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Frances de la Tour

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Actress / Voice Actress | * 07/30/1944 (79) | Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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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. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, ...

The History Boys

R

2006 | 3.4/5 | 1h 49min
Comedy, Drama
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A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. ...

The Book of Eli

R

2010 | 3.4/5 | 1h 58min
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Triwizard Tournament. But since Harry never submitt ...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

PG-13

2005 | 3.9/5 | 2h 37min
Adventure, Fantasy
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In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch. ...

Into the Woods

PG

2014 | 2.9/5 | 2h 5min
Fantasy, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Frances de la Tour

Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film British Academy Television Award for Best Actress British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance
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Movies with Frances de la Tour as Actress(35)

as The Dowager2020 Enola Holmes
as Dragon (voice)2020 Dolittle
as The Rabbit (voice)2018 The Highway Rat
as Aunt Imogene (uncredited)2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Madame Schirmer2015 Mr. Holmes
as Ursula Vaughan Williams2015 The Lady in the Van
as Jill the Wigmaker2015 Miss You Already
as Sally2015 Survivor
as Giant2014 Into the Woods
as Aunt Elinor2013 Trap for Cinderella
as Kay2013 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Nesta2012 Suspension of Disbelief
as Grandma Wolf2012 Private Peaceful
as Madame Emilie2011 Hugo
as Aunt Imogene2010 Alice in Wonderland
as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva2010 The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
as Kay2010 National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Martha2010 The Book of Eli
as Olympe Maxime2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Mrs. Lintott2006 The History Boys
as Olympe Maxime2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Lesbian Lover (uncredited)2003 Love Actually
as Charlotte Ivanovna1999 The Cherry Orchard
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger, Psychiatrist1994 Genghis Cohn
as Dr. Helga Feuchtwanger1994 Genghis Cohn
as Beatrice1991 Bejewelled
as Mrs de Vere1990 Strike It Rich
as Miss Bellaver1985 Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Jones1980 Rising Damp
as Julia Frogmorton1977 Wombling Free
as Salvation Army Major1976 To the Devil a Daughter
as Marcia1976 Housewives' Choice
as Elizabeth I1972 Right To Work March
as Miss Lockhart1972 Our Miss Fred
as Maud Crape1970 Every Home Should Have One

TV Shows/Series with Frances de la Tour as Actress(22)

as Adelaide Tempest2021 Professor T
as Queen Elizabeth (voice)2021 The Prince
as Lady Matilda Crawley2018 Vanity Fair
as Yvette Sabine2016 The Collection
as Mother Hildegarde2014 Outlander
as Ms Baron2013 Big School
as Violet Crosby2013 Vicious
2005 Sensitive Skin
as herself2004 Who Do You Think You Are?
as Mrs. Maud Dane Calthrop2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 New Tricks
2002 Born and Bred
as Alice Taylor-Garnett2000 Waking the Dead
as Aunt Western1997 The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Emma Porlock1996 Cold Lazarus
as Tessa1992 Heartbeat
1989 Stay Lucky
as Salome Otterbourne1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Celia1982 The Bounder
as Maud Cole1980 Flickers
as Ruth1974 Rising Damp
1970 Play for Today

Full Name: Frances Tour
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 07/30 1944 (July) in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 79 years + 271 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Drama Centre London, Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle
Spouses (current/former): Tom Kempinski
Other names for Frances de la Tour (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Frances J. de Lautour"
Frances de la Tour frequently works together with these people:
Celia Imrie (8x, Actress)
Paul Copley (8x, Actor)
Gary Janetti (8x, Actor)
Alan Bennett (7x, Actor)
Nicholas Hytner (6x, Crew)
Roger Lloyd Pack (6x, Actor)
Elizabeth Rider (6x, Actress)
Alan Rickman (5x, Actor)
Richard Griffiths (5x, Actor)
Pip Torrens (5x, Actor)
Anne Reid (5x, Actress)
Freda Dowie (5x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2070, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024