Jane Lapotaire

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Biography

Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944 – 5 March 2026) was an English actress from Suffolk.

Known For

The Crown

Princess Alice

Rebecca

Granny

Midsomer Murders

Mary Mohan

Endeavour

Madame Belasco

Performance

Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

Alice Brewer

Lady Jane

Princess Mary

Surviving Picasso

Olga Picasso

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2023	The Burning Girls TV	Joan Hartman
2021	Smyrna MOVIE	Filio Williams
2021	Dalgliesh TV	Lady Lavinia
2020	Rebecca MOVIE	Granny
2016	The Crown TV	Princess Alice
2015	RSC Live: Henry V MOVIE	Queen Isobel
2013	Lucan MOVIE	Susan Maxwell-Scott
2013	Lucan TV	Susie Maxwell-Scott
2013	RSC Live: Richard II MOVIE	Duchess of Gloucester
2013	Endeavour TV	Madame Belasco
2011	Windsor Castle: After the Fire MOVIE	Narrator
2006	Eleventh Hour TV	Self
2006	Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes MOVIE	Ernestine Carter
2004	Broadway's Lost Treasures II MOVIE	Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
2004	Bella and the Boys MOVIE	Mrs. Rogers
2004	Can't Stop Breathing MOVIE	Daisy
2000	There's Only One Jimmy Grimble MOVIE	Alice Brewer
2000	Arabian Nights TV	Miriam
1997	Shooting Fish MOVIE	Dylan's Headmistress
1997	Ain't Misbehavin' TV	Clara Van Trapp
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Mary Mohan
1997	McCallum TV	Self
1996	Testament: The Bible in Animation TV	Sarah (voice)
1996	Surviving Picasso MOVIE	Olga Picasso
1996	Giving Tongue MOVIE	Hilda Jacob
1995	Johnny and the Dead TV	Sylvia Liberty
1993	The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries TV	Elspeth Cost
1992	The Big Battalions TV	Martha Hoyland
1992	Love Hurts TV	Self
1990	Circles Of Deceit MOVIE	Helen
1990	Chillers TV	Betsey McCullough
1989	Murder on the Moon MOVIE	Louise Mackey
1989	The Dark Angel TV	Madame de la Rougierre
1988	The Master Builder MOVIE	Aline Solness
1987	Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story TV	Letizia Bonaparte
1987	Daytime Live TV	Self
1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries TV	Anouk Khoori
1987	The Dark Angel MOVIE	Madame de la Rougierre
1986	Casualty TV	Eileen Jarvis
1986	Casualty TV	Maureen
1986	Seal Morning TV	Miriam Spencer
1986	Lady Jane MOVIE	Princess Mary
1984	Playing Shakespeare TV	Self
1984	Piaf MOVIE	Édith Piaf
1984	To Catch a King MOVIE	Irene Neumann
1983	Macbeth MOVIE	Lady Macbeth
1983	Eureka MOVIE	Helen McCann
1983	The Captain's Doll MOVIE	Evangeline
1982	The Barretts of Wimpole Street MOVIE	Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
1981	Antony & Cleopatra MOVIE	Cleopatra
1981	The Search for Alexander the Great MOVIE	Olympias
1978	The Devil's Crown TV	Eleanor of Aquitaine
1977	Marie Curie TV	Marie Curie
1976	The Other Woman MOVIE	Kim
1975	One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing MOVIE	Miss Prescott
1975	Edward the Seventh TV	Princess Dagmar
1975	Edward the Seventh TV	Dowager Empress Dagmar
1973	The Black Dog MOVIE	Orianda
1972	The Asphyx MOVIE	Christina Cunningham
1972	The Edwardians TV	Alice Hoatson
1972	Crown Court TV	Juliet Tomlin
1972	On Call MOVIE	Jean
1972	Van der Valk TV	Self
1972	Van der Valk TV	Elly
1972	Country Matters TV	Orianda Crabbe
1972	The Sextet TV	Self
1972	Antony and Cleopatra MOVIE	Charmian
1972	Stocker's Copper MOVIE	Alice Stocker
1971	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes TV	Emily Shaw
1971	Jason King TV	Self
1970	Play for Today TV	Kim
1970	Performance MOVIE	Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
1970	Crescendo MOVIE	Lillianne
1967	Callan TV	Self
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Jean

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