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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Madame Olympe Maxime
2005
The Book of Eli
as Martha
2010
Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Bellaver
1985
The History Boys
as Mrs. Lintott
2006
Rising Damp
as Miss Jones
1980
Alice in Wonderland
as Aunt Imogene
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Olympe Maxime
2010
Hugo
as Madame Emilie
2011
The Nutcracker
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
2010
Wombling Free
as Julia Frogmorton
1977
Private Peaceful
as Grandma Wolf
2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
2012
Suspension of Disbelief
as Nesta
2012
Trap for Cinderella
as Aunt Elinor
2013
Into the Woods
as Giant
2014
National Theatre Live: People
as Dorothy Stacpoole
2013
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Kay
2010
Our Miss Fred
as Miss Lockhart
1972
Genghis Cohn
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist
1993
The Lady in the Van
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
2015
TV Appearances
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Aunt Western
1997
Rising Damp
as Ruth
1974
Heartbeat
as Tessa
1992
Professor T
as Adelaide Tempest
2021
Play for Today
as Marcia
1970
New Tricks
2004
What's Your Problem?
2002
A Kind of Living
as Carol Beasley
1988
Every Silver Lining
1993
Downwardly Mobile
1994
Waking the Dead
as Alice Taylor-Garnett
2001
Vicious
as Violet Crosby
2013