Phyllida Law
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1932, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Died
- July 27, 2026
- Movies
- 50
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2020 | Then Came You | Arlene |
| 2016 | Bakery in Brooklyn | Baker on the iPad #1 |
| 2015 | A Little Chaos | Suzanne |
| 2014 | Three Days in Havana | The Broker |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Mrs. Cavendish |
| 2010 | Love at First Sight | Ruth |
| 2010 | Ways to Live Forever | Grandmother |
| 2008 | Lecture 21 | Boheme |
| 2008 | Miss Austen Regrets | Mrs. Austen |
| 2007 | The Waiting Room | Helen |
| 2006 | Mia Sarah | Sarah |
| 2006 | Miss Potter | Mrs. Warne |
| 2006 | Copying Beethoven | Mother Canisius |
| 2006 | Day of Wrath | Esperanza de Mendoza |
| 2006 | Pinochet in Suburbia | Lucia Pinochet |
| 2005 | A Little Trip to Heaven | Head Mistress |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee | Mrs. Partridge (voice) |
| 2005 | Mee-Shee: The Water Giant | Mrs. Coogan |
| 2005 | Unleashed | Distinguished Lady |
| 2004 | Blinded | Bella Black |
| 2004 | Tooth | Mrs. Claus |
| 2003 | I'll Be There | Mrs. Williams |
| 2003 | Brush with Fate | Maria |
| 2002 | Two Men Went To War | Faith |
| 2002 | The Time Machine | Mrs. Watchett |
| 2002 | The Swap | Rose Trenchard |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid | Signore Reale |
| 2000 | How Proust Can Change Your Life | Virginia Woolf |
| 2000 | Saving Grace | Margaret Sutton |
| 1999 | Mad Cows | Lady Drake (Alex's Mother) |
| 1999 | The Lost Lover | The Grandmother |
| 1999 | Milk | Veronica |
| 1998 | Judas Kiss | Shouting Woman (uncredited) |
| 1998 | I Want You | Woman at Hairdresser #1 |
| 1997 | The Winter Guest | Elspeth |
| 1997 | Anna Karenina | Vronskaya |
| 1996 | Emma | Mrs. Bates |
| 1994 | The Blue Boy | Marie's Mother |
| 1994 | Before the Rain | Anne's Mother |
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Ursula |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Vera |
| 1989 | Tree of Hands | Julia |
| 1989 | Colleagues From Hell | |
| 1984 | The Life and Death of King John | Lady Faulconbridge |
| 1976 | Abide with Me | Joan Drummond |
| 1976 | Buffet | Joan |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Fraulein Manzialy |
| 1971 | The Bristol Entertainment | Bridget |
| 1971 | Evelyn | The Wife |
| 1969 | Otley | Jean |
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