Frances de la Tour

Frances de la Tour

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.

  • Popularity : 7.673
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1944-07-30
  • Place of Birth : Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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Frances de la Tour Movies

  • 1997
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    The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

    The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling

    7 1997 HD

    Adaptation of the classic novel by Henry Fielding chronicling the life, loves and adventures of the charming Tom.

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  • 1996
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    Cold Lazarus

    Cold Lazarus

    6.7 1996 HD

    The year is 2368 and a group of scientists are on the brink of a major breakthrough as they begin to tap into the memory of a man who died in the...

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  • 1974
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    Rising Damp

    Rising Damp

    7.4 1974 HD

    Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

    Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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  • 2021
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    Professor T

    Professor T

    7.4 2021 HD

    Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the...

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  • 2002
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    Born and Bred

    Born and Bred

    8.5 2002 HD

    Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005. Created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery, Born and...

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    5.9 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 2004
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    New Tricks

    New Tricks

    7.4 2004 HD

    New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service....

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  • 2002
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    What's Your Problem?

    What's Your Problem?

    1 2002 HD

    A short TV series that tries to reflect what it really means to people to be disabled now, in the 21st century.

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  • 1977
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    The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

    The Galton & Simpson Playhouse

    1 1977 HD

    Seven Hilariously comic situations from the fertile imaginations of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

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  • 1988
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    Kind of Living

    Kind of Living

    5 1988 HD

    Trevor Beasley (Richard Griffiths), a schoolteacher, has his head stuck firmly in the past, despite having a new house, a new job, and a new baby....

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  • 1993
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    Every Silver Lining

    Every Silver Lining

    6 1993 HD

    Nat Silver (Andrew Sachs) and his wife Shirley (Frances De La Tour) run a cafe, the Silver Diner in the East End of London. With the help of their...

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  • 1994
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    Downwardly Mobile

    Downwardly Mobile

    1 1994 HD

    After losing millions, social climbers Mark & Sophie invite themselves to live with Mark's salt-of-the-earth brother Clem & his wife Rosemary.

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  • 2001
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    Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

    7.2 2001 HD

    A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

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  • 1986
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    Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

    5.5 1986 HD

    Series of seven psychological dramas concerning death by unnatural causes.

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  • 2013
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    Vicious

    Vicious

    7.5 2013 HD

    Freddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly. Their lives are turned upside down by their new...

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  • 2004
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    Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

    6.5 2004 HD

    A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.

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  • 2014
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    Outlander

    Outlander

    8.2 2014 HD

    The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an...

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    5.9 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 2005
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    Sensitive Skin

    Sensitive Skin

    7 2005 HD

    Bittersweet comedy about a 61-year-old former model trying to cope with life in London.

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  • 1989
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    Stay Lucky

    Stay Lucky

    6 1989 HD

    Drama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) from London who discovers a new life up north in Yorkshire. Helping widowed,...

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  • 2016
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    The Collection

    The Collection

    6.8 2016 HD

    A gripping family drama and entrepreneurial fable, set in a post-war Paris fashion house. It exposes the grit behind the glamour of a rising...

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  • 1982
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    The Bounder

    The Bounder

    6.333 1982 HD

    The Bounder is a British sitcom which ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983, made by Yorkshire Television. The series starred Peter Bowles as...

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  • 1980
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    Flickers

    Flickers

    6 1980 HD

    Arnie Cole (Hoskins) and his wife Maud (de la Tour) are an odd couple, having entered into the state of matrimony for purely practical reasons....

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  • 2017
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    Man in an Orange Shirt

    Man in an Orange Shirt

    7.5 2017 HD

    A love story in two films charts the very different challenges to happiness for Michael and Thomas in the aftermath of World War 2, and to Adam and...

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  • 2018
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    Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

    7.5 2018 HD

    In a world where everyone is striving for what is not worth having, no one is more determined to climb to the heights of English society than Becky...

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  • 2004
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    Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

    7.7 2004 HD

    The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and...

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  • 2013
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    Big School

    Big School

    6.9 2013 HD

    A comedy about a dysfunctional staff room, unrequited love and interactive whiteboards set in an urban secondary school. Chemistry teacher Mr. Church...

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  • 2021
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    The Prince

    The Prince

    6.6 2021 HD

    In this biting animated satire, seven-year-old Prince George – youngest heir to the British throne – spills all the royal...

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  • 1989
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    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    8.1 1989 HD

    From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule...

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