Frances de la Tour
Acting
Born 1944-07-30 · 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.
Known for
7.5
Rising Damp
1974 · TV
7.3
Professor T
2021 · TV
8.2
Outlander
2014 · TV
7.6
Vicious
2013 · TV
6.8
Big School
2013 · TV
6.4
The Prince
2021 · TV
6.5
The Collection
2016 · TV
7.3
Vanity Fair
2018 · TV
7.0
Flickers
1980 · TV
6.0
Every Silver Lining
1993 · TV
7.5
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997 · TV
Downwardly Mobile
1994 · TV
6.8
Cold Lazarus
1996 · TV
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV
7.3
Waking the Dead
2001 · TV
9.0
Born and Bred
2002 · TV
7.0
The Bounder
1982 · TV
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · TV
6.6
Play for Today
1970 · TV
7.2
Heartbeat
1992 · TV
7.4
New Tricks
2004 · TV
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV
6.9
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · TV
7.5
Man in an Orange Shirt
2017 · TV
7.4
Sensitive Skin
2005 · TV
7.0
Stay Lucky
1989 · TV
The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
1977 · TV