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Phyllida Law

Acting

Born May 8, 1932 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

Phyllida Law is a Scottish actress, the mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson.

Awards & recognition

  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Filmography46 titles

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe

A Bit of Fry and Laurie

1987

Foyle's War

2002as Lady Muriel Sackville

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971as Lady Constance Weir

The Royal

as Daisy Crannagh

Hamish Macbeth

1995as Vicky Jeffreys

When the Boat Comes In

Midsomer Murders

1997as Mary Bingham

Before the Rain

1994as Anne's Mother

Monarch of the Glen

2000as Isobel Hogg

Afterlife

2005

Waking the Dead

2001as Mrs. Carstairs

Heartbeat

1992as Nancy Bellow

Kingdom

2007as Aunt Auriel

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007as Bea Nelson-Stanley

Mia Sarah

2006as Sarah

Much Ado About Nothing

1993as Ursula

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975as Mrs. Thripp

Unleashed

2005as Distinguished Lady

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

1999as Lady Margaret

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Maggie Patton

Nanny McPhee

2005as Mrs. Partridge (voice)

Two Men Went To War

2002as Faith

Miss Potter

2006as Mrs. Warne

Emma

1996as Mrs. Bates

Peter's Friends

1992as Vera

The House of Eliott

1991as Edith Duglass

Copying Beethoven

2006as Mother Canisius

Saving Grace

2000as Margaret Sutton

Taggart

1983

A Little Chaos

2014as Suzanne

Albert Nobbs

2011as Mrs. Cavendish

The Time Machine

2002as Mrs. Watchett

The Blue Boy

1994as Marie's Mother

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973as Fraulein Manzialy

Miss Austen Regrets

2008as Mrs. Austen

Then Came You

2020as Arlene

Brush with Fate

2003as Maria

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife

as Lady Anne Meriot

Judas Kiss

1998as Shouting Woman (uncredited)

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

2005as Mrs. Coogan

A Little Trip to Heaven

2005as Head Mistress

Pinochet in Suburbia

2006as Lucia Pinochet

Bakery in Brooklyn

2016as Baker on the iPad #1

Three Days in Havana

2014as The Broker

Day of Wrath

2006as Esperanza de Mendoza