Frances de la Tour

Born: 1944-07-30

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.


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as Madame Olympe Maxime
Released: 2005-11-16

When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling...

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as Olympe Maxime
Released: 2010-11-17

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the...

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Alice in Wonderland

as Aunt Imogene
Released: 2010-03-03

Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks...

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as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)
Released: 2003-09-07

Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with...

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as Madame Emilie
Released: 2011-11-22

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in...

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Dolittle

as Dragon (voice)
Released: 2020-01-02

After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and...

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as Aunt Imogene (uncredited)
Released: 2016-05-25

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.

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as Martha
Released: 2010-01-14

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a...

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Survivor

as Sally
Released: 2015-05-21

A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but...

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Enola Holmes

as The Dowager
Released: 2020-09-23

While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to...

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Mr. Holmes

as Madame Schirmer
Released: 2015-06-19

In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable...

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Into the Woods

as Giant
Released: 2014-12-24

In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the...

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The Nutcracker: The Untold Story

as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
Released: 2010-11-24

Set in 1920s Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll...

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The Lady in the Van

as Ursula Vaughan Williams
Released: 2015-10-30

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman...

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Miss You Already

as Jill the Wigmaker
Released: 2015-09-12

The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and...

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The History Boys

as Mrs. Lintott
Released: 2006-10-02

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in...

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To the Devil a Daughter

as Salvation Army Major
Released: 1976-03-04

An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists,...

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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

as Kay
Released: 2013-11-02

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National...

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Private Peaceful

as Grandma Wolf
Released: 2012-10-12

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same...

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The Highway Rat

as The Rabbit (voice)
Released: 2018-10-10

The tale of a ravenous rat who craves buns, biscuits and all sweet things. Tearing along the...

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Murder with Mirrors

as Miss Bellaver
Released: 1985-02-20

When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time...

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Trap for Cinderella

as Aunt Elinor
Released: 2013-07-12

A young girl, suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood...

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Every Home Should Have One

as Maud Crape
Released: 1970-03-05

Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling...

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Suspension of Disbelief

as Nesta
Released: 2012-11-01

Martin is a screenwriter, who finds himself in one of his own plays: A young woman is found dead...

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Our Miss Fred

as Miss Lockhart
Released: 1972-12-14

Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is...

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Rising Damp

as Miss Jones
Released: 1980-05-03

Stingy landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers John, an art student, and Philip, an African...

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Strike It Rich

as Mrs de Vere
Released: 1990-01-26

A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.

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The Cherry Orchard

as Charlotte Ivanovna
Released: 1999-01-01

Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face...

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National Theatre Live: People

as Dorothy Stacpoole
Released: 2013-03-21

People spoil things; there are so many of them and the last thing one wants is them traipsing...

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Genghis Cohn

as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
Released: 1994-03-02

In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish...

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Genghis Cohn

as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger
Released: 1994-03-02

In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish...

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Wombling Free

as Julia Frogmorton
Released: 1977-12-31

The adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the...

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Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

as Self
Released: 2012-02-28

The cast and crew of "Hugo" discuss the process of adapting the book to screen, the work of...

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Right to Work March

as Elizabeth I
Released: 1972-10-19

They're young, unemployed and on the march - from Glasgow, Liverpool and Swansea to London.

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Bejewelled

as Beatrice
Released: 1991-01-20

An American's family jewels are stolen during her trip to London and she reluctantly teams up...

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All Good Men

as uncredited
Released: 1974-01-31

On the eve of an in-depth television interview, Edward Waite, former Labour cabinet minister,...

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National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

as Kay
Released: 2010-04-22

National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed play The Habit of Art, with...

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Housewives' Choice

as Marcia
Released: 1976-10-19

Marcia is looking for someone to look after her baby and Joyce seems ideal, looking like a...

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Outlander

as Mother Hildegarde
First aired: 2014-08-09

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Salome Otterbourne
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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Agatha Christie's Marple

as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop
First aired: 2004-12-12

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St...

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New Tricks

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-01-01

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...

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Play for Today

as Marcia
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Play for Today

as Maria Waite
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Waking the Dead

as Alice Taylor-Garnett
First aired: 2001-06-18

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

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Heartbeat

as Tessa
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Professor T

as Adelaide Tempest
First aired: 2021-06-03

Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an...

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Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self
First aired: 2004-10-12

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering...

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Rising Damp

as Ruth
First aired: 1974-09-02

Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long...

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Vicious

as Violet Crosby
First aired: 2013-04-29

Freddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly....

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Born and Bred

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-04-21

Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005....

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The Prince

as Queen Elizabeth (voice)
First aired: 2021-07-29

In this biting animated satire, seven-year-old Prince George – youngest heir to the British...

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Man in an Orange Shirt

as Mrs. March
First aired: 2017-07-31

A love story in two films charts the very different challenges to happiness for Michael and...

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Vanity Fair

as Lady Matilda Crawley
First aired: 2018-09-02

In a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having, no one is more determined to...

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The Collection

as Yvette Sabine
First aired: 2016-09-02

A gripping family drama and entrepreneurial fable, set in a post-war Paris fashion house. It...

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The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

as Aunt Western
First aired: 1997-11-09

Adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of...

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Kind of Living

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-02-19

Trevor Beasley (Richard Griffiths), a schoolteacher, has his head stuck firmly in the past,...

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The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-02-17

Seven Hilariously comic situations from the fertile imaginations of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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Cold Lazarus

as Emma Porlock
First aired: 1996-05-26

The year is 2368 and a group of scientists are on the brink of a major breakthrough as they...

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Stay Lucky

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-12-08

Drama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) from London who discovers a new...

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Big School

as Ms Baron
First aired: 2013-08-16

A comedy about a dysfunctional staff room, unrequited love and interactive whiteboards set in an...

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Sensitive Skin

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-11-10

Bittersweet comedy about a 61-year-old former model trying to cope with life in London.

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The Bounder

as Celia
First aired: 1982-04-16

The Bounder is a British sitcom which ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983, made by...

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Flickers

as Maud Cole
First aired: 1980-09-17

Arnie Cole (Hoskins) and his wife Maud (de la Tour) are an odd couple, having entered into the...

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Downwardly Mobile

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-07-21

After losing millions, social climbers Mark & Sophie invite themselves to live with Mark's...

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Every Silver Lining

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-05-27

Nat Silver (Andrew Sachs) and his wife Shirley (Frances De La Tour) run a cafe, the Silver Diner...

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