Phyllida Law
50 movies · 49 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1932
- Died
- Jul 27, 2026 (age 94)
- Place of birth
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Phyllida Law: movies and TV shows
Acting (99)
- 2020 Then Came You
as Arlene
- 2016 Bakery in Brooklyn
as Baker on the iPad #1
- 2015 A Little Chaos
as Suzanne
- 2014 Three Days in Havana
as The Broker
- 2012
- 2011 Albert Nobbs
as Mrs. Cavendish
- 2010 Love at First Sight
as Ruth
- 2010 Ways to Live Forever
as Grandmother
- 2010
- 2008 Lecture 21
as Boheme
- 2008 Miss Austen Regrets
as Mrs. Austen
- 2007
- 2007 The Waiting Room
as Helen
- 2007
- 2006 Mia Sarah
as Sarah
- 2006 Miss Potter
as Mrs. Warne
- 2006 Copying Beethoven
as Mother Canisius
- 2006 Day of Wrath
as Esperanza de Mendoza
- 2006 Pinochet in Suburbia
as Lucia Pinochet
- 2005 A Little Trip to Heaven
as Head Mistress
- 2005 Nanny McPhee
as Mrs. Partridge (voice)
- 2005
- 2005 Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
as Mrs. Coogan
- 2005 Unleashed
as Distinguished Lady
- 2004 Blinded
as Bella Black
- 2004 Tooth
as Mrs. Claus
- 2003 I'll Be There
as Mrs. Williams
- 2003
- 2003 Brush with Fate
as Maria
- 2002 Two Men Went To War
as Faith
- 2002
- 2002 The Time Machine
as Mrs. Watchett
- 2002 The Swap
as Rose Trenchard
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
as Signore Reale
- 2000 How Proust Can Change Your Life
as Virginia Woolf
- 2000
- 2000 Saving Grace
as Margaret Sutton
- 1999
- 1999 Mad Cows
as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
- 1999 The Lost Lover
as The Grandmother
- 1999 Milk
as Veronica
- 1998 Judas Kiss
as Shouting Woman (uncredited)
- 1998 I Want You
as Woman at Hairdresser #1
- 1997 The Winter Guest
as Elspeth
- 1997 Anna Karenina
as Vronskaya
- 1997
- 1996 Emma
as Mrs. Bates
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994 The Blue Boy
as Marie's Mother
- 1994 Before the Rain
as Anne's Mother
- 1993
- 1993 Much Ado About Nothing
as Ursula
- 1992 Peter's Friends
as Vera
- 1992
- 1991
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 Tree of Hands
as Julia
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984 The Life and Death of King John
as Lady Faulconbridge
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1980
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976 Abide with Me
as Joan Drummond
- 1976 Buffet
as Joan
- 1976
- 1975
- 1973
- 1973 Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Fraulein Manzialy
- 1971 The Bristol Entertainment
as Bridget
- 1971 Evelyn
as The Wife
- 1971
- 1970
- 1970
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 Otley
as Jean
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
- 1961
- 1956
- 1955
- 1951
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2007 The Alan Titchmarsh Show
1 episode
- 2002 Timeshift
1 episode
- 1994 Ready, Steady, Cook
1 episode