Phyllida Law

Acting

Phyllida Law

Born 8 May 1932 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Died 27 July 2026 at 94

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

Highlights

Nanny McPhee2005 · Film · Mrs. Partridge (voice)
Unleashed2005 · Film · Distinguished Lady
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · Series · Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
The Time Machine2002 · Film · Mrs. Watchett
Much Ado About Nothing1993 · Film · Ursula
Midsomer Murders1997 · Series · Felicity Dinsdale

Filmography

Movies

48 films

Then Came You2020 · Film · Arlene
Bakery in Brooklyn2016 · Film · Baker on the iPad #1
A Little Chaos2015 · Film · Suzanne
Three Days in Havana2014 · Film · The Broker
Albert Nobbs2011 · Film · Mrs. Cavendish
Love at First Sight2010 · Film · Ruth
Ways to Live Forever2010 · Film · Grandmother
Lecture 212008 · Film · Boheme
Miss Austen Regrets2008 · Film · Mrs. Austen
The Waiting Room2007 · Film · Helen
Mia Sarah2006 · Film · Sarah
Miss Potter2006 · Film · Mrs. Warne
Copying Beethoven2006 · Film · Mother Canisius
Day of Wrath2006 · Film · Esperanza de Mendoza
Pinochet in Suburbia2006 · Film · Lucia Pinochet
A Little Trip to Heaven2005 · Film · Head Mistress
Nanny McPhee2005 · Film · Mrs. Partridge (voice)
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant2005 · Film · Mrs. Coogan
Unleashed2005 · Film · Distinguished Lady
Blinded2004 · Film · Bella Black
Tooth2004 · Film · Mrs. Claus
I'll Be There2003 · Film · Mrs. Williams
Brush with Fate2003 · Film · Maria
Two Men Went To War2002 · Film · Faith
The Time Machine2002 · Film · Mrs. Watchett
The Swap2002 · Film · Rose Trenchard
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid2000 · Film · Signore Reale
How Proust Can Change Your Life2000 · Film · Virginia Woolf
Saving Grace2000 · Film · Margaret Sutton
Mad Cows1999 · Film · Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
The Lost Lover1999 · Film · The Grandmother
Milk1999 · Film · Veronica
Judas Kiss1998 · Film · Shouting Woman (uncredited)
I Want You1998 · Film · Woman at Hairdresser #1
The Winter Guest1997 · Film · Elspeth
Anna Karenina1997 · Film · Vronskaya
Emma1996 · Film · Mrs. Bates
The Blue Boy1994 · Film · Marie's Mother
Before the Rain1994 · Film · Anne's Mother
Much Ado About Nothing1993 · Film · Ursula
Peter's Friends1992 · Film · Vera
Tree of Hands1989 · Film · Julia
Colleagues From Hell1989 · Film
The Life and Death of King John1984 · Film · Lady Faulconbridge
Buffet1976 · Film · Joan
Hitler: The Last Ten Days1973 · Film · Fraulein Manzialy
Evelyn1971 · Film · The Wife
Otley1969 · Film · Jean

Filmography

Series

38 shows

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife2012 · Series · Lady Anne Meriot
The Sarah Jane Adventures2007 · Series · Bea Nelson-Stanley
Kingdom2007 · Series · Aunt Auriel
Afterlife2005 · Series
The Royal2003 · Series · Daisy Crannagh
Foyle's War2002 · Series · Lady Muriel Sackville
Stig of the Dump2002 · Series · Marjorie
Waking the Dead2001 · Series · Mrs. Carstairs
Monarch of the Glen2000 · Series · Isobel Hogg
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns1999 · Series · Lady Margaret
Midsomer Murders1997 · Series · Felicity Dinsdale
Hamish Macbeth1995 · Series · Vicky Jeffreys
All or Nothing at All1993 · Series · Mrs. Timpson
Heartbeat1992 · Series · Nancy Bellow
The House of Eliott1991 · Series · Edith Duglass
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again1989 · Series · Annette de Lancel
Chelworth1989 · Series · Olivia Esholt
A Bit of Fry & Laurie1989 · Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · Series · Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
Clarence1988 · Series · Mrs. Vaile
Ffizz1987 · Series · Lady Boughton
Screen Two1985 · Series · Marie's Mother
Taggart1983 · Series
The Barchester Chronicles1982 · Series · Mrs Stanhope
Minder1979 · Series · Magistrate
Tales of the Unexpected1979 · Series · Maggie Patton
Come Back, Lucy1978 · Series · Aunt Gwen
BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · Series · Phyllis
When the Boat Comes In1976 · Series
Rumpole of the Bailey1975 · Series · Honoria Bird
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield1973 · Series · Mother
Upstairs, Downstairs1971 · Series · Lady Constance Weir
Play for Today1970 · Series · The Wife
The Main Chance1969 · Series · Alison Murray
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · Series · Jeanette Hornby
The Troubleshooters1965 · Series · Mary Fielding
Armchair Theatre1956 · Series · Greta
Dixon of Dock Green1955 · Series · Rosie McCallion