Actor profile

Jane Lapotaire

26th December 1944 Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK Acting

Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944 – 5 March 2026) was an English actress from Suffolk.

32 Movies 43 TV Shows 82 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Smyrna poster

Smyrna 23rd December 2021 as Filio Williams

Rebecca poster

Rebecca 16th October 2020 as Granny

RSC Live: Henry V poster

RSC Live: Henry V 16th October 2015 as Queen Isobel

Lucan poster

Lucan 11th December 2013 as Susan Maxwell-Scott

RSC Live: Richard II poster

RSC Live: Richard II 13th November 2013 as Duchess of Gloucester

Windsor Castle: After the Fire poster

Windsor Castle: After the Fire 13th December 2011 as Narrator

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes poster

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes 17th January 2006 as Ernestine Carter

Broadway's Lost Treasures II poster

Broadway's Lost Treasures II 26th October 2004 as Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")

Bella and the Boys poster

Bella and the Boys 15th February 2004 as Mrs. Rogers

Can't Stop Breathing poster

Can't Stop Breathing 1st January 2004 as Daisy

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble poster

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble 25th August 2000 as Alice Brewer

Shooting Fish poster

Shooting Fish 22nd August 1997 as Dylan's Headmistress

Surviving Picasso poster

Surviving Picasso 4th September 1996 as Olga Picasso

Circles Of Deceit poster

Circles Of Deceit 11th April 1990 as Helen

Murder on the Moon poster

Murder on the Moon 9th May 1989 as Louise Mackey

The Master Builder poster

The Master Builder 15th May 1988 as Aline Solness

The Dark Angel poster

The Dark Angel 1st February 1987 as Madame de la Rougierre

Lady Jane poster

Lady Jane 7th February 1986 as Princess Mary

Piaf poster

Piaf 10th June 1984 as Édith Piaf

To Catch a King poster

To Catch a King 20th January 1984 as Irene Neumann

Macbeth poster

Macbeth 5th November 1983 as Lady Macbeth

Eureka poster

Eureka 1st May 1983 as Helen McCann

The Captain's Doll poster

The Captain's Doll 11th February 1983 as Evangeline

The Barretts of Wimpole Street poster

The Barretts of Wimpole Street 30th December 1982 as Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett

Antony & Cleopatra poster

Antony & Cleopatra 8th May 1981 as Cleopatra

The Other Woman poster

The Other Woman 6th January 1976 as Kim

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing poster

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing 9th July 1975 as Miss Prescott

The Asphyx poster

The Asphyx 5th December 1972 as Christina Cunningham

Antony and Cleopatra poster

Antony and Cleopatra 18th March 1972 as Charmian

Stocker's Copper poster

Stocker's Copper 20th January 1972 as Alice Stocker

Performance. poster

Performance. 3rd August 1970 as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)

Crescendo poster

Crescendo 7th June 1970 as Lillianne

The Burning Girls poster

The Burning Girls 19th October 2023 as Joan Hartman

Dalgliesh poster

Dalgliesh 4th November 2021 as Lady Lavinia

The Crown poster

The Crown 4th November 2016 as Princess Alice

Lucan poster

Lucan 11th December 2013 as Susie Maxwell-Scott

Endeavour poster

Endeavour 14th April 2013 as Madame Belasco

Eleventh Hour poster

Eleventh Hour 19th January 2006

He Knew He Was Right poster

He Knew He Was Right 18th April 2004 as Lady Milborough

Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights 30th April 2000 as Miriam

Ain't Misbehavin' poster

Ain't Misbehavin' 28th July 1997 as Clara Van Trapp

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Mary Mohan

McCallum poster

McCallum 13th January 1997

Testament: The Bible in Animation poster

Testament: The Bible in Animation 16th October 1996 as Sarah (voice)

Johnny and the Dead poster

Johnny and the Dead 4th April 1995 as Sylvia Liberty

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries poster

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries 18th April 1993 as Elspeth Cost

The Big Battalions poster

The Big Battalions 19th November 1992 as Martha Hoyland

Love Hurts poster

Love Hurts 3rd January 1992

Chillers poster

Chillers 5th January 1990 as Betsey McCullough

The Dark Angel poster

The Dark Angel 4th January 1989 as Madame de la Rougierre

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story poster

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story 10th November 1987 as Letizia Bonaparte

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 2nd August 1987 as Anouk Khoori

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Eileen Jarvis

Casualty poster

Casualty 6th September 1986 as Maureen

Seal Morning poster

Seal Morning 9th March 1986 as Miriam Spencer

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Helen

Playing Shakespeare poster

Playing Shakespeare 29th July 1984

The Search for Alexander the Great poster

The Search for Alexander the Great 6th May 1981 as Olympias

The BBC Television Shakespeare poster

The BBC Television Shakespeare 3rd December 1978 as Lady Macbeth

The Devil's Crown poster

The Devil's Crown 30th April 1978 as Eleanor of Aquitaine

Marie Curie poster

Marie Curie 16th August 1977 as Marie Curie

Edward the Seventh poster

Edward the Seventh 1st April 1975 as Princess Dagmar

Edward the Seventh poster

Edward the Seventh 1st April 1975 as Dowager Empress Dagmar

The Edwardians poster

The Edwardians 21st November 1972 as Alice Hoatson

Crown Court poster

Crown Court 18th October 1972 as Juliet Tomlin

Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk 13th September 1972

Van der Valk poster

Van der Valk 13th September 1972 as Elly

Love and Mr Lewisham poster

Love and Mr Lewisham 31st August 1972 as Miss Heydinger

Country Matters poster

Country Matters 20th August 1972 as Orianda Crabbe

The Sextet poster

The Sextet 13th June 1972

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 20th September 1971 as Emily Shaw

Jason King poster

Jason King 15th September 1971

Play for Today poster

Play for Today 15th October 1970 as Kim

Callan poster

Callan 6th February 1967

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as Jean