Image: Wikimedia CommonsFrances de la Tour
English actress
- Born July 30, 1944
- 6 movies
Frances de la Tour is a British actress, a Tony Award winner and three-time Olivier Award winner. She won the 2006 Tony for playing Mrs. Lintott in The History Boys, a role she reprised on film. She is also known for the sitcom Rising Damp, Madame Olympe Maxime in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Violet Crosby in Vicious.
Frances de la Tour appears in 6 films in The Rerun, from 1976 to 2014. Most of that work is in family, fantasy and adventure. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Christopher Lee (3), Johnny Depp (2), Martin Scorsese (2), Peter Sykes (2).
Known for
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Madame Olympe Maxime. Her role as the headmistress in the Harry Potter film.
- The History Boys (2006), Mrs. Lintott. She reprised her Tony-winning stage role on film.
- Rising Damp. The television sitcom for which she is well known.
- Vicious, Violet Crosby. Her role in the sitcom.
- Hugo (2011). One of her film credits of the early 2010s.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Frances de la Tour been in?
- Frances de la Tour appears in Into the Woods (2014), Hugo (2011), The Book of Eli (2010), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Time Bandits (1981) and To the Devil a Daughter (1976) on The Remote.
- When was Frances de la Tour born?
- Frances de la Tour was born on 30 July 1944.
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