Phyllida Law

Profile

Phyllida Law

Acting
Born 1932-05-08
1
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

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

Filmography

97 credits across movies and TV

The Time Machine
Movie

The Time Machine

2002 · Mrs. Watchett

Copying Beethoven
Movie

Copying Beethoven

2006 · Mother Canisius

Unleashed
Movie

Unleashed

2005 · Distinguished Lady

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Movie

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973 · Fraulein Manzialy

Saving Grace
Movie

Saving Grace

2000 · Margaret Sutton

Nanny McPhee
Movie

Nanny McPhee

2005 · Mrs. Partridge (voice)

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Movie

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

2005 · Mrs. Coogan

Much Ado About Nothing
Movie

Much Ado About Nothing

1993 · Ursula

The Waiting Room
Movie

The Waiting Room

2007 · Helen

The Winter Guest
Movie

The Winter Guest

1997 · Elspeth

I Want You
Movie

I Want You

1998 · Woman at Hairdresser #1

Miss Potter
Movie

Miss Potter

2006 · Mrs. Warne

Milk
Movie

Milk

1999 · Veronica

Blinded
Movie

Blinded

2004 · Bella Black

Mad Cows
Movie

Mad Cows

1999 · Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)

Two Men Went To War
Movie

Two Men Went To War

2002 · Faith

Miss Austen Regrets
Movie

Miss Austen Regrets

2008 · Mrs. Austen

Ways to Live Forever
Movie

Ways to Live Forever

2010 · Grandmother

Brush with Fate
Movie

Brush with Fate

2003 · Maria

Pinochet in Suburbia
Movie

Pinochet in Suburbia

2006 · Lucia Pinochet

A Little Trip to Heaven
Movie

A Little Trip to Heaven

2005 · Head Mistress

Peter's Friends
Movie

Peter's Friends

1992 · Vera

Albert Nobbs
Movie

Albert Nobbs

2011 · Mrs. Cavendish

Anna Karenina
Movie

Anna Karenina

1997 · Vronskaya

Before the Rain
Movie

Before the Rain

1994 · Anne's Mother

Day of Wrath
Movie

Day of Wrath

2006 · Esperanza de Mendoza

Mia Sarah
Movie

Mia Sarah

2006 · Sarah

Three Days in Havana
Movie

Three Days in Havana

2014 · The Broker

A Little Chaos
Movie

A Little Chaos

2015 · Suzanne

The Blue Boy
Movie

The Blue Boy

1994 · Marie's Mother

Lecture 21
Movie

Lecture 21

2008 · Boheme

Love at First Sight
Movie

Love at First Sight

2010 · Ruth

Judas Kiss
Movie

Judas Kiss

1998 · Shouting Woman (uncredited)

Emma
Movie

Emma

1996 · Mrs. Bates

The Life and Death of King John
Movie

The Life and Death of King John

1984 · Lady Faulconbridge

Otley
Movie

Otley

1969 · Jean

The Swap
Movie

The Swap

2002 · Rose Trenchard

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Movie

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

2000 · Signore Reale

Evelyn
Movie

Evelyn

1971 · The Wife

The Lost Lover
Movie

The Lost Lover

1999 · The Grandmother

Bakery in Brooklyn
Movie

Bakery in Brooklyn

2016 · Baker on the iPad #1

Buffet
Movie

Buffet

1976 · Joan

How Proust Can Change Your Life
Movie

How Proust Can Change Your Life

2000 · Virginia Woolf

Then Came You
Movie

Then Came You

2020 · Arlene

Tree of Hands
Movie

Tree of Hands

1989 · Julia

Tooth
Movie

Tooth

2004 · Mrs. Claus

The Bristol Entertainment
Movie

The Bristol Entertainment

1971 · Bridget

Colleagues From Hell
Movie

Colleagues From Hell

1989

Hallowe'en Party
Movie

Hallowe'en Party

2011 · Mrs. Louise Llewellyn-Smythe

Upstairs, Downstairs
TV

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971 · Lady Constance Weir

That's Love
TV

That's Love

1988

Midsomer Murders
TV

Midsomer Murders

1997 · Felicity Dinsdale

The Sarah Jane Adventures
TV

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007 · Bea Nelson-Stanley

Tales of the Unexpected
TV

Tales of the Unexpected

1979 · Maggie Patton

Monarch of the Glen
TV

Monarch of the Glen

2000 · Isobel Hogg

Taggart
TV

Taggart

1983

Afterlife
TV

Afterlife

2005

Heartbeat
TV

Heartbeat

1992 · Nancy Bellow

When the Boat Comes In
TV

When the Boat Comes In

1976

Rumpole of the Bailey
TV

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975 · Honoria Bird

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Maria

Kingdom
TV

Kingdom

2007 · Aunt Auriel

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007 · Self

Hell's Bells
TV

Hell's Bells

1986 · Edith Makepeace

Ffizz
TV

Ffizz

1987

A Bit of Fry & Laurie
TV

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 · Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe

Waking the Dead
TV

Waking the Dead

2001 · Mrs. Carstairs

Clarence
TV

Clarence

1988 · Mrs. Vaile

The Royal
TV

The Royal

2003 · Daisy Crannagh

The House of Eliott
TV

The House of Eliott

1991 · Edith Duglass

About Face
TV

About Face

1989

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
TV

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

1999 · Lady Margaret

Under the Hammer
TV

Under the Hammer

2010

The Main Chance
TV

The Main Chance

1969 · Alison Murray

Minder
TV

Minder

1979 · Magistrate

Come Back, Lucy
TV

Come Back, Lucy

1978 · Aunt Gwen

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 · Lady Carrington

All or Nothing at All
TV

All or Nothing at All

1993 · Mrs. Timpson

Stig of the Dump
TV

Stig of the Dump

2002 · Marjorie

Midsomer Murders
TV

Midsomer Murders

1997 · Mary Bingham

Ready, Steady, Cook
TV

Ready, Steady, Cook

1994 · Self - Guest

Play for Today
TV

Play for Today

1970 · Joan

Play for Today
TV

Play for Today

1970 · The Wife

Timeshift
TV

Timeshift

2002 · self

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
TV

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife

2012 · Lady Anne Meriot

Hamish Macbeth
TV

Hamish Macbeth

1995 · Vicky Jeffreys

A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
TV

A Picture of Katherine Mansfield

1973 · Mother

Dixon of Dock Green
TV

Dixon of Dock Green

1955 · Rosie McCallion

Foyle's War
TV

Foyle's War

2002 · Lady Muriel Sackville

BBC2 Play of the Week
TV

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 · Phyllis

The Jazz Age
TV

The Jazz Age

1968 · Miss Cummins

Rumpole of the Bailey
TV

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975 · Mrs. Thripp

Screen Two
TV

Screen Two

1985 · Marie's Mother

The Barchester Chronicles
TV

The Barchester Chronicles

1982 · Mrs Stanhope

Drama 61-67
TV

Drama 61-67

1961 · Ann Shelley

Armchair Theatre
TV

Armchair Theatre

1956 · Greta