Acting credits
63
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Frances de la Tour
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.2
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Movies: 37Series: 26
TMDB ID: 47468
IMDb ID: nm0209428
Known for: Acting
Born: July 30, 1944
Age: 81
Place of birth: Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2021
Years active: 52
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q233457
Also known as
Frances J. de Lautour • فرانسیس دی لا تور
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Frances de la Tour.
7.2
Enola Holmes
as The Dowager
2020 Movie
6.6
Dolittle
as Dragon (voice)
2020 Movie
6.3
The Highway Rat
as The Rabbit (voice)
2018 Movie
6.6
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Aunt Imogene
2016 Movie
6.4
The Lady in the Van
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
2015 Movie
7.4
Miss You Already
as Jill
2015 Movie
6.5
Mr. Holmes
as Madame Schirmer
2015 Movie
5.7
Survivor
as Sally
2015 Movie
5.8
Into the Woods
as Giant
2014 Movie
6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Kay
2013 Movie
5.2
Trap for Cinderella
as Aunt Elinor
2013 Movie
8.0
National Theatre Live: People
as Dorothy Stacpoole
2013 Movie
4.2
Suspension of Disbelief
as Nesta
2012 Movie
6.6
Private Peaceful
as Grandma Wolf
2012 Movie
6.0
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
2012 Movie
7.2
Hugo
as Madame Emilie
2011 Movie
5.0
The Nutcracker
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
2010 Movie
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Olympe Maxime
2010 Movie
8.0
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Kay
2010 Movie
6.6
Alice in Wonderland
as Aunt Imogene
2010 Movie
6.8
The Book of Eli
as Martha
2010 Movie
6.6
The History Boys
as Mrs. Lintott
2006 Movie
7.8
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Madame Olympe Maxime
2005 Movie
7.1
Love Actually
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
2003 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Frances de la Tour.
6.4
The Prince
as Queen Elizabeth (voice) • 12 eps
2021 Series
7.3
Professor T
as Adelaide Tempest • 20 eps
2021 Series
7.3
Vanity Fair
as Lady Matilda Crawley • 7 eps
2018 Series
7.5
Man in an Orange Shirt
as Mrs. March • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.5
The Collection
as Yvette Sabine • 8 eps
2016 Series
8.2
Outlander
as Mother Hildegarde • 4 eps
2014 Series
6.8
Big School
as Ms Baron • 12 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Vicious
as Violet Crosby • 12 eps
2013 Series
7.0
Sensitive Skin
1 eps
2005 Series
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.7
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.4
New Tricks
1 eps
2004 Series
8.5
Born and Bred
as Eugenia Maddox • 2 eps
2002 Series
7.2
Waking the Dead
as Alice Taylor-Garnett • 2 eps
2001 Series
7.0
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Aunt Western • 5 eps
1997 Series
6.8
Cold Lazarus
as Emma Porlock • 4 eps
1996 Series
Downwardly Mobile
7 eps
1994 Series
6.0
Every Silver Lining
6 eps
1993 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Tessa • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.0
Stay Lucky
1 eps
1989 Series
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Salome Otterbourne • 1 eps
1989 Series
6.3
The Bounder
as Celia • 2 eps
1982 Series
6.0
Flickers
as Maud Cole • 6 eps
1980 Series
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
as The Woman • 1 eps
1977 Series