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
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