Actress
Phyllida Law
8 May 1932† 27 July 2026 (aged 94) Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Movies
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- 51
Biography
Phyllida Law OBE (8 May 1932 — 27th July 2026) was a Scottish actress of screen and stage, and the mother of actresses Emma and Sophie Thompson.
Known For
- 2020
- Then Came You · Film · Arlene
- 2016
- Bakery in Brooklyn · Film · Baker on the iPad #1
- 2015
- A Little Chaos · Film · Suzanne
- 2014
- Three Days in Havana · Film · The Broker
- 2012
- Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife · Series · Lady Anne Meriot
- 2011
- Albert Nobbs · Film · Mrs. Cavendish
- 2010
- Love at First Sight · Film · Ruth
- Ways to Live Forever · Film · Grandmother
- Under the Hammer · Series
- 2008
- Lecture 21 · Film · Boheme
- Miss Austen Regrets · Film · Mrs. Austen
- 2007
- The Waiting Room · Film · Helen
- The Sarah Jane Adventures · Series · Bea Nelson-Stanley
- Kingdom · Series · Aunt Auriel
- 2006
- Mia Sarah · Film · Sarah
- Miss Potter · Film · Mrs. Warne
- Copying Beethoven · Film · Mother Canisius
- Day of Wrath · Film · Esperanza de Mendoza
- Pinochet in Suburbia · Film · Lucia Pinochet
- 2005
- A Little Trip to Heaven · Film · Head Mistress
- Nanny McPhee · Film · Mrs. Partridge (voice)
- Mee-Shee: The Water Giant · Film · Mrs. Coogan
- Unleashed · Film · Distinguished Lady
- Afterlife · Series
- 2004
- 2003
- I'll Be There · Film · Mrs. Williams
- Brush with Fate · Film · Maria
- The Royal · Series · Daisy Crannagh
- 2002
- Two Men Went To War · Film · Faith
- The Time Machine · Film · Mrs. Watchett
- The Swap · Film · Rose Trenchard
- Foyle's War · Series · Lady Muriel Sackville
- Timeshift · Series
- Stig of the Dump · Series · Marjorie
- 2001
- Waking the Dead · Series · Mrs. Carstairs
- 2000
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid · Film · Signore Reale
- How Proust Can Change Your Life · Film · Virginia Woolf
- Saving Grace · Film · Margaret Sutton
- Monarch of the Glen · Series · Isobel Hogg
- 1999
- Mad Cows · Film · Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
- The Lost Lover · Film · The Grandmother
- Milk · Film · Veronica
- The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns · Series · Lady Margaret
- 1998
- Judas Kiss · Film · Shouting Woman
- I Want You · Film · Woman at Hairdresser #1
- 1997
- The Winter Guest · Film · Elspeth
- Anna Karenina · Film · Vronskaya
- Midsomer Murders · Series · Felicity Dinsdale
- 1996
- Emma · Film · Mrs. Bates
- 1995
- Degrees of Error · Series · Margot
- Hamish Macbeth · Series · Vicky Jeffreys
- 1994
- The Blue Boy · Film · Marie's Mother
- Before the Rain · Film · Anne's Mother
- Ready, Steady, Cook · Series · Guest
- 1993
- Much Ado About Nothing · Film · Ursula
- All or Nothing at All · Series · Mrs. Timpson
- 1992
- Peter's Friends · Film · Vera
- Heartbeat · Series · Nancy Bellow
- 1991
- The House of Eliott · Series · Edith Duglass
- 1989
- Tree of Hands · Film · Julia
- Colleagues From Hell · Film
- Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again · Series · Annette de Lancel
- About Face · Series
- A Bit of Fry & Laurie · Series
- Agatha Christie's Poirot · Series · Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
- 1988
- That's Love · Series
- Clarence · Series · Mrs. Vaile
- 1987
- Ffizz · Series · Lady Boughton
- 1986
- Hell's Bells · Series · Edith Makepeace
- 1985
- Screen Two · Series · Marie's Mother
- 1984
- The Life and Death of King John · Film · Lady Faulconbridge
- 1983
- Taggart · Series
- 1982
- The Barchester Chronicles · Series · Mrs Stanhope
- Fame Is the Spur · Series · Aunt Lizzie
- 1980
- A Question of Guilt · Series · Mrs Blandy
- 1979
- Minder · Series · Magistrate
- Tales of the Unexpected · Series · Maggie Patton
- 1978
- Come Back, Lucy · Series · Aunt Gwen
- 1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week · Series · Phyllis
- 1976
- Abide with Me · Film · Joan Drummond
- Buffet · Film · Joan
- When the Boat Comes In · Series
- 1975
- Rumpole of the Bailey · Series · Honoria Bird
- 1973
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days · Film · Fraulein Manzialy
- A Picture of Katherine Mansfield · Series · Mother
- 1971
- The Bristol Entertainment · Film · Bridget
- Evelyn · Film · The Wife
- Upstairs, Downstairs · Series · Lady Constance Weir
- 1970
- Play for Today · Series · The Wife
- Menace · Series · Mrs. Tetley
- 1969
- Otley · Film · Jean
- Who-Dun-It · Series · Miss Margaret
- The Main Chance · Series · Alison Murray
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre · Series · Jeanette Hornby
- 1968
- The Jazz Age · Series · Miss Cummins
- 1967
- City '68 · Series · Diana Stevenson
- 1961
- Drama 61-67 · Series · Ann Shelley
- 1956
- Armchair Theatre · Series · Greta
- 1955
- Dixon of Dock Green · Series · Rosie McCallion
- 1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Series · Maria