7.2Acting
Phyllida Law
- Born
- 1932-05-08
- Died
- 2026-07-27
- Birthplace
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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
Filmography
102 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Then Came You
2020 · Movie
Arlene
Bakery in Brooklyn
2016 · Movie
Baker on the iPad #1
A Little Chaos
2015 · Movie
Suzanne
Three Days in Havana
2014 · Movie
The Broker
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
2012 · TV Show
Lady Anne Meriot
Albert Nobbs
2011 · Movie
Mrs. Cavendish
Love at First Sight
2010 · Movie
Ruth
Under the Hammer
2010 · TV Show
Cast
Ways to Live Forever
2010 · Movie
Grandmother
Lecture 21
2008 · Movie
Boheme
Miss Austen Regrets
2008 · Movie
Mrs. Austen
Kingdom
2007 · TV Show
Aunt Auriel
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · TV Show
Self
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · TV Show
Bea Nelson-Stanley
The Waiting Room
2007 · Movie
Helen
Copying Beethoven
2006 · Movie
Mother Canisius
Day of Wrath
2006 · Movie
Esperanza de Mendoza
Mia Sarah
2006 · Movie
Sarah
Miss Potter
2006 · Movie
Mrs. Warne
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006 · Movie
Lucia Pinochet
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005 · Movie
Head Mistress
Afterlife
2005 · TV Show
Cast
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005 · Movie
Mrs. Coogan
Nanny McPhee
2005 · Movie
Mrs. Partridge (voice)
Unleashed
2005 · Movie
Distinguished Lady
Blinded
2004 · Movie
Bella Black
Tooth
2004 · Movie
Mrs. Claus
Brush with Fate
2003 · Movie
Maria
I'll Be There
2003 · Movie
Mrs. Williams
The Royal
2003 · TV Show
Daisy Crannagh
Foyle's War
2002 · TV Show
Lady Muriel Sackville
Stig of the Dump
2002 · TV Show
Marjorie
The Swap
2002 · Movie
Rose Trenchard
The Time Machine
2002 · Movie
Mrs. Watchett
Timeshift
2002 · TV Show
self
Two Men Went To War
2002 · Movie
Faith
Waking the Dead
2001 · TV Show
Mrs. Carstairs
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000 · Movie
Virginia Woolf
Monarch of the Glen
2000 · TV Show
Isobel Hogg
Saving Grace
2000 · Movie
Margaret Sutton
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000 · Movie
Signore Reale
Mad Cows
1999 · Movie
Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
Milk
1999 · Movie
Veronica
The Lost Lover
1999 · Movie
The Grandmother
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999 · TV Show
Lady Margaret
I Want You
1998 · Movie
Woman at Hairdresser #1
Judas Kiss
1998 · Movie
Shouting Woman (uncredited)
Anna Karenina
1997 · Movie
Vronskaya
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV Show
Felicity Dinsdale · Mary Bingham
The Winter Guest
1997 · Movie
Elspeth
Emma
1996 · Movie
Mrs. Bates
Degrees of Error
1995 · TV Show
Margot
Hamish Macbeth
1995 · TV Show
Vicky Jeffreys
Before the Rain
1994 · Movie
Anne's Mother
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Blue Boy
1994 · Movie
Marie's Mother
All or Nothing at All
1993 · TV Show
Mrs. Timpson
Much Ado About Nothing
1993 · Movie
Ursula
Heartbeat
1992 · TV Show
Nancy Bellow
Peter's Friends
1992 · Movie
Vera
The House of Eliott
1991 · TV Show
Edith Duglass
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989 · TV Show
Cast
About Face
1989 · TV Show
Cast
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV Show
Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe · Lady Carrington
Colleagues From Hell
1989 · Movie
Cast
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989 · TV Show
Annette de Lancel
Tree of Hands
1989 · Movie
Julia
Clarence
1988 · TV Show
Mrs. Vaile
That's Love
1988 · TV Show
Cast
Ffizz
1987 · TV Show
Lady Boughton
Hell's Bells
1986 · TV Show
Edith Makepeace
Screen Two
1985 · TV Show
Marie's Mother
The Life and Death of King John
1984 · Movie
Lady Faulconbridge
Taggart
1983 · TV Show
Cast
Fame Is the Spur
1982 · TV Show
Aunt Lizzie
The Barchester Chronicles
1982 · TV Show
Mrs Stanhope
A Question of Guilt
1980 · TV Show
Mrs Blandy
Minder
1979 · TV Show
Magistrate
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV Show
Maggie Patton
Come Back, Lucy
1978 · TV Show
Aunt Gwen
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · TV Show
Phyllis
Abide with Me
1976 · Movie
Joan Drummond
Buffet
1976 · Movie
Joan
When the Boat Comes In
1976 · TV Show
Cast
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · TV Show
Honoria Bird · Mrs. Thripp
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
1973 · TV Show
Mother
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · Movie
Fraulein Manzialy
Evelyn
1971 · Movie
The Wife
The Bristol Entertainment
1971 · Movie
Bridget
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971 · TV Show
Lady Constance Weir
Menace
1970 · TV Show
Mrs. Tetley
Play for Today
1970 · TV Show
The Wife · Joan
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV Show
Jeanette Hornby
Otley
1969 · Movie
Jean
The Main Chance
1969 · TV Show
Alison Murray
Who-Dun-It
1969 · TV Show
Miss Margaret
The Jazz Age
1968 · TV Show
Miss Cummins
City '68
1967 · TV Show
Diana Stevenson
Drama 61-67
1961 · TV Show
Ann Shelley
Armchair Theatre
1956 · TV Show
Greta
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · TV Show
Rosie McCallion
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Maria