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Phyllida Law

Actress

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She is grandmother to Emma Thompson's daughter, Gaia Romilly Wise. She is also grandmother to Sophie Thompson's sons, Ernest Lumsden (born in 1997), and Walter Eric Lumsden (born in 2000). See more trivia »

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in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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???? Three Days in Havana (post-production)
The Broker
 
2012 The Other Wife (TV series)
Lady Anne Meriot
– Episode #1.2 (2012) … Lady Anne Meriot
– Episode #1.1 (2012) … Lady Anne Meriot
 
2011 The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (TV series)
Aunt Sobriety
– Christmas Special (2011) … Aunt Sobriety
 
2011 Albert Nobbs
Mrs. Cavendish
 
1999-2011 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Felicity Dinsdale / Mary Bingham
– Dark Secrets (2011) … Mary Bingham
– Blood Will Out (1999) … Felicity Dinsdale
 
2010 Love at First Sight (short)
Ruth
 
2010 Ways to Live Forever
Grandmother
 
2010 The Secret World of Arrietty
Sadako (voice: UK version)
 
1989-2010 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
Lady Carrington / Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
– Hallowe'en Party (2010) … Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
– The Incredible Theft (1989) … Lady Carrington
 
2010 More Afraid of You (short)
Tessa
 
2009 The Royal (TV series)
Daisy Crannagh
– The Enemy Within (2009) … Daisy Crannagh
 
2009 Doc Martin (TV series)
Mrs McLynn
– Driving Mr McLynn (2009) … Mrs McLynn
 
2007-2009 Kingdom (TV series)
Aunt Auriel
– Episode #3.6 (2009) … Aunt Auriel
– Episode #3.4 (2009) … Aunt Auriel
– Episode #3.3 (2009) … Aunt Auriel
– Episode #3.1 (2009) … Aunt Auriel
– Episode #2.6 (2008) … Aunt Auriel
See all 16 episodes »
 
2008 Lezione 21
Boheme
 
2008 Foyle's War (TV series)
Lady Muriel Sackville
– Broken Souls (2008) … Lady Muriel Sackville
 
2008 Miss Austen Regrets (TV movie)
Mrs. Austen
 
2007 The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV series)
Bea Nelson-Stanley
– Eye of the Gorgon: Part 2 (2007) … Bea Nelson-Stanley
– Eye of the Gorgon: Part 1 (2007) … Bea Nelson-Stanley
 
2007/I The Waiting Room
Helen
 
2006 Miss Potter
Mrs. Warne
 
2006 Mia Sarah
Sarah
 
2006 Doctors (TV series)
Lila Parker
– Rabbitgate (2006) … Lila Parker
 
2006 Berry's Way (TV movie)
Pat
 
2006 Copying Beethoven
Mother Canisius
 
2006 Day of Wrath
Esperanza de Mendoza
 
2006 Pinochet's Last Stand (TV movie)
Lucia Pinochet
 
2005 Afterlife (TV series)
Irene Moser
– The 7:59 Club (2005) … Irene Moser
 
2005 Nanny McPhee
Mrs. Partridge (voice)
 
2005 A Little Trip to Heaven
Head Mistress
 
2005 Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Mrs. Coogan
 
2005 Unleashed
Distinguished Lady
 
2004 Rosemary & Thyme (TV series)
May Beauchamp
– Orpheus in the Undergrowth (2004) … May Beauchamp
 
2004 Waking the Dead (TV series)
Mrs. Carstairs
– The Hardest Word: Part 2 (2004) … Mrs. Carstairs
– The Hardest Word: Part 1 (2004) … Mrs. Carstairs
 
2004/I Blinded
Bella Black
 
2004 Tooth
Mrs. Claus
 
2003 I'll Be There
Mrs. Williams
 
2003 Brush with Fate (TV movie)
Maria
 
2002 Two Men Went to War
Faith
 
2002 Monarch of the Glen (TV series)
Isobel Hogg
– Episode #4.2 (2002) … Isobel Hogg
 
2002 The Time Machine
Mrs. Watchit
 
2002 Stig of the Dump (TV series)
Marjorie
– Going Home (2002) … Marjorie
– Man of the Match (2002) … Marjorie
– The Clean Boot (2002) … Marjorie
– The Snargets (2002) … Marjorie
– Over the Edge (2002) … Marjorie
 
