Frances de la Tour
Known for: Acting
Born: July 30, 1944
Place of birth: Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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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Filmography
38 movies · 32 TV shows, newest first
6.2
The Prince
2021
7.3
Professor T
2021
7.2
Enola Holmes
2020
6.6
Dolittle
2020
6.2
The Highway Rat
2018
7.2
Vanity Fair
2018
7.5
Man in an Orange Shirt
2017
6.5
The Collection
2016
6.6
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
6.4
The Lady in the Van
2015
7.4
Miss You Already
2015
6.5
Mr. Holmes
2015
5.7
Survivor
2015
5.8
Into the Woods
2014
8.2
Outlander
2014
6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
6.7
Big School
2013
5.2
Trap for Cinderella
2013
7.5
Vicious
2013
8.0
National Theatre Live: People
2013
4.1
Suspension of Disbelief
2012
6.6
Private Peaceful
2012
6.0
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
7.2
Hugo
2011
5.0
The Nutcracker
2010
7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
8.0
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
6.6
Alice in Wonderland
2010
6.8
The Book of Eli
2010
6.6
The History Boys
2006
7.8
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
7.4
Sensitive Skin
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
7.3
New Tricks
2004
7.1
Love Actually
2003NR
What's Your Problem?
2002
9.0
Born and Bred
2002
7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
5.0
The Cherry Orchard
1999
7.5
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
6.9
Cold Lazarus
1996
NR
Downwardly Mobile
1994
5.1
Genghis Cohn
1993
6.0
Every Silver Lining
1993
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
4.9
Bejewelled
1991
6.5
Strike It Rich
1990
7.0
Stay Lucky
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
19895.7
A Kind of Living
1988
6.3
Unnatural Causes
1986
6.5
Murder with Mirrors
1985NR
Skirmishes
1982
7.0
The Bounder
1982
7.0
Flickers
1980
5.6
Rising Damp
19808.0
Leave it to Charlie
1978
9.7
Wombling Free
1977NR
Cottage to Let
1977
NR
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
NR
Housewives' Choice
1976
5.5
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
7.4
Rising Damp
1974
NR
All Good Men
1974
6.1
Our Miss Fred
1972
NR
Right to Work March
1972
6.6
Play for Today
1970
4.9
Every Home Should Have One
1970
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967