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Frances de la Tour is an English actress who portrayed Olympe Maxime in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. She was born 30 July, 1944 in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England. She has done a number of stage presentations...
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.
Her other film roles include Madame Olympe Maxime in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010). Other 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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As many would believe, reasonably so, (due to her name and performance as Olympe Maxime), Frances de la Tour is not French. In fact, she’s actually an English actress, born and raised. Over the course of her career, Frances de la Tour has won a Tony Award for her stage performance in The History Boys, and not one, but three Olivier awards for ...
Jun 19, 2015 · But her most prolific big-screen pair-ups were with the late Richard Griffiths, who she played opposite in The History Boys, Harry Potter, Hugo, and this lesser-known movie adaptation of...
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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 ...
Frances de la Tour is an English actress who played the role of Madame Olympe Maxime in the Harry Potter films.