Phyllida Law
Acting
105
Acting Credits
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
Then Came You
2020
as Arlene
Bakery in Brooklyn
2016
as Baker on the iPad #1
A Little Chaos
2015
as Suzanne
Three Days in Havana
2014
as The Broker
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
2012
as Lady Anne Meriot
Albert Nobbs
2011
as Mrs. Cavendish
Ways to Live Forever
2010
as Grandmother
Love at First Sight
2010
as Ruth
Under the Hammer
2010
Miss Austen Regrets
2008
as Mrs. Austen
Lecture 21
2008
as Boheme
The Waiting Room
2007
as Helen
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as Bea Nelson-Stanley
Kingdom
2007
as Aunt Auriel
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
Copying Beethoven
2006
as Mother Canisius
Miss Potter
2006
as Mrs. Warne
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
as Lucia Pinochet
Day of Wrath
2006
as Esperanza de Mendoza
Mia Sarah
2006
as Sarah
Unleashed
2005
as Distinguished Lady
Nanny McPhee
2005
as Mrs. Partridge (voice)
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005
as Mrs. Coogan
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
as Head Mistress
Afterlife
2005
Blinded
2004
as Bella Black
Tooth
2004
as Mrs. Claus
Brush with Fate
2003
as Maria
I'll Be There
2003
as Mrs. Williams
The Royal
2003
as Daisy Crannagh
The Time Machine
2002
as Mrs. Watchett
Two Men Went To War
2002
as Faith
The Swap
2002
as Rose Trenchard
Stig of the Dump
2002
as Marjorie
Timeshift
2002
as self
Foyle's War
2002
as Lady Muriel Sackville
Waking the Dead
2001
as Mrs. Carstairs
Saving Grace
2000
as Margaret Sutton
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000
as Signore Reale
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
as Virginia Woolf
Monarch of the Glen
2000
as Isobel Hogg
Milk
1999
as Veronica
Mad Cows
1999
as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
The Lost Lover
1999
as The Grandmother
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
as Lady Margaret
I Want You
1998
as Woman at Hairdresser #1
Judas Kiss
1998
as Shouting Woman (uncredited)
The Winter Guest
1997
as Elspeth
Anna Karenina
1997
as Vronskaya
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Felicity Dinsdale
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Mary Bingham
Emma
1996
as Mrs. Bates
Hamish Macbeth
1995
as Vicky Jeffreys
Degrees of Error
1995
as Margot
Before the Rain
1994
as Anne's Mother
The Blue Boy
1994
as Marie's Mother
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
as Self - Guest
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Ursula
All or Nothing at All
1993
as Mrs. Timpson
Peter's Friends
1992
as Vera
Heartbeat
1992
as Nancy Bellow
The House of Eliott
1991
as Edith Duglass
Tree of Hands
1989
as Julia
Colleagues From Hell
1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
About Face
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Lady Carrington
That's Love
1988
Clarence
1988
as Mrs. Vaile
Ffizz
1987
as Lady Boughton
Hell's Bells
1986
as Edith Makepeace
Screen Two
1985
as Marie's Mother
The Life and Death of King John
1984
as Lady Faulconbridge
Taggart
1983
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Mrs Stanhope
Fame Is the Spur
1982
as Aunt Lizzie
A Question of Guilt
1980
as Mrs Blandy
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Maggie Patton
Minder
1979
as Magistrate
Come Back, Lucy
1978
as Aunt Gwen
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Phyllis
Buffet
1976
as Joan
Abide with Me
1976
as Joan Drummond
When the Boat Comes In
1976
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Honoria Bird
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Mrs. Thripp
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
as Fraulein Manzialy
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
1973
as Mother
Evelyn
1971
as The Wife
The Bristol Entertainment
1971
as Bridget
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Lady Constance Weir
Play for Today
1970
as Joan
Play for Today
1970
as The Wife
Menace
1970
as Mrs. Tetley
Otley
1969
as Jean
The Main Chance
1969
as Alison Murray
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Jeanette Hornby
Who-Dun-It
1969
as Miss Margaret
The Jazz Age
1968
as Miss Cummins
City '68
1967
as Diana Stevenson
Drama 61-67
1961
as Ann Shelley
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Greta
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Rosie McCallion
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Maria