Phyllida Law

Phyllida Law

Known for
Acting
Born
May 8, 1932
Died
July 27, 2026 (aged 94)
Birthplace
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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

2020
Then Came You poster

Then Came You

Movie · as Arlene

2016
Bakery in Brooklyn poster

Bakery in Brooklyn

Movie · as Baker on the iPad #1

2015
A Little Chaos poster

A Little Chaos

Movie · as Suzanne

2014
Three Days in Havana poster

Three Days in Havana

Movie · as The Broker

2012
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife poster

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife

TV · as Lady Anne Meriot · 2 eps

2011
Albert Nobbs poster

Albert Nobbs

Movie · as Mrs. Cavendish

2010
Ways to Live Forever poster

Ways to Live Forever

Movie · as Grandmother

2010
Love at First Sight poster

Love at First Sight

Movie · as Ruth

2010
Under the Hammer

Under the Hammer

TV · 1 ep

2008
Miss Austen Regrets poster

Miss Austen Regrets

Movie · as Mrs. Austen

2008
Lecture 21 poster

Lecture 21

Movie · as Boheme

2007
The Waiting Room poster

The Waiting Room

Movie · as Helen

2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures poster

The Sarah Jane Adventures

TV · as Bea Nelson-Stanley · 2 eps

2007
Kingdom poster

Kingdom

TV · as Aunt Auriel · 16 eps

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Copying Beethoven poster

Copying Beethoven

Movie · as Mother Canisius

2006
Miss Potter poster

Miss Potter

Movie · as Mrs. Warne

2006
Pinochet in Suburbia poster

Pinochet in Suburbia

Movie · as Lucia Pinochet

2006
Day of Wrath poster

Day of Wrath

Movie · as Esperanza de Mendoza

2006
Mia Sarah poster

Mia Sarah

Movie · as Sarah

2005
Unleashed poster

Unleashed

Movie · as Distinguished Lady

2005
Nanny McPhee poster

Nanny McPhee

Movie · as Mrs. Partridge (voice)

2005
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant poster

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

Movie · as Mrs. Coogan

2005
A Little Trip to Heaven poster

A Little Trip to Heaven

Movie · as Head Mistress

2005
Afterlife poster

Afterlife

TV · 1 ep

2004
Blinded poster

Blinded

Movie · as Bella Black

2004
Tooth poster

Tooth

Movie · as Mrs. Claus

2003
Brush with Fate poster

Brush with Fate

Movie · as Maria

2003
I'll Be There poster

I'll Be There

Movie · as Mrs. Williams

2003
The Royal poster

The Royal

TV · as Daisy Crannagh · 1 ep

2002
The Time Machine poster

The Time Machine

Movie · as Mrs. Watchett

2002
Two Men Went To War poster

Two Men Went To War

Movie · as Faith

2002
The Swap poster

The Swap

Movie · as Rose Trenchard

2002
Stig of the Dump poster

Stig of the Dump

TV · as Marjorie · 6 eps

2002
Timeshift poster

Timeshift

TV · as self · 1 ep

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Lady Muriel Sackville · 1 ep

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Mrs. Carstairs · 2 eps

2000
Saving Grace poster

Saving Grace

Movie · as Margaret Sutton

2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

Movie · as Signore Reale

2000
How Proust Can Change Your Life poster

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Movie · as Virginia Woolf

2000
Monarch of the Glen poster

Monarch of the Glen

TV · as Isobel Hogg · 1 ep

1999
Milk poster

Milk

Movie · as Veronica

1999
Mad Cows poster

Mad Cows

Movie · as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)

1999
The Lost Lover poster

The Lost Lover

Movie · as The Grandmother

1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns poster

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

TV · as Lady Margaret · 2 eps

1998
I Want You poster

I Want You

Movie · as Woman at Hairdresser #1

1998
Judas Kiss poster

Judas Kiss

Movie · as Shouting Woman (uncredited)

1997
The Winter Guest poster

The Winter Guest

Movie · as Elspeth

1997
Anna Karenina poster

Anna Karenina

Movie · as Vronskaya

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Felicity Dinsdale, Mary Bingham · 1 ep

