Phyllida Law
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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
Credits
Nanny McPhee (2005)
as Mrs. Partridge (voice)
The Time Machine (2002)
as Mrs. Watchett
Unleashed (2005)
as Distinguished Lady
A Little Chaos (2015)
as Suzanne
Albert Nobbs (2011)
as Mrs. Cavendish
Miss Potter (2006)
as Mrs. Warne
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
as Ursula
Anna Karenina (1997)
as Vronskaya
Emma (1996)
as Mrs. Bates
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
as Fraulein Manzialy
Saving Grace (2000)
as Margaret Sutton
I Want You (1998)
as Woman at Hairdresser #1
Day of Wrath (2006)
as Esperanza de Mendoza
The Winter Guest (1997)
as Elspeth
Two Men Went To War (2002)
as Faith
Copying Beethoven (2006)
as Mother Canisius
Bakery in Brooklyn (2016)
as Baker on the iPad #1
Before the Rain (1994)
as Anne's Mother
Judas Kiss (1998)
as Shouting Woman (uncredited)
A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
as Head Mistress
I'll Be There (2003)
as Mrs. Williams
Peter's Friends (1992)
as Vera
Three Days in Havana (2014)
as The Broker
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (2000)
as Signore Reale
Ways to Live Forever (2010)
as Grandmother
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (2005)
as Mrs. Coogan
Brush with Fate (2003)
as Maria
Lecture 21 (2008)
as Boheme
Tooth (2004)
as Mrs. Claus
Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
as Mrs. Austen
Love at First Sight (2010)
as Ruth
Then Came You (2020)
as Arlene
The Life and Death of King John (1984)
as Lady Faulconbridge
How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000)
as Virginia Woolf
Abide with Me (1976)
as Joan Drummond
The Blue Boy (1994)
as Marie's Mother
Pinochet in Suburbia (2006)
as Lucia Pinochet
The Swap (2002)
as Rose Trenchard
The Waiting Room (2007)
as Helen
Mad Cows (1999)
as Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
Tree of Hands (1989)
as Julia
Otley (1969)
as Jean
Colleagues From Hell (1989)
Actor
The Lost Lover (1999)
as The Grandmother
Milk (1999)
as Veronica
Blinded (2004)
as Bella Black
Evelyn (1971)
as The Wife
Buffet (1976)
as Joan
The Bristol Entertainment (1971)
as Bridget
Mia Sarah (2006)
as Sarah