Acting
Phyllida Law
Acting · Born 1932-05-08 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Credits · 98
FilmThen Came You
2020 · Arlene
FilmBakery in Brooklyn
2016 · Baker on the iPad #1
FilmA Little Chaos
2015 · Suzanne
FilmThree Days in Havana
2014 · The Broker
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
2012 · Lady Anne Meriot
FilmAlbert Nobbs
2011 · Mrs. Cavendish
FilmLove at First Sight
2010 · Ruth
FilmWays to Live Forever
2010 · Grandmother
Under the Hammer
Under the Hammer
2010
FilmLecture 21
2008 · Boheme
FilmMiss Austen Regrets
2008 · Mrs. Austen
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · Bea Nelson-Stanley
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self
FilmThe Waiting Room
2007 · Helen
Kingdom
2007 · Aunt Auriel
FilmMia Sarah
2006 · Sarah
FilmMiss Potter
2006 · Mrs. Warne
FilmCopying Beethoven
2006 · Mother Canisius
FilmDay of Wrath
2006 · Esperanza de Mendoza
FilmPinochet in Suburbia
2006 · Lucia Pinochet
FilmA Little Trip to Heaven
2005 · Head Mistress
FilmNanny McPhee
2005 · Mrs. Partridge (voice)
Afterlife
2005
FilmMee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005 · Mrs. Coogan
FilmUnleashed
2005 · Distinguished Lady
FilmBlinded
2004 · Bella Black
FilmTooth
2004 · Mrs. Claus
FilmI'll Be There
2003 · Mrs. Williams
The Royal
2003 · Daisy Crannagh
FilmBrush with Fate
2003 · Maria
FilmTwo Men Went To War
2002 · Faith
Foyle's War
2002 · Lady Muriel Sackville
Timeshift
2002 · self
FilmThe Time Machine
2002 · Mrs. Watchett
FilmThe Swap
2002 · Rose Trenchard
Stig of the Dump
2002 · Marjorie
Waking the Dead
2001 · Mrs. Carstairs
FilmThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000 · Signore Reale
FilmHow Proust Can Change Your Life
2000 · Virginia Woolf
Monarch of the Glen
2000 · Isobel Hogg
FilmSaving Grace
2000 · Margaret Sutton
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999 · Lady Margaret
FilmMad Cows
1999 · Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
FilmThe Lost Lover
1999 · The Grandmother
FilmMilk
1999 · Veronica
FilmJudas Kiss
1998 · Shouting Woman (uncredited)
FilmI Want You
1998 · Woman at Hairdresser #1
FilmThe Winter Guest
1997 · Elspeth
FilmAnna Karenina
1997 · Vronskaya
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Felicity Dinsdale
FilmEmma
1996 · Mrs. Bates
Degrees of Error
Degrees of Error
1995 · Margot
Hamish Macbeth
1995 · Vicky Jeffreys
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 · Self - Guest
FilmThe Blue Boy
1994 · Marie's Mother
FilmBefore the Rain
1994 · Anne's Mother
All or Nothing at All
1993 · Mrs. Timpson
FilmMuch Ado About Nothing
1993 · Ursula
FilmPeter's Friends
1992 · Vera
Heartbeat
1992 · Nancy Bellow
The House of Eliott
1991 · Edith Duglass
About Face
About Face
1989
FilmTree of Hands
1989 · Julia
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
That's Love
That's Love
1988
Clarence
1988 · Mrs. Vaile
Ffizz
1987 · Lady Boughton
Hell's Bells
Hell's Bells
1986 · Edith Makepeace
Screen Two
1985 · Marie's Mother
FilmThe Life and Death of King John
1984 · Lady Faulconbridge
Taggart
1983
The Barchester Chronicles
1982 · Mrs Stanhope
Fame Is the Spur
Fame Is the Spur
1982 · Aunt Lizzie
A Question of Guilt
A Question of Guilt
1980 · Mrs Blandy
Minder
1979 · Magistrate
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Maggie Patton
Come Back, Lucy
1978 · Aunt Gwen
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Phyllis
FilmBuffet
1976 · Joan
When the Boat Comes In
1976
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Honoria Bird
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
1973 · Mother
FilmHitler: The Last Ten Days
1973 · Fraulein Manzialy
FilmEvelyn
1971 · The Wife
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971 · Lady Constance Weir
Play for Today
1970 · Joan
Menace
Menace
1970 · Mrs. Tetley
Who-Dun-It
Who-Dun-It
1969 · Miss Margaret
The Main Chance
1969 · Alison Murray
FilmOtley
1969 · Jean
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Jeanette Hornby
The Jazz Age
The Jazz Age
1968 · Miss Cummins
City '68
City '68
1967 · Diana Stevenson
Drama 61-67
Drama 61-67
1961 · Ann Shelley
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Greta
Dixon of Dock Green
1955 · Rosie McCallion
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Maria