Frances de la Tour

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

Gender

Female

Birthday

1944-07-30 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Frances de la Tour

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.

Known For

  • Outlander

    Outlander

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Enola Holmes

    Enola Holmes

  • Survivor

    Survivor

  • Love Actually

    Love Actually

  • The Book of Eli

    The Book of Eli

  • Professor T

    Professor T

  • Hugo

    Hugo

  • Dolittle

    Dolittle

  • Murder with Mirrors

    Murder with Mirrors

  • Mr. Holmes

    Mr. Holmes

  • Born and Bred

    Born and Bred

  • National Theatre Live: People

    National Theatre Live: People

  • The Lady in the Van

    The Lady in the Van

  • Vicious

    Vicious

  • Trap for Cinderella

    Trap for Cinderella

  • Into the Woods

    Into the Woods

  • National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

  • Rising Damp

    Rising Damp

  • Stay Lucky

    Stay Lucky

  • The History Boys

    The History Boys

  • Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

  • Right to Work March

    Right to Work March

  • Big School

    Big School

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • The Prince

    The Prince

  • Private Peaceful

    Private Peaceful

  • Miss You Already

    Miss You Already

  • Man in an Orange Shirt

    Man in an Orange Shirt

  • The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

    The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

  • Strike It Rich

    Strike It Rich

  • Wombling Free

    Wombling Free

  • The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

  • Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

    Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

  • The Collection

    The Collection

  • Skirmishes

    Skirmishes

  • Every Home Should Have One

    Every Home Should Have One

  • Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

  • Cold Lazarus

    Cold Lazarus

  • To the Devil a Daughter

    To the Devil a Daughter

  • Sensitive Skin

    Sensitive Skin

  • The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

    The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

  • All Good Men

    All Good Men

  • Genghis Cohn

    Genghis Cohn

  • Genghis Cohn

    Genghis Cohn

  • The Highway Rat

    The Highway Rat

  • The Bounder

    The Bounder

  • Flickers

    Flickers

  • A Kind of Living

    A Kind of Living

  • Suspension of Disbelief

    Suspension of Disbelief

  • What's Your Problem?

    What's Your Problem?

  • Downwardly Mobile

    Downwardly Mobile

  • Bejewelled

    Bejewelled

  • Rising Damp

    Rising Damp

  • Our Miss Fred

    Our Miss Fred

  • Every Silver Lining

    Every Silver Lining

  • National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

    National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

  • Housewives' Choice

    Housewives' Choice