Phyllida Law

Biography

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

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Minder

Play for Today

Heartbeat

All Movies (49)

Then Came You2020 · as Arlene
Bakery in Brooklyn2016 · as Baker on the iPad #1
A Little Chaos2015 · as Suzanne
Three Days in Havana2014 · as The Broker
Albert Nobbs2011 · as Mrs. Cavendish
Love at First Sight2010 · as Ruth
Ways to Live Forever2010 · as Grandmother
Lecture 212008 · as Boheme
Miss Austen Regrets2008 · as Mrs. Austen
The Waiting Room2007 · as Helen
Mia Sarah2006 · as Sarah
Miss Potter2006 · as Mrs. Warne
Copying Beethoven2006 · as Mother Canisius
Day of Wrath2006 · as Esperanza de Mendoza
Pinochet in Suburbia2006 · as Lucia Pinochet
A Little Trip to Heaven2005 · as Head Mistress
Nanny McPhee2005 · as Mrs. Partridge (voice)
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant2005 · as Mrs. Coogan
Unleashed2005 · as Distinguished Lady
Blinded2004 · as Bella Black
Tooth2004 · as Mrs. Claus
Brush with Fate2003 · as Maria
Two Men Went To War2002 · as Faith
The Time Machine2002 · as Mrs. Watchett
The Swap2002 · as Rose Trenchard
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid2000 · as Signore Reale
How Proust Can Change Your Life2000 · as Virginia Woolf
Saving Grace2000 · as Margaret Sutton
Mad Cows1999 · as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
The Lost Lover1999 · as The Grandmother
Milk1999 · as Veronica
Judas Kiss1998 · as Shouting Woman (uncredited)
I Want You1998 · as Woman at Hairdresser #1
The Winter Guest1997 · as Elspeth
Anna Karenina1997 · as Vronskaya
Emma1996 · as Mrs. Bates
The Blue Boy1994 · as Marie's Mother
Before the Rain1994 · as Anne's Mother
Much Ado About Nothing1993 · as Ursula
Peter's Friends1992 · as Vera
Tree of Hands1989 · as Julia
Colleagues From Hell1989
The Life and Death of King John1984 · as Lady Faulconbridge
Abide with Me1976 · as Joan Drummond
Buffet1976 · as Joan
Hitler: The Last Ten Days1973 · as Fraulein Manzialy
The Bristol Entertainment1971 · as Bridget
Evelyn1971 · as The Wife
Otley1969 · as Jean

All TV Shows (51)

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife2012 · as Lady Anne Meriot
Under the Hammer2010
The Sarah Jane Adventures2007 · as Bea Nelson-Stanley
The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
Kingdom2007 · as Aunt Auriel
Afterlife2005
The Royal2003 · as Daisy Crannagh
Foyle's War2002 · as Lady Muriel Sackville
Timeshift2002 · as self
Stig of the Dump2002 · as Marjorie
Waking the Dead2001 · as Mrs. Carstairs
Monarch of the Glen2000 · as Isobel Hogg
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns1999 · as Lady Margaret
Midsomer Murders1997 · as Felicity Dinsdale
Midsomer Murders1997 · as Mary Bingham
Hamish Macbeth1995 · as Vicky Jeffreys
Ready, Steady, Cook1994 · as Self - Guest
All or Nothing at All1993 · as Mrs. Timpson
Heartbeat1992 · as Nancy Bellow
The House of Eliott1991 · as Edith Duglass
About Face1989
A Bit of Fry & Laurie1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Lady Carrington
That's Love1988
Clarence1988 · as Mrs. Vaile
Ffizz1987
Hell's Bells1986 · as Edith Makepeace
Screen Two1985 · as Marie's Mother
Taggart1983
The Barchester Chronicles1982 · as Mrs Stanhope
A Question of Guilt1980 · as Mrs Blandy
Minder1979 · as Magistrate
Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Maggie Patton
Come Back, Lucy1978 · as Aunt Gwen
BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Phyllis
When the Boat Comes In1976
Rumpole of the Bailey1975 · as Honoria Bird
Rumpole of the Bailey1975 · as Mrs. Thripp
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield1973 · as Mother
Upstairs, Downstairs1971 · as Lady Constance Weir
Play for Today1970 · as The Wife
Play for Today1970 · as Joan
Menace1970 · as Mrs. Tetley
The Main Chance1969 · as Alison Murray
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Jeanette Hornby
The Jazz Age1968 · as Miss Cummins
Drama 61-671961 · as Ann Shelley
Armchair Theatre1956 · as Greta
Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Rosie McCallion
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Maria