Phyllida Law
Acting
Born: May 8, 1932 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died: July 27, 2026 (aged 94)
Highest Rated
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
Nanny McPhee
2005
The Time Machine
2002
Unleashed
2005
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
A Little Chaos
2015
Emma
1996
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Miss Potter
2006
Albert Nobbs
2011
Saving Grace
2000
Midsomer Murders
1997
Peter's Friends
1992
Photos (1)
Movies (47)
The Time Machine
Mrs. Watchett
Nanny McPhee
Mrs. Partridge (voice)
Unleashed
Distinguished Lady
Much Ado About Nothing
Ursula
Miss Potter
Mrs. Warne
Anna Karenina
Vronskaya
A Little Chaos
Suzanne
Emma
Mrs. Bates
Albert Nobbs
Mrs. Cavendish
Judas Kiss
Shouting Woman (uncredited)
Copying Beethoven
Mother Canisius
Day of Wrath
Esperanza de Mendoza
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Signore Reale
Saving Grace
Margaret Sutton
Tooth
Mrs. Claus
Before the Rain
Anne's Mother
I Want You
Woman at Hairdresser #1
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Fraulein Manzialy
A Little Trip to Heaven
Head Mistress
Peter's Friends
Vera
The Winter Guest
Elspeth
Miss Austen Regrets
Mrs. Austen
Bakery in Brooklyn
Baker on the iPad #1
Three Days in Havana
The Broker
Then Came You
Arlene
Mad Cows
Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
Ways to Live Forever
Grandmother
Two Men Went To War
Faith
The Blue Boy
Marie's Mother
Brush with Fate
Maria
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Virginia Woolf
Otley
Jean
The Lost Lover
The Grandmother
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Pinochet in Suburbia
Lucia Pinochet
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Mrs. Coogan
The Waiting Room
Helen
Love at First Sight
Ruth
Tree of Hands
Julia
The Swap
Rose Trenchard
Milk
Veronica
Lecture 21
Boheme
Buffet
Joan
The Life and Death of King John
Lady Faulconbridge
Blinded
Bella Black
Evelyn
The Wife
Mia Sarah
Sarah
TV Shows (40)
Midsomer Murders
Felicity Dinsdale · 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
Mary Bingham · 1 eps
Play for Today
The Wife · 1 eps
Play for Today
Joan · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Carrington · 1 eps
Foyle's War
Lady Muriel Sackville · 1 eps
Minder
Magistrate · 1 eps
Screen Two
Marie's Mother · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Nancy Bellow · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
Mrs. Carstairs · 2 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Jeanette Hornby · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Maggie Patton · 1 eps
Rumpole of the Bailey
Honoria Bird · 2 eps
Rumpole of the Bailey
Mrs. Thripp · 1 eps
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Bea Nelson-Stanley · 2 eps
Upstairs, Downstairs
Lady Constance Weir · 1 eps
Taggart
1 eps
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1 eps
Monarch of the Glen
Isobel Hogg · 1 eps
The House of Eliott
Edith Duglass · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Phyllis · 1 eps
Dixon of Dock Green
Rosie McCallion · 1 eps
Kingdom
Aunt Auriel · 16 eps
Hamish Macbeth
Vicky Jeffreys · 1 eps
The Main Chance
Alison Murray · 1 eps
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Lady Margaret · 2 eps
When the Boat Comes In
1 eps
Afterlife
1 eps
All or Nothing at All
Mrs. Timpson · 3 eps
The Barchester Chronicles
Mrs Stanhope · 1 eps
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
Lady Anne Meriot · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Maria · 1 eps
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
Mother · 6 eps
Armchair Theatre
Greta · 1 eps
Clarence
Mrs. Vaile · 1 eps
Stig of the Dump
Marjorie · 6 eps
Ffizz
Lady Boughton · 12 eps
Come Back, Lucy
Aunt Gwen · 6 eps
The Royal
Daisy Crannagh · 1 eps
