Frances de la Tour
Acting
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.
TV Shows(30)
The Prince
Queen Elizabeth (voice)
2021
Professor T
Adelaide Tempest
2021
Vanity Fair
Lady Matilda Crawley
2018
Man in an Orange Shirt
Mrs. March
2017
The Collection
Yvette Sabine
2016
Outlander
Mother Hildegarde
2014
Big School
Ms Baron
2013
Vicious
Violet Crosby
2013
Sensitive Skin
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
New Tricks
2004
What's Your Problem?
2002
Born and Bred
Eugenia Maddox
2002
Waking the Dead
Alice Taylor-Garnett
2001
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Aunt Western
1997
Cold Lazarus
Dr Emma Porlock
1996
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Every Silver Lining
1993
Heartbeat
Tessa
1992
Stay Lucky
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Salome Otterbourne
1989
A Kind of Living
Carol Beasley
1988
Unnatural Causes
Marcia
1986
The Bounder
Celia
1982
Flickers
Maud Cole
1980
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
The Woman
1977
Rising Damp
Ruth
1974
Play for Today
Marcia
1970
ITV Playhouse
Jean
1967
Movies(38)
Enola Holmes
The Dowager
2020
Dolittle
Dragon (voice)
2020
The Highway Rat
The Rabbit (voice)
2018
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Aunt Imogene
2016
The Lady in the Van
Ursula Vaughan Williams
2015
Miss You Already
Jill
2015
Mr. Holmes
Madame Schirmer
2015
Survivor
Sally
2015
Into the Woods
Giant
2014
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Kay
2013
Trap for Cinderella
Aunt Elinor
2013
National Theatre Live: People
Dorothy Stacpoole
2013
Suspension of Disbelief
Nesta
2012
Private Peaceful
Grandma Wolf
2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Self
2012
Hugo
Madame Emilie
2011
The Nutcracker
The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Olympe Maxime
2010
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Kay
2010
Alice in Wonderland
Aunt Imogene
2010
The Book of Eli
Martha
2010
The History Boys
Mrs. Lintott
2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Madame Olympe Maxime
2005
Love Actually
Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
2003
The Cherry Orchard
Charlotte Ivanovna
1999
Genghis Cohn
Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
1993
Bejewelled
Beatrice
1991
Strike It Rich
Mrs de Vere
1990
Murder with Mirrors
Miss Bellaver
1985
Skirmishes
Jean
1982
Rising Damp
Miss Jones
1980
Wombling Free
Julia Frogmorton
1977
Housewives' Choice
Marcia
1976
To the Devil a Daughter
Salvation Army Major
1976
All Good Men
1974
Our Miss Fred
Miss Lockhart
1972
Right to Work March
Elizabeth I
1972
Every Home Should Have One
Maud Crape
1970