2002 The Swap (TV movie)
Rose Trenchard
 
2001 Table 12 (TV series)
Jean
– Preserves (2001) … Jean
 
2000 How Proust Can Change Your Life (TV movie)
 
2000 The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries (TV series)
Isobel Marchant
– Laurels Are Poison (2000) … Isobel Marchant
 
2000 Saving Grace
Margaret Sutton
 
1999 The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (TV movie)
Lady Margaret
 
1999 Mad Cows
Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
 
1999 The Lost Lover
The grandmother
 
1999/I Milk
Veronica
 
1999 Wonderful You (TV mini-series)
Eve
– My Name Belongs to You (1999) … Eve
– Talking to Myself (1999) … Eve
– Love Stories (1999) … Eve
 
1998 Dangerfield (TV series)
Elaine Porter
– Angel (1998) … Elaine Porter
 
1998 Judas Kiss
Shouting Woman (uncredited)
 
1998/I I Want You
Woman at Hairdresser #1
 
1997 The Winter Guest
Elspeth
 
1997 Anna Karenina
Vronskaya
 
1996 Emma
Mrs. Bates
 
1996 Delta Wave (TV series)
Dottie Cruickshank
– The Light Fantastic: Part 1 (1996) … Dottie Cruickshank
 
1996 Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's... (TV series)
Mrs. Ferris
– Impasse (1996) … Mrs. Ferris
 
1995 Degrees of Error (TV series)
Margot
– Episode #1.4 (1995) … Margot
– Episode #1.3 (1995) … Margot
– Episode #1.2 (1995) … Margot
– Episode #1.1 (1995) … Margot
 
1995 Hamish Macbeth (TV series)
Vicky Jeffreys
– A Pillar of the Community (1995) … Vicky Jeffreys
 
1994 Junior
Dr. Talbot (uncredited)
 
1994 The Blue Boy (TV movie)
Marie's Mother
 
1994 Heartbeat (TV series)
Nancy Bellow
– Witch Hunt (1994) … Nancy Bellow
 
1994 Before the Rain
Anne's Mother
 
1994 Minder (TV series)
Magistrate
– Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley (1994) … Magistrate
 
1994 Under the Hammer (TV series)
Liz Hardcastle
– The Jolly Joker (1994) … Liz Hardcastle
 
1994 Taggart (TV series)
Joan Mathieson
– Forbidden Fruit (1994) … Joan Mathieson
 
1993 All or Nothing at All (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Timpson
 
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
Signora Reale
– Florence, May 1908 (1993) … Signora Reale
 
1993 Much Ado About Nothing
Ursula
 
1991-1992 The House of Eliott (TV series)
Edith Duglass
– Episode #2.3 (1992) … Edith Duglass
 
1992 Peter's Friends
Vera
 
1991 Up the Garden Path (TV series)
Mrs. Armstrong
– Episode #2.4 (1991) … Mrs. Armstrong
 
1989 Till We Meet Again (TV mini-series)
Annette de Lancel
– Episode #1.2 (1989) … Annette de Lancel
– Episode #1.1 (1989) … Annette de Lancel
 
1989 About Face (TV series)
Lady Ann
– Gracie (1989) … Lady Ann
 
1989 Chelworth (TV mini-series)
Olivia Esholt
– A Real House (1989) … Olivia Esholt
– Taking Your Profits (1989) … Olivia Esholt
– The Rich Can Do Anything (1989) … Olivia Esholt
– Shopping Around (1989) … Olivia Esholt
– A Wonderfully Wrong Thing (1989) … Olivia Esholt
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1989 Innocent Victim
Julia
 
