Biography
Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944 – 5 March 2026) was an English actress from Suffolk.
Jane Lapotaire
Acting
Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK
Born · Died
Movies
Smyrna· 2021
Filio Williams
Rebecca· 2020
Granny
RSC Live: Henry V· 2015
Queen Isobel
Lucan· 2013
Susan Maxwell-Scott
RSC Live: Richard II· 2013
Duchess of Gloucester
Windsor Castle: After the Fire· 2011
Narrator
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes· 2006
Ernestine Carter
Bella and the Boys· 2004
Mrs. Rogers
Broadway's Lost Treasures II· 2004
Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
Can't Stop Breathing· 2004
Daisy
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble· 2000
Alice Brewer
Shooting Fish· 1997
Dylan's Headmistress
Giving Tongue· 1996
Hilda Jacob
Surviving Picasso· 1996
Olga Picasso
Circles Of Deceit· 1990
Helen
Murder on the Moon· 1989
Louise Mackey
The Master Builder· 1988
Aline Solness
The Dark Angel· 1987
Madame de la Rougierre
Lady Jane· 1986
Princess Mary
Piaf· 1984
Édith Piaf
To Catch a King· 1984
Irene Neumann
Eureka· 1983
Helen McCann
Macbeth· 1983
Lady Macbeth
The Captain's Doll· 1983
Evangeline
The Barretts of Wimpole Street· 1982
Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
Antony & Cleopatra· 1981
Cleopatra
The Search for Alexander the Great· 1981
Olympias
The Other Woman· 1976
Kim
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing· 1975
Miss Prescott
The Black Dog· 1973
Orianda
Antony and Cleopatra· 1972
Charmian
On Call· 1972
Jean
Stocker's Copper· 1972
Alice Stocker
The Asphyx· 1972
Christina Cunningham
Crescendo· 1970
Lillianne
Performance· 1970
Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
TV shows
The Burning Girls· 2023
Joan Hartman
Dalgliesh· 2021
Lady Lavinia
The Crown· 2016
Princess Alice
Eleventh Hour· 2006
Arabian Nights· 2000
Miriam
Ain't Misbehavin'· 1997
Clara Van Trapp
McCallum· 1997
Midsomer Murders· 1997
Mary Mohan
Love Hurts· 1992
The Big Battalions· 1992
Martha Hoyland
The Dark Angel· 1989
Madame de la Rougierre
Daytime Live· 1987
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story· 1987
Letizia Bonaparte
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries· 1987
Anouk Khoori
Casualty· 1986
Eileen Jarvis
Seal Morning· 1986
Miriam Spencer
Playing Shakespeare· 1984
Marie Curie· 1977
Marie Curie
Crown Court· 1972
Juliet Tomlin
Van der Valk· 1972
Jason King· 1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes· 1971
Emily Shaw
Play for Today· 1970
Kim
Callan· 1967