Frances de la Tour reprises her function as Jasper’s overbearing mom Adelaide Tempest within the model new sequence of ITV’s hit crime drama, Professor T. The three-time Olivier Award winner has been an everyday fixture on our screens through the years thanks to her illustrious movie profession. 

Viewers will know Frances for her roles in The Girl within the Van, Enola Holmes, and naturally for her portrayal of Madame Olympe Maxime within the Harry Potter movie sequence. However what about her life away from the cameras? This is all you want to know, from her famous brother to her actor ex-husband…

Frances de la Tour’s early life and famous brother

Frances was born on 30 July 1944 in Hertfordshire to mother and father Moyra and Charles de la Tour. 

After finding out at Drama Centre London, Frances joined the Royal Shakespeare Firm and subsequently landed roles in a wide range of performs. What adopted was a formidable stage profession, with Frances starring in lots of main productions, together with in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Ladies alongside Maggie Smith, and The Historical past Boys on the Royal Nationwide Thetare and afterward Broadway. 

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As for her on-screen credit, Frances is maybe greatest identified for her function within the 70s’ present Rising Damp, in addition to for enjoying Emma Porlock within the drama sequence Chilly Lazarus, headmistress Margaret Baron in BBC sitcom Massive Faculty and Violet Crosby within the ITV comedy Vicious.

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Whereas Frances, now 79, grew up to be a movie star, she’s not the one famous face in her household. Her brother is actor and screenwriter Andy de la Tour. He is maybe greatest identified for showing in Notting Hill, and Roman Polanski’s Oliver Twist. 

He is additionally landed roles in The Younger Ones, Holby Metropolis, Casualty, and Docs. 

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As a tv author, his credit embody Lovejoy, Boon, Peak Apply, The Vet, and Kavanagh QC. He is married to BAFTA-winning actress Susan Wooldridge, who is understood for her roles in Hope and Glory, and All Quiet on the Preston Entrance. 

Frances’ residence life and famous ex-husband 

Frances was beforehand married to playwright and actor Tom Kempinski, who handed away in August 2023. He is greatest identified for his 1980 play Duet for One, for which Frances gained the Olivier for Greatest Actress. It was later became a movie starring Julie Andrews and Alan Bates. 

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Frances and Tom had been collectively for ten years till 1982, throughout which period they welcomed two youngsters, Josh and Tamasin. 

Frances is pretty non-public about her private life, and so it is not identified whether or not she’s presently in a relationship.