Jane Lapotaire

Biography

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

Known For

Midsomer Murders

The Crown

Casualty

Casualty

Play for Today

Crown Court

Endeavour

Screen Two

All Movies (37)

• Smyrna2021 · as Filio Williams
• Rebecca2020 · as Granny
• RSC Live: Henry V2015 · as Queen Isobel
• Lucan2013 · as Susan Maxwell-Scott
• RSC Live: Richard II2013 · as Duchess of Gloucester
• Windsor Castle: After the Fire2011 · as Narrator
• Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes2006 · as Ernestine Carter
• Broadway's Lost Treasures II2004 · as Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
• Bella and the Boys2004 · as Mrs. Rogers
• Can't Stop Breathing2004 · as Daisy
• There's Only One Jimmy Grimble2000 · as Alice Brewer
• Shooting Fish1997 · as Dylan's Headmistress
• Surviving Picasso1996 · as Olga Picasso
• Giving Tongue1996 · as Hilda Jacob
• Circles Of Deceit1990 · as Helen
• Murder on the Moon1989 · as Louise Mackey
• The Master Builder1988 · as Aline Solness
• The Dark Angel1987 · as Madame de la Rougierre
• Lady Jane1986 · as Princess Mary
• Piaf1984 · as Édith Piaf
• To Catch a King1984 · as Irene Neumann
• Macbeth1983 · as Lady Macbeth
• Eureka1983 · as Helen McCann
• The Captain's Doll1983 · as Evangeline
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street1982 · as Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
• Antony & Cleopatra1981 · as Cleopatra
• The Search for Alexander the Great1981 · as Olympias
• The House of Bernarda Alba1976 · as Magdalena
• The Other Woman1976 · as Kim
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing1975 · as Miss Prescott
• The Black Dog1973 · as Orianda
• The Asphyx1972 · as Christina Cunningham
• On Call1972 · as Jean
• Antony and Cleopatra1972 · as Charmian
• Stocker's Copper1972 · as Alice Stocker
• Performance.1970 · as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
• Crescendo1970 · as Lillianne

All TV Shows (45)

• The Burning Girls2023 · as Joan Hartman
• Dalgliesh2021 · as Lady Lavinia
• The Crown2016 · as Princess Alice
• Lucan2013 · as Susie Maxwell-Scott
• Endeavour2013 · as Madame Belasco
• Eleventh Hour2006
• He Knew He Was Right2004 · as Lady Milborough
• Arabian Nights2000 · as Miriam
• Ain't Misbehavin'1997 · as Clara Van Trapp
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Mary Mohan
• McCallum1997
• Testament: The Bible in Animation1996 · as Sarah (voice)
• Johnny and the Dead1995 · as Sylvia Liberty
• The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries1993 · as Elspeth Cost
• The Big Battalions1992 · as Martha Hoyland
• Love Hurts1992
• Chillers1990 · as Betsey McCullough
• The Dark Angel1989 · as Madame de la Rougierre
• Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story1987 · as Letizia Bonaparte
• Daytime Live1987
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Anouk Khoori
• Casualty1986 · as Eileen Jarvis
• Casualty1986 · as Maureen
• Seal Morning1986 · as Miriam Spencer
• Screen Two1985 · as Helen
• Playing Shakespeare1984
• The Search for Alexander the Great1981 · as Olympias
• The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Lady Macbeth
• The Devil's Crown1978 · as Eleanor of Aquitaine
• Marie Curie1977 · as Marie Curie
• Edward the Seventh1975 · as Princess Dagmar
• Edward the Seventh1975 · as Dowager Empress Dagmar
• Oranges and Lemons1973 · as Anne Sewell
• The Edwardians1972 · as Alice Hoatson
• Crown Court1972 · as Juliet Tomlin
• Van der Valk1972
• Van der Valk1972 · as Elly
• Love and Mr Lewisham1972 · as Miss Heydinger
• Country Matters1972 · as Orianda Crabbe
• The Sextet1972
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Emily Shaw
• Jason King1971
• Play for Today1970 · as Kim
• Callan1967
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Jean