Acting
Jane Lapotaire
Acting · Born 1944-12-26 · Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK
Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944 – 5 March 2026) was an English actress from Suffolk.
Credits · 71
The Burning Girls
2023 · Joan Hartman
FilmSmyrna
2021 · Filio Williams
Dalgliesh
2021 · Lady Lavinia
FilmRebecca
2020 · Granny
The Crown
2016 · Princess Alice
FilmLucan
2013 · Susan Maxwell-Scott
Lucan
2013 · Susie Maxwell-Scott
FilmRSC Live: Richard II
2013 · Duchess of Gloucester
Endeavour
2013 · Madame Belasco
Eleventh Hour
2006
FilmElizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006 · Ernestine Carter
FilmBroadway's Lost Treasures II
2004 · Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
He Knew He Was Right
2004 · Lady Milborough
FilmBella and the Boys
2004 · Mrs. Rogers
FilmThere's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000 · Alice Brewer
Arabian Nights
2000 · Miriam
FilmShooting 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)
FilmSurviving Picasso
1996 · Olga Picasso
Giving Tongue
FilmGiving 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
Chillers
1990 · Betsey McCullough
FilmMurder on the Moon
1989 · Louise Mackey
The Dark Angel
1989 · Madame de la Rougierre
Blind Justice
Blind Justice
1988 · Katherine Hughes
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
1987 · Letizia Bonaparte
Daytime Live
Daytime Live
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Anouk Khoori
FilmThe Dark Angel
1987 · Madame de la Rougierre
Casualty
1986 · Eileen Jarvis
Seal Morning
1986 · Miriam Spencer
FilmLady Jane
1986 · Princess Mary
Screen Two
1985 · Helen
Playing Shakespeare
1984
FilmPiaf
1984 · Édith Piaf
FilmTo Catch a King
1984 · Irene Neumann
FilmMacbeth
1983 · Lady Macbeth
FilmEureka
1983 · Helen McCann
FilmThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
1982 · Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
FilmAntony & 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
FilmThe Other Woman
1976 · Kim
FilmOne of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 · Miss Prescott
Edward the Seventh
1975 · Princess Dagmar
Oranges and Lemons
Oranges and Lemons
1973 · Anne Sewell
FilmThe Asphyx
1972 · Christina Cunningham
The Edwardians
1972 · Alice Hoatson
Crown Court
1972 · Juliet Tomlin
On Call
FilmOn Call
1972 · Jean
Van der Valk
1972 · Elly
Love and Mr Lewisham
1972 · Miss Heydinger
Country Matters
1972 · Orianda Crabbe
The Sextet
1972
FilmAntony and Cleopatra
1972 · Charmian
FilmStocker's Copper
1972 · Alice Stocker
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Emily Shaw
Jason King
1971
Play for Today
1970 · Kim
FilmPerformance.
1970 · Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
FilmCrescendo
1970 · Lillianne
Callan
1967
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Jean