Acting
Born December 26, 1944 — died March 5, 2026 · Ipswitch, Suffolk, UK
Jane Elizabeth Marie Lapotaire (née Burgess; 26 December 1944 – 5 March 2026) was an English actress from Suffolk.
The Crown
2016 · Princess Alice
Rebecca
2020 · Granny
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Mary Mohan
Endeavour
2013 · Madame Belasco
Performance.
1970 · Mrs. Farrell (uncredited)
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000 · Alice Brewer
Lady Jane
1986 · Princess Mary
Surviving Picasso
1996 · Olga Picasso
Casualty
1986 · Eileen Jarvis
Shooting Fish
1997 · Dylan's Headmistress
The Asphyx
1972 · Christina Cunningham
Eureka
1983 · Helen McCann
Dalgliesh
2021 · Lady Lavinia
Arabian Nights
2000 · Miriam
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 · Miss Prescott
The Burning Girls
2023 · Joan Hartman
Crescendo
1970 · Lillianne
Antony and Cleopatra
1972 · Charmian
He Knew He Was Right
2004 · Lady Milborough
Macbeth
1983 · Lady Macbeth
Smyrna
2021 · Filio Williams
RSC Live: Henry V
2015 · Queen Isobel
Lucan
2013 · Susan Maxwell-Scott
RSC Live: Richard II
2013 · Duchess of Gloucester
2013 · Susie Maxwell-Scott
Windsor Castle: After the Fire
2011 · Narrator
Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes
2006 · Ernestine Carter
Eleventh Hour
2006
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004 · Edith Piaf (segment "Piaf")
Can't Stop Breathing
2004 · Daisy
Bella and the Boys
2004 · Mrs. Rogers
McCallum
1997
Ain't Misbehavin'
1997 · Clara Van Trapp
Giving Tongue
1996 · Hilda Jacob
Testament: The Bible in Animation
1996 · Sarah (voice)
Johnny and the Dead
1995 · Sylvia Liberty
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
1993 · Elspeth Cost
The Big Battalions
1992 · Martha Hoyland
Love Hurts
1992
Circles Of Deceit
1990 · Helen
Chillers
1990 · Betsey McCullough
Murder on the Moon
1989 · Louise Mackey
The Dark Angel
1989 · Madame de la Rougierre
The Master Builder
1988 · Aline Solness
Blind Justice
1988 · Katherine Hughes
1987 · Madame de la Rougierre
Daytime Live
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Anouk Khoori
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
1987 · Letizia Bonaparte
Seal Morning
1986 · Miriam Spencer
Screen Two
1985 · Helen
To Catch a King
1984 · Irene Neumann
Piaf
1984 · Édith Piaf
Playing Shakespeare
1984
