Frances de la Tour
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Salome Otterbourne
1989
Series
Play for Today
Marcia
1970
Series
Play for Today
Maria Waite
1970
Series
Outlander
Mother Hildegarde
2014
Film
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Olympe Maxime
2010
Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
2004
Film
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Madame Olympe Maxime
2005
Series
ITV Playhouse
Jean
1967
Series
Heartbeat
Tessa
1992
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Aunt Imogene
2010
Series
New Tricks
2004
Series
Professor T
Adelaide Tempest
2021
Series
Waking the Dead
Alice Taylor-Garnett
2001
Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Film
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Aunt Imogene
2016
Film
The Book of Eli
Martha
2010
Film
Love Actually
Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
2003
Film
Enola Holmes
The Dowager
2020
Film
Dolittle
Dragon (voice)
2020
Film
Hugo
Madame Emilie
2011
Film
Into the Woods
Giant
2014
Film
Survivor
Sally
2015
What's Your Problem?
2002
Series
Vicious
Violet Crosby
2013
Series
Rising Damp
Ruth
1974
Series
Vanity Fair
Lady Matilda Crawley
2018
Series
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Film
Mr. Holmes
Madame Schirmer
2015
Series
Born and Bred
Eugenia Maddox
2002
Film
The Lady in the Van
Ursula Vaughan Williams
2015
Series
Stay Lucky
1989
Series
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Aunt Western
1997
Leave it to Charlie
Miss Grimshaw
1978
Series
Sensitive Skin
Sarah Thorne
2005
Series
Unnatural Causes
Marcia
1986
Series
The Prince
Queen Elizabeth (voice)
2021
Series
Man in an Orange Shirt
Mrs. March
2017
Film
Miss You Already
Jill
2015
Film
The Highway Rat
The Rabbit (voice)
2018
Film
The Nutcracker
The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
2010
Series
Big School
Ms Baron
2013
Series
Cold Lazarus
Dr Emma Porlock
1996
Film
The History Boys
Mrs. Lintott
2006
Film
To the Devil a Daughter
Salvation Army Major
1976
Series
The Collection
Yvette Sabine
2016
Film
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Self
2012
Film
Trap for Cinderella
Aunt Elinor
2013
A Kind of Living
Carol Beasley
1988
Film
Murder with Mirrors
Miss Bellaver
1985
Film
Rising Damp
Miss Jones
1980
Series
The Bounder
Celia
1982
Film
Housewives' Choice
Marcia
1976
Film
Suspension of Disbelief
Nesta
2012
Cottage to Let
Elsie Pope
1977
Film
Every Home Should Have One
Maud Crape
1970
Series
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
The Woman
1977
Film
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Kay
2013
Series
Flickers
Maud Cole
1980
Series
Every Silver Lining
1993
Film
Private Peaceful
Grandma Wolf
2012
Film
The Cherry Orchard
Charlotte Ivanovna
1999
Film
Genghis Cohn
Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
1993
Film
Bejewelled
Beatrice
1991
Film
Strike It Rich
Mrs de Vere
1990
Film
National Theatre Live: People
Dorothy Stacpoole
2013
Film
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Kay
2010
Film
Our Miss Fred
Miss Lockhart
1972
Film
Wombling Free
Julia Frogmorton
1977
Film
Right to Work March
Elizabeth I
1972
Film
All Good Men
1974
Skirmishes
Jean
1982