Acting · Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK · Born December 26, 1944
Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944 – 5 March 2026) was an English actress from Suffolk.
TVThe Burning Girls
2023
as Joan Hartman
MovieSmyrna
2021
as Filio Williams
TVDalgliesh
2021
as Lady Lavinia
MovieRebecca
2020
as Granny
TVThe Crown
2016
as Princess Alice
MovieRSC Live: Henry V
2015
as Queen Isobel
MovieLucan
2013
as Susan Maxwell-Scott
TVLucan
2013
as Susie Maxwell-Scott
MovieRSC Live: Richard II
2013
as Duchess of Gloucester
TVEndeavour
2013
as Madame Belasco
MovieWindsor Castle: After the Fire
2011
as Narrator
TVEleventh Hour
2006
MovieElizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006
as Ernestine Carter
MovieBroadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
as Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
TVHe Knew He Was Right
2004
as Lady Milborough
MovieBella and the Boys
2004
as Mrs. Rogers
Can't Stop Breathing
2004
as Daisy
MovieThere's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000
as Alice Brewer
TVArabian Nights
2000
as Miriam
MovieShooting Fish
1997
as Dylan's Headmistress
TVAin't Misbehavin'
1997
as Clara Van Trapp
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Mary Mohan
TVMcCallum
1997
TVTestament: The Bible in Animation
1996
as Sarah (voice)
MovieSurviving Picasso
1996
as Olga Picasso
Giving Tongue
1996
as Hilda Jacob
TVJohnny and the Dead
1995
as Sylvia Liberty
TVThe Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993
as Elspeth Cost
TVThe Big Battalions
1992
as Martha Hoyland
TVLove Hurts
1992
MovieCircles Of Deceit
1990
as Helen
TVChillers
1990
as Betsey McCullough
MovieMurder on the Moon
1989
as Louise Mackey
TVThe Dark Angel
1989
as Madame de la Rougierre
MovieThe Master Builder
1988
as Aline Solness
TVNapoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
1987
as Letizia Bonaparte
Daytime Live
1987
TVThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Anouk Khoori
MovieThe Dark Angel
1987
as Madame de la Rougierre
TVCasualty
1986
as Eileen Jarvis
TVSeal Morning
1986
as Miriam Spencer
MovieLady Jane
1986
as Princess Mary
TVScreen Two
1985
as Helen
TVPlaying Shakespeare
1984
MoviePiaf
1984
as Édith Piaf
MovieTo Catch a King
1984
as Irene Neumann
MovieMacbeth
1983
as Lady Macbeth
MovieEureka
1983
as Helen McCann
MovieThe Captain's Doll
1983
as Evangeline
MovieThe Barretts of Wimpole Street
1982
as Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
MovieAntony & Cleopatra
1981
as Cleopatra
TVThe Search for Alexander the Great
1981
as Olympias
TVThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Lady Macbeth
TVThe Devil's Crown
1978
as Eleanor of Aquitaine
TVMarie Curie
1977
as Marie Curie
The House of Bernarda Alba
1976
as Magdalena
MovieThe Other Woman
1976
as Kim
MovieOne of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Miss Prescott
TVEdward the Seventh
1975
as Princess Dagmar
Oranges and Lemons
1973
as Anne Sewell
The Black Dog
1973
as Orianda
MovieThe Asphyx
1972
as Christina Cunningham
TVThe Edwardians
1972
as Alice Hoatson
TVCrown Court
1972
as Juliet Tomlin
On Call
1972
as Jean
TVVan der Valk
1972
TVLove and Mr Lewisham
1972
as Miss Heydinger
TVCountry Matters
1972
as Orianda Crabbe
TVThe Sextet
1972
MovieAntony and Cleopatra
1972
as Charmian
MovieStocker's Copper
1972
as Alice Stocker
TVThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Emily Shaw
TVJason King
1971
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Kim
MoviePerformance.
1970
as Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
MovieCrescendo
1970
as Lillianne
TVCallan
1967
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Jean