1996
Emma poster

Emma

Movie · as Mrs. Bates

1995
Hamish Macbeth poster

Hamish Macbeth

TV · as Vicky Jeffreys · 1 ep

1995
Degrees of Error

Degrees of Error

TV · as Margot · 4 eps

1994
Before the Rain poster

Before the Rain

Movie · as Anne's Mother

1994
The Blue Boy poster

The Blue Boy

Movie · as Marie's Mother

1994
Ready, Steady, Cook poster

Ready, Steady, Cook

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Much Ado About Nothing poster

Much Ado About Nothing

Movie · as Ursula

1993
All or Nothing at All poster

All or Nothing at All

TV · as Mrs. Timpson · 3 eps

1992
Peter's Friends poster

Peter's Friends

Movie · as Vera

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Nancy Bellow · 1 ep

1991
The House of Eliott poster

The House of Eliott

TV · as Edith Duglass · 1 ep

1989
Tree of Hands poster

Tree of Hands

Movie · as Julia

1989
Colleagues From Hell poster

Colleagues From Hell

Movie

1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie poster

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

TV · 1 ep

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe, Lady Carrington · 1 ep

1989
About Face

About Face

TV · as Lady Ann

1989
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again poster

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

TV · as Annette de Lancel · 2 eps

1989
Chelworth poster

Chelworth

TV · as Olivia Esholt · 1 ep

1988
That's Love

That's Love

TV · 26 eps

1988
Clarence poster

Clarence

TV · as Mrs. Vaile · 1 ep

1987
Ffizz poster

Ffizz

TV · as Lady Boughton · 12 eps

1986
Hell's Bells

Hell's Bells

TV · as Edith Makepeace · 6 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Marie's Mother · 1 ep

1984
The Life and Death of King John poster

The Life and Death of King John

Movie · as Lady Faulconbridge

1983
Taggart poster

Taggart

TV · 1 ep

1982
The Barchester Chronicles poster

The Barchester Chronicles

TV · as Mrs Stanhope · 1 ep

1982
Fame Is the Spur

Fame Is the Spur

TV · as Aunt Lizzie · 7 eps

1980
A Question of Guilt

A Question of Guilt

TV · as Mrs Blandy · 2 eps

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Maggie Patton · 1 ep

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Magistrate · 1 ep

1978
Come Back, Lucy poster

Come Back, Lucy

TV · as Aunt Gwen · 6 eps

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as Phyllis · 1 ep

1976
Buffet poster

Buffet

Movie · as Joan

1976
Abide with Me poster

Abide with Me

Movie · as Joan Drummond

1976
When the Boat Comes In poster

When the Boat Comes In

TV · 1 ep

1975
Rumpole of the Bailey poster

Rumpole of the Bailey

TV · as Honoria Bird, Mrs. Thripp · 2 eps

1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days poster

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Movie · as Fraulein Manzialy

1973
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield poster

A Picture of Katherine Mansfield

TV · as Mother · 6 eps

1971
Evelyn poster

Evelyn

Movie · as The Wife

1971
The Bristol Entertainment

The Bristol Entertainment

Movie · as Bridget

1971
Upstairs, Downstairs poster

Upstairs, Downstairs

TV · as Lady Constance Weir · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Joan, The Wife · 1 ep

1970
Menace

Menace

TV · as Mrs. Tetley · 1 ep

1969
Otley poster

Otley

Movie · as Jean

1969
The Main Chance poster

The Main Chance

TV · as Alison Murray · 1 ep

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Jeanette Hornby · 1 ep

1969
Who-Dun-It

Who-Dun-It

TV · as Miss Margaret · 1 ep

1968
The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age

TV · as Miss Cummins · 1 ep

1967
City '68

City '68

TV · as Diana Stevenson · 1 ep

1965
The Troubleshooters poster

The Troubleshooters

TV · as Mary Fielding · 1 ep

1961
Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67

TV · as Ann Shelley · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Greta · 1 ep

1955
Dixon of Dock Green poster

Dixon of Dock Green

TV · as Rosie McCallion · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Maria · 1 ep