Phyllida Law
Born 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
The Time Machine
Nanny McPhee
Unleashed
Much Ado About Nothing
Miss Potter
Anna Karenina
A Little Chaos
Emma
Bakery in Brooklyn
Albert Nobbs
Copying Beethoven
Saving Grace
Peter's Friends
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Day of Wrath
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
I Want You
Before the Rain
Tooth
A Little Trip to Heaven
Abide with Me
Ways to Live Forever
Judas Kiss
I'll Be There
The Winter Guest
Two Men Went To War
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Then Came You
Otley
Three Days in Havana
Love at First Sight
The Waiting Room
Miss Austen Regrets
The Lost Lover
Colleagues From Hell
Lecture 21
TV Shows
Heartbeat
Screen Two
Minder
Waking the Dead
Tales of the Unexpected
Foyle's War
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Rumpole of the Bailey
Taggart
Upstairs, Downstairs
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Troubleshooters
Monarch of the Glen
Dixon of Dock Green
The House of Eliott
Hamish Macbeth
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Timeshift
Kingdom
BBC2 Play of the Week
The Main Chance
When the Boat Comes In
Afterlife
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
The Barchester Chronicles
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Armchair Theatre
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
Clarence
All or Nothing at All
Stig of the Dump
Ffizz
Chelworth
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
The Royal
