Frances de la Tour of Fire" (2005) and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" (2010). Other television roles include Emma Porlock in the Dennis Potter serial "Cold Lazarus" (1996), Headmistress Margaret Baron in BBC sitcom "Big School" and Violet Crosby in the sitcom "Vicious". De la Tour was born in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, to Moyra (née Fessas) and Charles de la Tour (1909–1982). The name was also spelt De Lautour, and it was in this form that her birth was registered in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, in the third quarter of 1944. She has French, Greek, and Irish ancestry. She was educated at
Frances de la Tour a replacement for Colin Baker on "Doctor Who". The idea was scrapped and the job was given to Sylvester McCoy. In 2003, de la Tour played a terminally ill gay woman in the film "Love Actually" with the actress Anne Reid, although her scenes were cut from the film's theatrical release and appear only on the DVD. In 2005, she portrayed Olympe Maxime, headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy, in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", a role she reprised in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1". Notable television roles during this time include "Agatha Christie's Poirot: Death