1988 Thompson (TV series)
Various Roles / Various roles
– Episode #1.6 (1988) … Various roles
– Episode #1.4 (1988) … Various Roles
– Episode #1.3 (1988)
– Episode #1.2 (1988) … Various Roles
 
1988 That's Love (TV series)
Babs
– Episode #1.5 (1988) … Babs
– Episode #1.4 (1988) … Babs
 
1988 Clarence (TV series)
Mrs. Vaile
– Episode #1.1 (1988) … Mrs. Vaile
 
1987 Ffizz (TV series)
Lady Broughton
 
1978-1987 Rumpole of the Bailey (TV series)
Honoria Bird / Mrs. Thripp
– Rumpole and the Blind Tasting (1987) … Honoria Bird
– Rumpole and the Married Lady (1978) … Mrs. Thripp
 
1986 Hell's Bells (TV series)
Edith Makepeace
– God Is in Her Heaven (1986) … Edith Makepeace
– Big Boys Don't Cry (1986) … Edith Makepeace
– Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones (1986) … Edith Makepeace
– Back Page Story (1986) … Edith Makepeace
– Pop Goes St.Winifred's (1986) … Edith Makepeace
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1985 Emma Thompson: Up for Grabs (TV movie)
 
1985 C.A.T.S. Eyes (TV series)
Jessica Truscott
– Fingers (1985) … Jessica Truscott
 
1984 The Life and Death of King John (TV movie)
Lady Faulconbridge
 
1984 Strangers and Brothers (TV series)
Mrs. Henneker
– Episode #1.11 (1984) … Mrs. Henneker
 
1983 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Maggie Patton
– A Sad Loss (1983) … Maggie Patton
 
1982 The Barchester Chronicles (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Stanhope
– Part 3 (1982) … Mrs. Stanhope
 
1982 Something in Disguise (TV series)
Daphne Cole
– First Sight (1982) … Daphne Cole
 
1982 Jackanory Playhouse (TV series)
Countess Julie
– The Unknown Enchantment (1982) … Countess Julie
 
1982 Fame Is the Spur (TV mini-series)
Aunt Lizzie
 
1981 When the Boat Comes In (TV series)
Lady Leamington
– Comrades in Arms (1981) … Lady Leamington
 
1981 Agony (TV series)
Mrs. Lucas
– Holy Wars (1981) … Mrs. Lucas
 
1980 A Question of Guilt (TV series)
Mrs. Blandy
– Mary Blandy: Part 1 (1980) … Mrs. Blandy
 
1978 Angels (TV series)
Ann Kingsley
– Fraternity (1978) … Ann Kingsley
– First Impressions (1978) … Ann Kingsley
 
1978 Come Back, Lucy (TV series)
Aunt Gwen
– Episode #1.2 (1978) … Aunt Gwen
– Episode #1.1 (1978) … Aunt Gwen
 
1977 Kilvert's Diary (TV series)
Mrs. Crichton
– Two Sermons (1977) … Mrs. Crichton
 
1977 BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)
– Able's Will (1977)
 
1977 Seven Faces of Woman (TV series)
Pooh pooh Watkins
– She: Anxious Anne (1977) … Pooh pooh Watkins
 
1976 Abide with Me (TV movie)
Joan Drummond
 
1971-1976 Play for Today (TV series)
Joan / The Wife
– Buffet (1976) … Joan
– Evelyn (1971) … The Wife
 
1975 The Main Chance (TV series)
Alison Murray
– War of the Tiger (1975) … Alison Murray
 
1974 Upstairs, Downstairs (TV series)
Lady Constance Weir
– The Hero's Farewell (1974) … Lady Constance Weir
 
1974 Sutherland's Law (TV series)
Louise Maitland-Douglas
– The Condemned (1974) … Louise Maitland-Douglas
 
1973 A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (TV series)
Mother / Mrs. Sheridan
– Episode #1.4 (1973)
– Episode #1.3 (1973) … Mother
– Life Is the Only Cure for Life (1973) … Mrs. Sheridan
 
