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