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

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Outlander

    Outlander

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Love Actually

    Love Actually

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • Enola Holmes

    Enola Holmes

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Dolittle

    Dolittle

  • The Book of Eli

    The Book of Eli

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

  • Hugo

    Hugo

  • Professor T

    Professor T

  • Private Peaceful

    Private Peaceful

  • Survivor

    Survivor

  • To the Devil a Daughter

    To the Devil a Daughter

  • Born and Bred

    Born and Bred

  • Into the Woods

    Into the Woods

  • Vicious

    Vicious

  • Skirmishes

    Skirmishes

  • Every Home Should Have One

    Every Home Should Have One

  • The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

  • The Lady in the Van

    The Lady in the Van

  • Mr. Holmes

    Mr. Holmes

  • Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

  • Man in an Orange Shirt

    Man in an Orange Shirt

  • Rising Damp

    Rising Damp

  • Murder with Mirrors

    Murder with Mirrors

  • The Prince

    The Prince

  • Miss You Already

    Miss You Already

  • Bejewelled

    Bejewelled

  • Cold Lazarus

    Cold Lazarus

  • The History Boys

    The History Boys

  • Big School

    Big School

  • The Highway Rat

    The Highway Rat

  • The Collection

    The Collection

  • The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

    The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

  • Genghis Cohn

    Genghis Cohn

  • Genghis Cohn

    Genghis Cohn

  • Trap for Cinderella

    Trap for Cinderella

  • The Bounder

    The Bounder

  • Stay Lucky

    Stay Lucky

  • Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

    Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

  • Rising Damp

    Rising Damp

  • Suspension of Disbelief

    Suspension of Disbelief

  • Our Miss Fred

    Our Miss Fred

  • Right to Work March

    Right to Work March

  • A Kind of Living

    A Kind of Living

  • Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

  • Sensitive Skin

    Sensitive Skin

  • The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

    The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • Strike It Rich

    Strike It Rich

  • National Theatre Live: People

    National Theatre Live: People

  • Wombling Free

    Wombling Free

  • All Good Men

    All Good Men

  • Flickers

    Flickers

  • Downwardly Mobile

    Downwardly Mobile

  • What's Your Problem?

    What's Your Problem?

  • Every Silver Lining

    Every Silver Lining

  • National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

    National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

  • Housewives' Choice

    Housewives' Choice