Jane Lapotaire, British acting legend of stage and screen, dies aged 84 ...Middle East

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The Guardian reports that the actress died on 5 March. A cause of death has not been disclosed.

On screen, Lapotaire first appeared in an episode of Sherlock Holmes in 1968, before going on to star in Casualty, Midsomer Murders and Lucan in later years.

Other screen roles included as Princess Kuragin in an episode of Downton Abbey in 2014, and as Princess Alice of Battenberg in The Crown in 2019.

She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, playing Viola in Twelfth Night and Lady Macduff in Macbeth. 

Other notable stage roles followed in Master Class, Hamlet, Shadowlands, Dear Anyone, Antigone, Venice Preserved, Ghosts, Henry VIII, and her one-woman show Shakespeare As I Knew Her.

Lapotaire was appointed CBE in 2025 and attended the investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle just last month.

"A truly brilliant actress, Jane joined the RSC in 1974 to play Viola in Twelfth Night. A few years later, she took the title role in Pam Gems' Piaf, winning Olivier and TONY Best Actress awards.

"Our thoughts are with Jane's family and friends."

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