Frances de la Tour
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Frances J. de Lautour (born 30 July 1944), better known as Frances de la Tour, is an English actress. She is known for her role as Miss Ruth Jones in the television sitcom Rising Damp from 1974 until 1978. She is a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner.
She performed as Mrs. Lintott in the play The History Boys in London and on Broadway, winning the 2006 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She reprised the role in the 2006 film. Her other film roles include Madame Olympe Maxime in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Television roles include Emma Porlock in the Dennis Potter serial Cold Lazarus (1996), headmistress Margaret Baron in BBC sitcom Big School and Violet Crosby in the sitcom Vicious.
De la Tour was born on 30 July 1944 in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, to Moyra (née Fessas) and Charles de la Tour (1909–1982). The name was also spelled De Lautour,…
Filmography
Frances de la Tour · 9
Dolittle (2020)
as Dragon (voice)
Enola Holmes (2020)
as The Dowager
21 for sale
Mr. Holmes (2015)
as Madame Schirmer
Into the Woods (2014)
as Giant
59 for sale
Hugo (2011)
as Madame Emilie
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
as Aunt Imogene
108 for sale
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Olympe Maxime
The Book of Eli (2010)
as Martha
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
as Madame Olympe Maxime
21 for sale
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