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Jane Lapotaire

ACTING

1944-12-26

2026-03-05

Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK

Biography

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

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Biography

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

Best known for:

Filmography:

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre(1956)

Jean

Play for Today poster

Play for Today(1970)

Kim

Performance poster

Performance(1970)

Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)

Crescendo poster

Crescendo(1970)

Lillianne

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes(1971)

Emily Shaw

Crown Court poster

Crown Court(1972)

Juliet Tomlin

Country Matters poster

Country Matters(1972)

Orianda Crabbe

The Edwardians poster

The Edwardians(1972)

Alice Hoatson

The Asphyx poster

The Asphyx(1972)

Christina Cunningham

Antony and Cleopatra poster

Antony and Cleopatra(1972)

Charmian

Stocker's Copper poster

Stocker's Copper(1972)

Alice Stocker

Edward the Seventh poster

Edward the Seventh(1975)

Princess Dagmar, Dowager Empress Dagmar

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing poster

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing(1975)

Miss Prescott

The Other Woman poster

The Other Woman(1976)

Kim

Marie Curie poster

Marie Curie(1977)

Marie Curie

The Devil's Crown poster

The Devil's Crown(1978)

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Antony & Cleopatra poster

Antony & Cleopatra(1981)

Cleopatra

The Search for Alexander the Great poster

The Search for Alexander the Great(1981)

Olympias

The Barretts of Wimpole Street poster

The Barretts of Wimpole Street(1982)

Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett

Eureka poster

Eureka(1983)

Helen McCann

Macbeth poster

Macbeth(1983)

Lady Macbeth

The Captain's Doll poster

The Captain's Doll(1983)

Evangeline

To Catch a King poster

To Catch a King(1984)

Irene Neumann

Piaf poster

Piaf(1984)

Édith Piaf

Casualty poster

Casualty(1986)

Eileen Jarvis, Maureen

Lady Jane poster

Lady Jane(1986)

Princess Mary

Seal Morning poster

Seal Morning(1986)

Miriam Spencer

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries(1987)

Anouk Khoori

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story poster

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story(1987)

Letizia Bonaparte

The Dark Angel poster

The Dark Angel(1987)

Madame de la Rougierre

The Master Builder poster

The Master Builder(1988)

Aline Solness

The Dark Angel poster

The Dark Angel(1989)

Madame de la Rougierre

Murder on the Moon poster

Murder on the Moon(1989)

Louise Mackey

Chillers poster

Chillers(1990)

Betsey McCullough

Circles Of Deceit poster

Circles Of Deceit(1990)

Helen

The Big Battalions poster

The Big Battalions(1992)

Martha Hoyland

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries poster

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries(1993)

Elspeth Cost

Johnny and the Dead poster

Johnny and the Dead(1995)

Sylvia Liberty

Testament: The Bible in Animation poster

Testament: The Bible in Animation(1996)

Sarah (voice)

Surviving Picasso poster

Surviving Picasso(1996)

Olga Picasso

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders(1997)

Mary Mohan

Shooting Fish poster

Shooting Fish(1997)

Dylan's Headmistress

Ain't Misbehavin' poster

Ain't Misbehavin'(1997)

Clara Van Trapp

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble poster

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble(2000)

Alice Brewer

Arabian Nights poster

Arabian Nights(2000)

Miriam

He Knew He Was Right poster

He Knew He Was Right(2004)

Lady Milborough

Broadway's Lost Treasures II poster

Broadway's Lost Treasures II(2004)

Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")

Bella and the Boys poster

Bella and the Boys(2004)

Mrs. Rogers

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes poster

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes(2006)

Ernestine Carter

Windsor Castle: After the Fire poster

Windsor Castle: After the Fire(2011)

Narrator

Endeavour poster

Endeavour(2013)

Madame Belasco

Lucan poster

Lucan(2013)

Susie Maxwell-Scott

RSC Live: Richard II poster

RSC Live: Richard II(2013)

Duchess of Gloucester

Lucan poster

Lucan(2013)

Susan Maxwell-Scott

RSC Live: Henry V poster

RSC Live: Henry V(2015)

Queen Isobel

The Crown poster

The Crown(2016)

Princess Alice

Rebecca poster

Rebecca(2020)

Granny

Dalgliesh poster

Dalgliesh(2021)

Lady Lavinia

Smyrna poster

Smyrna(2021)

Filio Williams

The Burning Girls poster

The Burning Girls(2023)

Joan Hartman