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
Andy de la Tour Andy de la Tour Andy de la Tour (born 1948) is an English actor and screenwriter. In films he appeared in "Plenty", "Notting Hill", the Roman Polanski version of "Oliver Twist"," 44" Chest" and "The Confessions", and in television "The Young Ones", "Bottom", "Kavanagh QC" and "The Brief". On stage he has appeared at the National Theatre in Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and Alan Bennett's "People". His credits as a television writer include "Boon", "Lovejoy", "Peak Practice", "The Vet", "Kavanagh QC" and "Clem". He wrote the stage play "Safe In Our Hands" (winner of the LWT Plays on Stage