1973 Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Fräulein Manzialy
 
1973 The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (TV mini-series)
Marjorie Phelps
– That Damned Dorland Woman (1973) … Marjorie Phelps
– Mr. Oliver (1973) … Marjorie Phelps
 
1971 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Jeanette Hornby
– Fly on the Wall: The Reformer (1971) … Jeanette Hornby
 
1970 Fraud Squad (TV series)
Winifred Holland
– Golden Island (1970) … Winifred Holland
 
1970 Menace (TV series)
Mrs. Tetley
– Good Morning, Yesterday! (1970) … Mrs. Tetley
 
1970 Sentimental Education (TV mini-series)
Mademoiselle Vatnaz
– The Philanderer (1970) … Mademoiselle Vatnaz
– The Red Rose and the White (1970) … Mademoiselle Vatnaz
– A Start to Loving (1970) … Mademoiselle Vatnaz
 
1969 Detective (TV series)
Laura Rankin
– The Singing Sands (1969) … Laura Rankin
 
1969 The Way We Live Now (TV movie)
Georgiana Longestaffe
 
1969 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– The Story-Teller (1969)
– The Story-teller (1969)
 
1968 The Jazz Age (TV series)
Miss Cummins
– The Princess (1968) … Miss Cummins
 
1968 Otley
Jean
 
1968 City 68' (TV series)
Diana Stevenson
– Freedom of the City (1968) … Diana Stevenson
 
1967 Mogul (TV series)
Mary Fielding
– Women and Business Never Did Mix (1967) … Mary Fielding
 
1966 This Man Craig (TV series)
Mary Morocco
– The Good Chemist (1966) … Mary Morocco
 
1966 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller
– Rupert and the Rockpool (1966) … Storyteller
– Rupert and the Compass (1966) … Storyteller
– Rupert and the Fairy Child (1966) … Storyteller
– Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo (1966) … Storyteller
 
1963-1965 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Rosie McCallion / WP Sgt. Ruth Beckett
– Within the Law (1965) … WP Sgt. Ruth Beckett
– Green Wedding (1963) … Rosie McCallion
 
1964 Drama 61-67 (TV series)
– Drama '64: It's Sad About Eddie (1964)
 
1963 Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV series)
Mrs. Gourlay
– Cry Wolf (1963) … Mrs. Gourlay
 
1961 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Lizzie Oman
– Harriet (1961) … Lizzie Oman
– The Poisoned Earth (1961)
 
1961 Boyd Q.C. (TV series)
Susan Boyd
– Family Business (1961) … Susan Boyd
 
1960 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Julia Cathart
– Missing from Home (1960) … Julia Cathart
 
1958 The Lost King (TV series)
Madame de Breze
– The Road Back (1958) … Madame de Breze
 
Show ShowSelf (10 titles)
2010 Thompson and the Magic Roundabout (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2009 Loose Women (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #14.28 (2009) … Herself
 
2007 Children's TV on Trial (TV series documentary)
Herself
– 1960s (2007) … Herself
 
2005 Animation Nation (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Visions of Childhood (2005) … Herself
 
2005 100 Greatest Cartoons (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2001 The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows (TV special)
Herself
 
1997 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 December 1997 (1997) … Herself
 
1995 A Bit of Fry and Laurie (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.5 (1995) … Herself
 
1993 The 65th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1964 Play School (TV series)
Herself - Presenter
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2007 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (TV movie)
Signore Reale
 
2004 This Morning (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

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(1975) She acted in Alan Ayckbourn's play, "Absent Friends", at the Garrick Theatre in London, England with Richard Briers and Peter Bowles in the cast. Eric Thompson was the director. See more »

Height:

5' 4½" (1.64 m)
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Trivia:

She is grandmother to Emma Thompson's daughter, Gaia Romilly Wise. She is also grandmother to Sophie Thompson's sons, Ernest Lumsden (born in 1997), and Walter Eric Lumsden (born in 2000). See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus