Jane Lapotaire

Actor · Born 26 Dec 1944 · Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK

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

Films and series

The Burning Girls

2023

Joan Hartman

Smyrna

2021

Filio Williams

Dalgliesh

2021

Lady Lavinia

Rebecca

2020

Granny

The Crown

2016

Princess Alice

RSC Live: Henry V

2015

Queen Isobel

Lucan

2013

Susie Maxwell-Scott

Lucan

2013

Susan Maxwell-Scott

RSC Live: Richard II

2013

Duchess of Gloucester

Endeavour

2013

Madame Belasco

Windsor Castle: After the Fire

2011

Narrator

Eleventh Hour

2006

Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes

2006

Ernestine Carter

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

2004

Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")

He Knew He Was Right

2004

Lady Milborough

Bella and the Boys

2004

Mrs. Rogers

Can't Stop Breathing

2004

Daisy

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

2000

Alice Brewer

Arabian Nights

2000

Miriam

Shooting Fish

1997

Dylan's Headmistress

Ain't Misbehavin'

1997

Clara Van Trapp

Midsomer Murders

1997

Mary Mohan

McCallum

1997

Testament: The Bible in Animation

1996

Sarah (voice)

Surviving Picasso

1996

Olga Picasso

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Giving Tongue

1996

Hilda Jacob

Johnny and the Dead

1995

Sylvia Liberty

The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries

1993

Elspeth Cost

The Big Battalions

1992

Martha Hoyland

Love Hurts

1992

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A Curious Suicide

1990

Betsey McCullough

Circles Of Deceit

1990

Helen

Chillers

1990

Betsey McCullough

Murder on the Moon

1989

Louise Mackey

The Dark Angel

1989

Madame de la Rougierre

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Blind Justice

1988

Katherine Hughes

The Master Builder

1988

Aline Solness

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

1987

Letizia Bonaparte

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Daytime Live

1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987

Anouk Khoori

The Dark Angel

1987

Madame de la Rougierre

Casualty

1986

Eileen Jarvis, Maureen

Seal Morning

1986

Miriam Spencer

Lady Jane

1986

Princess Mary

Theatre Night

1985

Aline Solness

Screen Two

1985

Helen

Playing Shakespeare

1984

Piaf

1984

Édith Piaf

To Catch a King

1984

Irene Neumann

Macbeth

1983

Lady Macbeth

Eureka

1983

Helen McCann

The Captain's Doll

1983

Evangeline

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1982

Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett

Antony & Cleopatra

1981

Cleopatra

The Search for Alexander the Great

1981

Olympias

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

Lady Macbeth

The Devil's Crown

1978

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Marie Curie

1977

Marie Curie

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The House of Bernarda Alba

1976

Magdalena

The Other Woman

1976

Kim

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975

Miss Prescott

Edward the Seventh

1975

Princess Dagmar, Dowager Empress Dagmar

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Oranges and Lemons

1973

Anne Sewell

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The Black Dog

1973

Orianda

The Asphyx

1972

Christina Cunningham

The Edwardians

1972

Alice Hoatson

Crown Court

1972

Juliet Tomlin

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On Call

1972

Jean

Van der Valk

1972

Elly

Love and Mr Lewisham

1972

Miss Heydinger

Country Matters

1972

Orianda Crabbe

The Sextet

1972