Frances de la Tour photo

Frances de la Tour

Acting

  • Born
  • July 30, 1944
  • Place of birth
  • Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

As actor 71

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Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
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Outlander
2014
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Play for Today
1970
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Heartbeat
1992
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2004
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2001
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2005
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2010
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2002
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2014
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2015
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1997
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1986
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2013
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2015
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1974
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1989
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2013
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1978
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2021
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2005
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2017
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2015
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2010
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1996
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2015
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2016
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The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977
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1982
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1988
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2002
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1976
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2006
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1980
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2018
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1980
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1972
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2013
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1990
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1982