Phyllida Law

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Phyllida Law

Acting May 8, 1932

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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.

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Nanny McPhee

Nanny McPhee

6.7 2005 Movie
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

6.4 2002 Movie
Unleashed

Unleashed

7.0 2005 Movie
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.2 1989 TV Show
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

7.0 1993 Movie
A Little Chaos

A Little Chaos

6.3 2015 Movie
Emma

Emma

6.6 1996 Movie
Ready, Steady, Cook

Ready, Steady, Cook

8.0 1994 TV Show
Miss Potter

Miss Potter

6.7 2006 Movie
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs

6.3 2011 Movie

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2020
    Then Came You

    Movie Arlene

  2. 2016
    Bakery in Brooklyn

    Movie Baker on the iPad #1

  3. 2015
    A Little Chaos

    Movie Suzanne

  4. 2014
    Three Days in Havana

    Movie The Broker

  5. 2012
    Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife

    TV show Lady Anne Meriot

  6. 2011
    Albert Nobbs

    Movie Mrs. Cavendish

  7. 2010
    Love at First Sight

    Movie Ruth

  8. 2010
    Ways to Live Forever

    Movie Grandmother

  9. 2010
    Under the Hammer

    TV show

  10. 2008
    Lecture 21

    Movie Boheme

  11. 2008
    Miss Austen Regrets

    Movie Mrs. Austen

  12. 2007
    The Sarah Jane Adventures

    TV show Bea Nelson-Stanley

  13. 2007
    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    TV show Self

  14. 2007
    The Waiting Room

    Movie Helen

  15. 2007
    Kingdom

    TV show Aunt Auriel

  16. 2006
    Mia Sarah

    Movie Sarah

More credits
  1. 2006
    Miss Potter

    Movie Mrs. Warne

  2. 2006
    Copying Beethoven

    Movie Mother Canisius

  3. 2006
    Day of Wrath

    Movie Esperanza de Mendoza

  4. 2006
    Pinochet in Suburbia

    Movie Lucia Pinochet

  5. 2005
    A Little Trip to Heaven

    Movie Head Mistress

  6. 2005
    Nanny McPhee

    Movie Mrs. Partridge (voice)

  7. 2005
    Afterlife

    TV show

  8. 2005
    Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

    Movie Mrs. Coogan

  9. 2005
    Unleashed

    Movie Distinguished Lady

  10. 2004
    Blinded

    Movie Bella Black

  11. 2004
    Tooth

    Movie Mrs. Claus

  12. 2003
    I'll Be There

    Movie Mrs. Williams

  13. 2003
    The Royal

    TV show Daisy Crannagh

  14. 2003
    Brush with Fate

    Movie Maria

  15. 2002
    Two Men Went To War

    Movie Faith

  16. 2002
    Foyle's War

    TV show Lady Muriel Sackville

  17. 2002
    Timeshift

    TV show self

  18. 2002
    The Time Machine

    Movie Mrs. Watchett

  19. 2002
    The Swap

    Movie Rose Trenchard

  20. 2002
    Stig of the Dump

    TV show Marjorie

  21. 2001
    Waking the Dead

    TV show Mrs. Carstairs

  22. 2000
    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

    Movie Signore Reale

  23. 2000
    How Proust Can Change Your Life

    Movie Virginia Woolf

  24. 2000
    Monarch of the Glen

    TV show Isobel Hogg