
Phyllida Law
Known for Acting ยท 98 credits
- Born
- 1932-05-08 (age 94)
- Place of birth
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
Phyllida Law is a Scottish actress, the mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson.
Known For
TV Shows (49)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Felicity Dinsdale / Mary Bingham

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe / Lady Carrington

Play for Today
1970
as The Wife / Joan

Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
as Self - Guest

Heartbeat
1992
as Nancy Bellow

Minder
1979
as Magistrate

Screen Two
1985
as Marie's Mother

Foyle's War
2002
as Lady Muriel Sackville

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Maggie Patton

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Phyllis

Waking the Dead
2001
as Mrs. Carstairs

Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Rosie McCallion

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Honoria Bird / Mrs. Thripp

Taggart
1983

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Lady Constance Weir
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self

The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as Bea Nelson-Stanley

Monarch of the Glen
2000
as Isobel Hogg

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Jeanette Hornby

The Main Chance
1969
as Alison Murray

The House of Eliott
1991
as Edith Duglass
Drama 61-67
1961
as Ann Shelley

Timeshift
2002
as self

Kingdom
2007
as Aunt Auriel

Hamish Macbeth
1995
as Vicky Jeffreys

A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Maria
City '68
1967
as Diana Stevenson

Afterlife
2005
The Jazz Age
1968
as Miss Cummins

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
as Lady Margaret

When the Boat Comes In
1976
A Question of Guilt
1980
as Mrs Blandy
Menace
1970
as Mrs. Tetley

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Greta

The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Mrs Stanhope
Fame Is the Spur
1982
as Aunt Lizzie

Ffizz
1987
as Lady Boughton

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
2012
as Lady Anne Meriot
About Face
1989

All or Nothing at All
1993
as Mrs. Timpson

Clarence
1988
as Mrs. Vaile
That's Love
1988

The Royal
2003
as Daisy Crannagh

Stig of the Dump
2002
as Marjorie
Hell's Bells
1986
as Edith Makepeace

A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
1973
as Mother

Come Back, Lucy
1978
as Aunt Gwen
Under the Hammer
2010
Movies (49)

Nanny McPhee
2005
as Mrs. Partridge (voice)

The Time Machine
2002
as Mrs. Watchett

Anna Karenina
1997
as Vronskaya

Unleashed
2005
as Distinguished Lady

Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Ursula

Miss Potter
2006
as Mrs. Warne

A Little Chaos
2015
as Suzanne

Albert Nobbs
2011
as Mrs. Cavendish

Lecture 21
2008
as Boheme

I Want You
1998
as Woman at Hairdresser #1

Emma
1996
as Mrs. Bates

Copying Beethoven
2006
as Mother Canisius

The Lost Lover
1999
as The Grandmother

Three Days in Havana
2014
as The Broker

Saving Grace
2000
as Margaret Sutton

Ways to Live Forever
2010
as Grandmother

Tooth
2004
as Mrs. Claus

A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as Head Mistress

The Winter Guest
1997
as Elspeth

Bakery in Brooklyn
2016
as Baker on the iPad #1

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Fraulein Manzialy

The Blue Boy
1994
as Marie's Mother

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005
as Mrs. Coogan

Peter's Friends
1992
as Vera

Judas Kiss
1998
as Shouting Woman (uncredited)

Miss Austen Regrets
2008
as Mrs. Austen

The Swap
2002
as Rose Trenchard

Before the Rain
1994
as Anne's Mother

Day of Wrath
2006
as Esperanza de Mendoza

Brush with Fate
2003
as Maria

The Waiting Room
2007
as Helen

Tree of Hands
1989
as Julia

Then Came You
2020
as Arlene

Colleagues From Hell
1989

Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
as Lucia Pinochet
Abide with Me
1976
as Joan Drummond

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000
as Signore Reale

Two Men Went To War
2002
as Faith

The Life and Death of King John
1984
as Lady Faulconbridge

Love at First Sight
2010
as Ruth

Otley
1969
as Jean

Milk
1999
as Veronica

Mad Cows
1999
as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)

Buffet
1976
as Joan

Evelyn
1971
as The Wife
The Bristol Entertainment
1971
as Bridget

Mia Sarah
2006
as Sarah

How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
as Virginia Woolf

Blinded
2004
as Bella Black
About Phyllida Law
Phyllida Law is a Scottish actress, the mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson. With 98 credits spanning from 1951 to 2020, Phyllida Law has appeared in 49 films and 49 TV shows.
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Most Popular Phyllida Law Movies
- Nanny McPhee (2005) โ as Mrs. Partridge (voice)
- The Time Machine (2002) โ as Mrs. Watchett
- Anna Karenina (1997) โ as Vronskaya
- Unleashed (2005) โ as Distinguished Lady
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993) โ as Ursula
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