Phyllida Law
Known for: Acting
Born: May 8, 1932
Died: July 27, 2026
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
49 movies · 51 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Then Came You
2020
5.2
Bakery in Brooklyn
2016
6.3
A Little Chaos
2015
4.5
Three Days in Havana
2014
6.0
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
2012
6.3
Albert Nobbs
2011
7.5
Love at First Sight
2010
7.0
Ways to Live Forever
2010NR
Under the Hammer
2010
6.1
Lecture 21
2008
6.1
Miss Austen Regrets
2008
7.1
The Sarah Jane Adventures
20074.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
5.4
The Waiting Room
2007
7.1
Kingdom
2007
7.0
Mia Sarah
2006
6.7
Miss Potter
2006
6.5
Copying Beethoven
2006
4.4
Day of Wrath
2006
5.3
Pinochet in Suburbia
2006
5.4
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005
6.7
Nanny McPhee
2005
7.2
Afterlife
2005
5.5
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
2005
6.9
Unleashed
2005
8.0
Blinded
2004
4.1
Tooth
2004
7.8
The Royal
2003
6.0
Brush with Fate
2003
6.7
Two Men Went To War
2002
7.9
Foyle's War
2002
7.0
Timeshift
2002
6.3
The Time Machine
2002
6.5
The Swap
2002
7.0
Stig of the Dump
2002
7.2
Waking the Dead
2001
5.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000
5.2
How Proust Can Change Your Life
2000
7.3
Monarch of the Glen
2000
6.5
Saving Grace
2000
7.0
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
4.4
Mad Cows
1999
3.7
The Lost Lover
1999
4.0
Milk
1999
5.7
Judas Kiss
1998
5.6
I Want You
1998
6.5
The Winter Guest
1997
6.1
Anna Karenina
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
6.6
Emma
1996NR
Degrees of Error
1995
7.7
Hamish Macbeth
1995
8.0
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994
6.2
The Blue Boy
1994
7.4
Before the Rain
1994
8.2
All or Nothing at All
1993
7.0
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
6.6
Peter's Friends
1992
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
6.6
The House of Eliott
19917.0
About Face
1989
8.0
Tree of Hands
1989
7.9
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
NR
Colleagues From Hell
19896.3
That's Love
1988
7.1
Clarence
1988
NR
Ffizz
19877.5
Hell's Bells
1986
7.1
Screen Two
1985
7.3
The Life and Death of King John
1984
6.4
Taggart
1983
7.3
The Barchester Chronicles
19826.0
Fame Is the Spur
1982NR
A Question of Guilt
1980
7.1
Minder
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
7.3
Come Back, Lucy
1978
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977NR
Abide with Me
1976
9.0
Buffet
1976
7.7
When the Boat Comes In
1976
7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
6.0
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
1973
6.2
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973NR
The Bristol Entertainment
1971
7.0
Evelyn
1971
7.8
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970NR
Menace
1970NR
Who-Dun-It
1969
8.3
The Main Chance
1969
6.3
Otley
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969NR
The Jazz Age
1968NR
City '68
1967NR
Drama 61-67
1961
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
6.0
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951