Phyllida Law
Known for acting · Born 8 May 1932 · Died 27 July 2026 · aged 94 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
101 credits
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
The Time Machine
2002
Copying Beethoven
2006
Unleashed
2005
Before the Rain
1994
The Winter Guest
1997
Kingdom
2007
That's Love
That's Love
1988
Miss Potter
2006
Miss Austen Regrets
2008
Then Came You
2020
Love at First Sight
2010
Peter's Friends
1992
Acting (101)
2020Then Came YouArleneFilm
2016Bakery in BrooklynBaker on the iPad #1Film
2015A Little ChaosSuzanneFilm
2014Three Days in HavanaThe BrokerFilm
2012Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other WifeLady Anne Meriot · 2 episodesSeries
2011Albert NobbsMrs. CavendishFilm
2010Ways to Live ForeverGrandmotherFilm
2010Love at First SightRuthFilm
2010Under the HammerSeries
2008Miss Austen RegretsMrs. AustenFilm
2008Lecture 21BohemeFilm
2007The Sarah Jane AdventuresBea Nelson-Stanley · 2 episodesSeries
2007KingdomAunt Auriel · 16 episodesSeries
2007The Waiting RoomHelenFilm
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelfSeries
2006Miss PotterMrs. WarneFilm
2006Copying BeethovenMother CanisiusFilm
2006Day of WrathEsperanza de MendozaFilm
2006Pinochet in SuburbiaLucia PinochetFilm
2006Mia SarahSarahFilm
2005Nanny McPheeMrs. Partridge (voice)Film
2005UnleashedDistinguished LadyFilm
2005A Little Trip to HeavenHead MistressFilm
2005AfterlifeSeries
2005Mee-Shee: The Water GiantMrs. CooganFilm
2004ToothMrs. ClausFilm
2004BlindedBella BlackFilm
2003I'll Be ThereMrs. WilliamsFilm
2003Brush with FateMariaFilm
2003The RoyalDaisy CrannaghSeries
2002The Time MachineMrs. WatchettFilm
2002Foyle's WarLady Muriel SackvilleSeries
2002Two Men Went To WarFaithFilm
2002Stig of the DumpMarjorie · 6 episodesSeries
2002TimeshiftselfSeries
2002The SwapRose TrenchardFilm
2001Waking the DeadMrs. Carstairs · 2 episodesSeries
2000Saving GraceMargaret SuttonFilm
2000Monarch of the GlenIsobel HoggSeries
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of CupidSignore RealeFilm
2000How Proust Can Change Your LifeVirginia WoolfFilm
1999The Magical Legend of the LeprechaunsLady Margaret · 2 episodesSeries
1999Mad CowsLady Drake (Alex's Mother)Film
1999MilkVeronicaFilm
1999The Lost LoverThe GrandmotherFilm
1998Judas KissShouting Woman (uncredited)Film
1998I Want YouWoman at Hairdresser #1Film
1997Midsomer MurdersFelicity Dinsdale, Mary BinghamSeries
1997Anna KareninaVronskayaFilm
1997The Winter GuestElspethFilm
1996EmmaMrs. BatesFilm
1995Hamish MacbethVicky JeffreysSeries
1995Degrees of ErrorMargot · 4 episodesSeries
1994Before the RainAnne's MotherFilm
1994The Blue BoyMarie's MotherFilm
1994Ready, Steady, CookSelf - GuestSeries
1993Much Ado About NothingUrsulaFilm
1993All or Nothing at AllMrs. Timpson · 3 episodesSeries
1992Peter's FriendsVeraFilm
1992HeartbeatNancy BellowSeries
1991The House of EliottEdith DuglassSeries
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs Llewellyn-Smythe, Lady CarringtonSeries
1989A Bit of Fry & LaurieSeries
1989About FaceSeries
1989Tree of HandsJuliaFilm
1989Colleagues From HellFilm
1988ClarenceMrs. VaileSeries
1988That's Love · 26 episodesSeries
1987FfizzLady Boughton · 12 episodesSeries
1986Hell's BellsEdith Makepeace · 6 episodesSeries
1985Screen TwoMarie's MotherSeries
1984The Life and Death of King JohnLady FaulconbridgeFilm
1983TaggartSeries
1982The Barchester ChroniclesMrs StanhopeSeries
1982Fame Is the SpurAunt Lizzie · 7 episodesSeries
1980A Question of GuiltMrs Blandy · 2 episodesSeries
1979Tales of the UnexpectedMaggie PattonSeries
1979MinderMagistrateSeries
1978Come Back, LucyAunt Gwen · 6 episodesSeries
1977BBC2 Play of the WeekPhyllisSeries
1976When the Boat Comes InSeries
1976BuffetJoanFilm
1976Abide with MeJoan DrummondFilm
1975Rumpole of the BaileyHonoria Bird · 2 episodes, Mrs. ThrippSeries
1973Hitler: The Last Ten DaysFraulein ManzialyFilm
1973A Picture of Katherine MansfieldMother · 6 episodesSeries
1971Upstairs, DownstairsLady Constance WeirSeries
1971EvelynThe WifeFilm
1971The Bristol EntertainmentBridgetFilm
1970Play for TodayThe Wife, JoanSeries
1970MenaceMrs. TetleySeries
1969OtleyJeanFilm
1969The Main ChanceAlison MurraySeries
1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreJeanette HornbySeries
1969Who-Dun-ItMiss MargaretSeries
1968The Jazz AgeMiss CumminsSeries
1967City '68Diana StevensonSeries
1961Drama 61-67Ann ShelleySeries
1956Armchair TheatreGretaSeries
1955Dixon of Dock GreenRosie McCallionSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameMariaSeries