
Actor
Our Miss Fred 1972
as Miss Lockhart
Right to Work March 1972
as Elizabeth I
Every Home Should Have One 1970
as Maud Crape
Brotherly Love 1970
as District Nurse
Credits from TMDB.