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Jane Lapotaire

Jane Lapotaire

Highest Rated: 71% There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)

Lowest Rated: 35% Surviving Picasso (1996)

Birthday: Dec 26, 1944

Birthplace: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

An acclaimed British actress noted for her portrayals of high-strung females, Jane Lapotaire has more or less concentrated on the stage but has offered memorable turns in features and TV programs. Born and raised in Ipswitch, she was trained for the stage at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, joining their company in 1965. After two seasons, Lapotaire moved to the newly-formed National Theatre where she distinguished herself in secondary roles. She moved up to leading lady as one of the co-founders of the Young Vic Theatre, undertaking Katherine in "The Taming of the Shrew" and Jocasta in "Oedipus" (both 1970-71). After a decade spent playing leads in many of Shakespeare's comedies, Lapotaire landed the breakthrough role of Edith Piaf in Pam Gems' acclaimed "Piaf." Fully capturing the petite chanteuse, she earned numerous accolades and traveled to the USA to recreate the role on Broadway in 1981. (The show was filmed and aired in syndication.) Since her acclaimed turn, she has continued to create finely etched characters in plays as varied as "Shadowlands" (1989-90), "Ghosts" (1993) and "Henry VIII" (1998).

Highest rated movies

71% 74% There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
67% 48% The Asphyx
57% 76% Shooting Fish
56% 76% Lady Jane
49% 65% The Young Messiah
40% 50% Eureka
35% 60% Surviving Picasso

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 64% Smyrna Filio Williams (Character) - 2021
49% 65% The Young Messiah Sarah (Character) $6.5M 2016
71% 74% There's Only One Jimmy Grimble Old Woman (Character) - 2000
57% 76% Shooting Fish Dylan's Headmistress (Character) $302.2K 1997
35% 60% Surviving Picasso Olga Picasso (Character) $2.0M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Giving Tongue Hilda Jacob (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simisola Anouk Khoori (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Water Elspeth Cost (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dark Angel Madame de la Rougierre (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder by Moonlight Louise Mackey (Character) - 1989
56% 76% Lady Jane Princess Mary (Character) $132.0K 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Seal Morning Miriam Spencer (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 57% Macbeth Lady Macbeth (Character) - 1983
40% 50% Eureka Helen McCann (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet To Catch a King Irene Neumann (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Captain's Doll Evangeline (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 19% Crescendo Lillianne (Character) - 1972
67% 48% The Asphyx Christina Cunningham (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Horror of Death Christina Cunningham (Character) - 1972

TV

Credit
90% 91% Endeavour Madame Belasco (Character) 2023
88% 93% Downton Abbey Princess Irina (Character) 2014
No Score Yet 87% Midsomer Murders Mary Mohan (Character) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ain't Misbehavin' Clara Van Trapp (Character) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inspector Alleyn Mysteries Elspeth Cost (Character) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love on the Rocks Unknown (Character) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet BBC Television Shakespeare Cleopatra (Character) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Devil's Crown Eleanor of Aquitaine (Character) 1978