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