Jane Lapotaire (born 26 December 1944) is a British actress born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. She was married to director Roland Joffé from 1971 to 1980; they had one son together.
Her role in ther title role of Marie Curie (1977) first brought her to wide attenrtion. In 1978 she performed the title role Édith Piaf for Pam Gems's play Piaf directed by Howard Davies for the Royal Shakespeare Company, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England and in London, England at the Warehouse Theatre, Covent Garden in 1979 and subsequently in 1981 at the Broadway for which she won the Tony Awards Best Actress in a Play.
She wrote an autobiography, Everybody's Daughter, Nobody's Child, which includes an account of her childhood growing up in Levington Road Ipswich.
In 2000 while working in France, Jane Lapotaire suffered a cerebral haemorrhage. She writes about her recovery in Time Out of Mind.
Filmography
Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Resurrection (2006) - Gepetto
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV series)
The Word of God (2005) - Fiona Deakin-Jones
He Knew He Was Right (2004 TV mini-series) - Lady Milborough
Bella and the Boys (2004 TV film) - Mrs. Rogers
Can't Stop Breathing (2004 short)
Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Who Killed Cock Robin? (2001) - Mary Mohan
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000) - Alice Brewer
Arabian Nights (2000 TV film) - Miriam
Where the World Begins (1997 TV film) - Narrator
Shooting Fish (1997) - Dylan's Headmistress
Ain't Misbehavin' (1997 TV film) - Clara von Trapp
McCallum (TV series)
Sacrifice (1997) - Miriam
Surviving Picasso (1996) - Olga Picasso
Simisola (1996 TV film) - Anouk Khoori
Giving Tongue (1996 TV film) - Hilda Jacob
Johnny and the Dead (1995 TV series) - Mrs. Sylvia Liberty
The Alleyn Mysteries (TV series)
Dead Water (1993) - Elspeth Cost
Love Hurts (TV series) - Diane Warburg (Series 1-2, 1992-1993)
The Big Battalions (1992 TV mini-series) - Martha Hoyland
Murder in Space (1989 TV film) - Louise Mackey
Blind Justice (1988 TV mini-series)
The Dark Angel (1987 TV film) - Madame La Rougiere
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987 TV mini-series) - Bonaparte
Seal Morning (1986 TV series) - Aunt Miriam
Lady Jane (1986) - Princess Mary
To Catch a King (1984 TV film) - Irene Neumann
Eureka (1984) - Helen McCann
Piaf (1984 TV film) - Edith Piaf
The Testament of John (1984 TV film) - Claire
Macbeth (1983 TV film) - Lady Macbeth
The Captain's Doll (1983 TV film)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982 TV film) - Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
Antony & Cleopatra (1981 TV film) - Cleopatra
The Search for Alexander the Great (1981 TV mini-series) - Queen Olympias
The Devil's Crown (1978 TV series) - Aliéner d'Aquitaine
Marie Curie (1977 TV mini-series) - Marie Curie
Play for Today (TV series)
The House of Bernarda Alba (1976)
The Other Woman (1976)
Stocker's Copper (1972)
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) - Miss Prescott
Edward the Seventh (1975 TV mini-series) - Empress Marie of Russia
Country Matters (1974 TV mini-series)
Crown Court (TV series)
Robin and Juliet (1973)
Van der Valk (TV series)
Rich Man, Poor Man (1973) - Elly
The Horror of Death (1973) - Christina Cunningham
Armchair Theatre (TV series)
On Call (1972) - Jean
Love and Mr Lewisham (1972 TV series) - Miss. Heydinger
Stoker Leishman's Diaries (1972 TV film)
Callan (TV series)
The Contract (1972) - Kristina
Antony and Cleopatra (1972) - Charmian
The Edwardians (1972 TV mini-series) - Alice Houston
Jason King (TV series)
Buried in the Cold Cold Ground (1971) - French Maid
Crescendo (1970) - Lillianne
Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
The Naval Treaty (1968) - Annie Harrison
Links
Jane Lapotaire at the Internet Broadway Database
Jane Lapotaire at the Internet Movie Database
v • d • e
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Irene Worth (1976) · Julie Harris (1977) · Jessica Tandy (1978) · Constance Cummings / Carole Shelley (1979) · Phyllis Frelich (1980) · Jane Lapotaire (1981) · Zoe Caldwell (1982) · Jessica Tandy (1983) · Glenn Close (1984) · Stockard Channing (1985) · Lily Tomlin (1986) · Linda Lavin (1987) · Joan Allen (1988) · Pauline Collins (1989) · Maggie Smith (1990) · Mercedes Ruehl (1991) · Glenn Close (1992) · Madeline Kahn (1993) · Diana Rigg (1994) · Cherry Jones (1995) · Zoe Caldwell (1996) · Janet McTeer (1997) · Marie Mullen (1998) · Judi Dench (1999) · Jennifer Ehle (2000)
Complete list: (1947-1975) · (1976-2000) · (2001-present)
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Categories: 1944 births | Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School | British actors | English people of French descent | Living people | People from Ipswich
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