Frances de la Tour in the film "The Book of Eli", directed by the Hughes brothers. In 2012, she appeared in the film "Hugo". Until 2012, she was also a patron for the performing arts group Theatretrain. From 2013 to 2016, de la Tour played the role of Violet Crosby in ITV sitcom "Vicious" with Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi. From 2013 to 2014, she portrayed headmistress Ms Baron in the BBC One sitcom "Big School". In April 2016, she joined the second series of "Outlander" as Mother Hildegarde. Politically, de la Tour is a socialist and was a member of the Workers' Revolutionary
Georges de La Tour as a primary influence on his 1982 film "The Draughtsman's Contract". "Job Mocked by His Wife" by La Tour appears in the 2003 Francis Veber film "Le Dîner de Cons". A reference to a work purportedly by La Tour is featured prominently in the 2003 Merchant Ivory film "Le Divorce". "Magdalene with the Smoking Flame" (not "Penitent Magdalene") is the painting in Ariel's grotto she longingly motions toward when she yearns to know about fire while singing "Part of Your World" in Disney's 1989 film "The Little Mermaid". Georges de La Tour Georges de La Tour (March 13, 1593 –