Phyllida Law

Phyllida Law

Acting • Born 1932-05-08

Acting1Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

Phyllida Law is a Scottish actress, the mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson.

Filmography

96 credits
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

Movie • 2002

Mrs. Watchett

Copying Beethoven

Copying Beethoven

Movie • 2006

Mother Canisius

Unleashed

Unleashed

Movie • 2005

Distinguished Lady

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

Movie • 1973

Fraulein Manzialy

Saving Grace

Saving Grace

Movie • 2000

Margaret Sutton

Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

Movie • 2005

Mrs. Partridge (voice)

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

Movie • 2005

Mrs. Coogan

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Movie • 1993

Ursula

The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

Movie • 2007

Helen

The Winter Guest

The Winter Guest

Movie • 1997

Elspeth

I Want You

I Want You

Movie • 1998

Woman at Hairdresser #1

Miss Potter

Miss Potter

Movie • 2006

Mrs. Warne

Milk

Milk

Movie • 1999

Veronica

Blinded

Blinded

Movie • 2004

Bella Black

Mad Cows

Mad Cows

Movie • 1999

Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)

Two Men Went To War

Two Men Went To War

Movie • 2002

Faith

Miss Austen Regrets

Miss Austen Regrets

Movie • 2008

Mrs. Austen

Ways to Live Forever

Ways to Live Forever

Movie • 2010

Grandmother

Brush with Fate

Brush with Fate

Movie • 2003

Maria

Pinochet in Suburbia

Pinochet in Suburbia

Movie • 2006

Lucia Pinochet

A Little Trip to Heaven

A Little Trip to Heaven

Movie • 2005

Head Mistress

Peter's Friends

Peter's Friends

Movie • 1992

Vera

Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs

Movie • 2011

Mrs. Cavendish

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Movie • 1997

Vronskaya

Before the Rain

Before the Rain

Movie • 1994

Anne's Mother

Day of Wrath

Day of Wrath

Movie • 2006

Esperanza de Mendoza

Mia Sarah

Mia Sarah

Movie • 2006

Sarah

Three Days in Havana

Three Days in Havana

Movie • 2014

The Broker

A Little Chaos

A Little Chaos

Movie • 2015

Suzanne

The Blue Boy

The Blue Boy

Movie • 1994

Marie's Mother

Lecture 21

Lecture 21

Movie • 2008

Boheme

Love at First Sight

Love at First Sight

Movie • 2010

Ruth

Judas Kiss

Judas Kiss

Movie • 1998

Shouting Woman (uncredited)

Emma

Emma

Movie • 1996

Mrs. Bates

The Life and Death of King John

The Life and Death of King John

Movie • 1984

Lady Faulconbridge

Otley

Otley

Movie • 1969

Jean

The Swap

The Swap

Movie • 2002

Rose Trenchard

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

Movie • 2000

Signore Reale

Evelyn

Evelyn

Movie • 1971

The Wife

The Lost Lover

The Lost Lover

Movie • 1999

The Grandmother

Bakery in Brooklyn

Bakery in Brooklyn

Movie • 2016

Baker on the iPad #1

How Proust Can Change Your Life

How Proust Can Change Your Life

Movie • 2000

Virginia Woolf

Buffet

Buffet

Movie • 1976

Joan

Then Came You

Then Came You

Movie • 2020

Arlene

Tree of Hands

Tree of Hands

Movie • 1989

Julia

Tooth

Tooth

Movie • 2004

Mrs. Claus

The Bristol Entertainment

The Bristol Entertainment

Movie • 1971

Bridget

Colleagues From Hell

Colleagues From Hell

Movie • 1989

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

TV • 1971

Lady Constance Weir

That's Love

That's Love

TV • 1988

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

TV • 1997

Felicity Dinsdale

The Sarah Jane Adventures

The Sarah Jane Adventures

TV • 2007

Bea Nelson-Stanley

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

TV • 1979

Maggie Patton

Monarch of the Glen

Monarch of the Glen

TV • 2000

Isobel Hogg

Taggart

Taggart

TV • 1983

Afterlife

Afterlife

TV • 2005

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

TV • 1992

Nancy Bellow

When the Boat Comes In

When the Boat Comes In

TV • 1976

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

TV • 1975

Honoria Bird

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Maria

Kingdom

Kingdom

TV • 2007

Aunt Auriel

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV • 2007

Self

Hell's Bells

Hell's Bells

TV • 1986

Edith Makepeace

Ffizz

Ffizz

TV • 1987

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

TV • 1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV • 1989

Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

TV • 2001

Mrs. Carstairs

Clarence

Clarence

TV • 1988

Mrs. Vaile

The Royal

The Royal

TV • 2003

Daisy Crannagh

The House of Eliott

The House of Eliott

TV • 1991

Edith Duglass

About Face

About Face

TV • 1989

Agony

Agony

TV • 1979

Mrs. Lucas

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

TV • 1999

Lady Margaret

Under the Hammer

Under the Hammer

TV • 2010

The Main Chance

The Main Chance

TV • 1969

Alison Murray

Minder

Minder

TV • 1979

Magistrate

Come Back, Lucy

Come Back, Lucy

TV • 1978

Aunt Gwen

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV • 1989

Lady Carrington

All or Nothing at All

All or Nothing at All

TV • 1993

Mrs. Timpson

Stig of the Dump

Stig of the Dump

TV • 2002

Marjorie

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

TV • 1997

Mary Bingham

Ready, Steady, Cook

Ready, Steady, Cook

TV • 1994

Self - Guest

Play for Today

Play for Today

TV • 1970

The Wife

Play for Today

Play for Today

TV • 1970

Joan

Timeshift

Timeshift

TV • 2002

self

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife

TV • 2012

Lady Anne Meriot

Hamish Macbeth

Hamish Macbeth

TV • 1995

Vicky Jeffreys

A Picture of Katherine Mansfield

A Picture of Katherine Mansfield

TV • 1973

Mother

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

TV • 1955

Rosie McCallion

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

TV • 2002

Lady Muriel Sackville

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV • 1977

Phyllis

The Jazz Age

The Jazz Age

TV • 1968

Miss Cummins

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey

TV • 1975

Mrs. Thripp

Screen Two

Screen Two

TV • 1985

Marie's Mother

The Barchester Chronicles

The Barchester Chronicles

TV • 1982

Mrs Stanhope

Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67

TV • 1961

Ann Shelley