{"id":43265,"date":"2026-03-14T03:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=43265"},"modified":"2026-03-14T03:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:02:27","slug":"the-crown-downton-abbey-actress-jane-lapotaire-dead-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=43265","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Crown\u2019 &#038; \u2018Downton Abbey\u2019 actress Jane Lapotaire dead at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Actress Jane Lapotaire, known for roles in both\u00a0<em>The Crown<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Downton Abbey<\/em>, has passed away at the age of 81, the Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"icizr69f845eaa3223\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.icizr69f845eaa3223 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.icizr69f845eaa3223 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.icizr69f845eaa3223 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.icizr69f845eaa3223 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.icizr69f845eaa3223 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Jane Lapotaire passed away on March 5, the Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed. Per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/38496854\/jane-lapotaire-dead-crown-downton-abbey-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Sun<\/a>, a spokesperson said, \u201cWe are saddened to hear of the death of Jane Lapotaire. A truly brilliant actress her RSC credits include Piaf, winning her TONY &amp; Olivier awards, &amp; Gertrude opposite Kenneth Branagh in Adrian Noble\u2019s Hamlet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No cause of death has been released.<\/p>\n<p>Born Jane Burgess on December 26, 1944, in Ipswich, England, Lapotaire was given up for adoption as a baby. She was placed with a foster mother, with whom she lived for 12 years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-188612 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093306\/GettyImages-1133762686-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1704px) 100vw, 1704px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093306\/GettyImages-1133762686-scaled.jpg 1704w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093306\/GettyImages-1133762686-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093306\/GettyImages-1133762686-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093306\/GettyImages-1133762686-1364x2048.jpg 1364w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1704\" height=\"2560\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093306\/GettyImages-1133762686-scaled.jpg 1704w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093306\/GettyImages-1133762686-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093306\/GettyImages-1133762686-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093306\/GettyImages-1133762686-1364x2048.jpg 1364w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1704px) 100vw, 1704px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093306\/GettyImages-1133762686-scaled.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">English actress Jane Lapotaire, UK, 4th November 1983. (Photo by Rogers\/Daily Express\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jane started acting after discovering her love for the art form at 17, and later trained at the\u00a0<em>Bristol Old Vic Theatre School<\/em>\u00a0between 1961 and 1963.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew then that I wanted to act,\u201d she once said. \u201cI wanted it more than walking or breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-crown-and-downton-abbey-actress-jane-lapotaire-dead-at-81\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018The Crown\u2019 and \u2018Downton Abbey\u2019 actress Jane Lapotaire dead at 81<\/h2>\n<p>Lapotaire worked as an assistant stage manager at Ipswich Repertory Theatre while studying. Her acting career, which spanned over 60 years, began on stage when she landed the role of Ruby Birtle in\u00a0<em>When We Are Married<\/em>\u00a0at the Bristol Old Vic in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Lapotaire became famous in the 1970s and won big awards for her acting.<br \/>\nIn 1980, she won a Tony Award for playing singer Edith Piaf in the play\u00a0<em>Piaf<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Many people also remember her from TV, where she played royal characters in<br \/>\nboth seasons 3 of\u00a0<em>The Crown<\/em>, starring as Princess Alice of Battenberg, and in season 5 of\u00a0<em>Downton Abbey<\/em>, portraying Princess Irina Kuragin.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, Lapotaire became very ill after a brain hemorrhage. She had a long recovery, but later returned to acting and even wrote books about her life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-188613 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093311\/GettyImages-2261620291-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093311\/GettyImages-2261620291-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093311\/GettyImages-2261620291-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093311\/GettyImages-2261620291-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093311\/GettyImages-2261620291-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093311\/GettyImages-2261620291-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093311\/GettyImages-2261620291-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093311\/GettyImages-2261620291-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093311\/GettyImages-2261620291-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/13093311\/GettyImages-2261620291-scaled.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WINDSOR, ENGLAND \u2013 FEBRUARY 17: Actress Jane Lapotaire after being made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on February 17, 2026 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Andrew Matthews \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Only weeks before she died, she received the honor of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBD) from the King for her work in drama. It was her last public appearance.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-tributes-pour-in\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tributes pour in<\/h2>\n<p>Tributes have poured in for the icon on\u00a0social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer Tony-winning Piaf was raw, vulnerable, devastating. What a remarkable artist we\u2019ve lost,\u201d one wrote, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/38496854\/jane-lapotaire-dead-crown-downton-abbey-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A second added: \u201cShe was an extraordinary talent and have always admired her versatility in every role she took on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was magnificent as Alice of Battenberg in\u00a0<em>The Crown<\/em>,\u201d a third stated.<\/p>\n<p>Jane\u00a0Lapotaire is survived by her son, Rowan Joffe, whom she shared with ex-husband Roland Joffe.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1375945648\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-f91292a0a71ef70c616534eecd6ea227\" class=\"newsner-f91292a0a71ef70c616534eecd6ea227 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Rest in peace, Jane Lapotaire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Jane Lapotaire, known for roles in both\u00a0The Crown\u00a0and\u00a0Downton Abbey, has passed away at the age of 81, the Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed. 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