About
Frances de la Tour
Overview
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
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| 2021 | The Prince | Actor | Queen Elizabeth (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 2021 | Professor T | Actor | Adelaide Tempest | 71 Good |
| 2020 | Enola Holmes | Actor | The Dowager | 71 Good |
| 2020 | Dolittle | Actor | Dragon (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2018 | The Highway Rat | Actor | The Rabbit (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Vanity Fair | Actor | Lady Matilda Crawley | 71 Good |
| 2016 | The Collection | Actor | Yvette Sabine | 69 Fair |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Actor | Aunt Imogene (uncredited) | 65 Fair |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Actor | Ursula Vaughan Williams | 61 Fair |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Actor | Madame Schirmer | 63 Fair |
| 2015 | Survivor | Actor | Sally | 57 Average |
| 2014 | Into the Woods | Actor | Giant | 58 Average |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Actor | Kay | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Big School | Actor | Ms Baron | 69 Fair |
| 2013 | Trap for Cinderella | Actor | Aunt Elinor | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Vicious | Actor | Violet Crosby | 73 Good |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: People | Actor | Dorothy Stacpoole | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Suspension of Disbelief | Actor | Nesta | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Private Peaceful | Actor | Grandma Wolf | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Hugo | Actor | Madame Emilie | 71 Good |
| 2010 | The Nutcracker | Actor | The Rat Queen / Frau Eva | 56 Average |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Actor | Olympe Maxime | 76 Good |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art | Actor | Kay | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Actor | Aunt Imogene | 65 Fair |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Actor | Martha | 67 Fair |
| 2006 | The History Boys | Actor | Mrs. Lintott | 60 Fair |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Actor | Madame Olympe Maxime | 77 Good |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Actor | Lesbian Lover (uncredited) | 70 Good |
| 1999 | The Cherry Orchard | Actor | Charlotte Ivanovna | 58 Average |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling | Actor | Aunt Weston | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling | Actor | Aunt Western | 69 Fair |
| 1996 | Cold Lazarus | Actor | Emma Porlock | 69 Fair |
| 1994 | Downwardly Mobile | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1993 | Genghis Cohn | Actor | Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Genghis Cohn | Actor | Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Every Silver Lining | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1991 | Bejewelled | Actor | Beatrice | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Strike It Rich | Actor | Mrs de Vere | 58 Average |
| 1988 | A Kind Of Living | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Actor | Miss Bellaver | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Skirmishes | Actor | Jean | N/A N/A |
| 1980 | Flickers | Actor | Maud Cole | 69 Fair |
| 1980 | Rising Damp | Actor | Miss Jones | 58 Average |
| 1977 | Wombling Free | Actor | Julia Frogmorton | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Housewives' Choice | Actor | Marcia | N/A N/A |
| 1976 | To the Devil a Daughter | Actor | Salvation Army Major | 58 Average |
| 1974 | Rising Damp | Actor | Ruth | 70 Good |
| 1974 | All Good Men | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1972 | Our Miss Fred | Actor | Miss Lockhart | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Right to Work March | Actor | Elizabeth I | N/A N/A |
| 1970 | Every Home Should Have One | Actor | Maud Crape | 58 Average |