Cast & creator
Phyllis Logan
Best known for Bones, Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phyllis Logan (born 11 January 1956) is a Scottish actress, known for playing Lady Jane Felsham in Lovejoy (1986–1993) and Mrs Hughes (later Carson) in Downton Abbey (2010–2015). She won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the 1983 film Another Time, Another Place. Her other film appearances include Secrets & Lies (1996), Shooting Fish (1997), Downton Abbey (2019) and Misbehaviour (2020).
Also known as: Филлис Логан, Філліс Логан, فیلیس لوگان
58
film credits
56
television credits
114
1970–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (114)
Showing 114 of 114 credits
Bones
Sandra Zins
2005
Midsomer Murders
Kate Merrill
1997
Doctor Who
Andinio
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Nurse Hopkins
1989
Silent Witness
Helen Wharton
1996
Play for Today
Nancy Park
1970
Vera
Shirley
2011
Wogan
Self
1982
Heartbeat
Diane Bell
1992Heartbeat
Julia Kendall
1992Heartbeat
Rose Brown
1992
Downton Abbey
Mrs. Hughes
2010
Screen Two
Anne
1985Screen Two
Alison
1985Screen Two
Lee
1985
Shetland
Grace Bain
2013
Spooks
Diana Jewell
2002
New Tricks
Dr. Mathieson
2004
A Touch of Frost
Christine Moorhead
1992
Dalziel and Pascoe
DS Jenny Ettrick
1996
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Pie in the Sky
Det. Supt. Chalmers
1994
The Adventures of Paddington
Mrs. Bird (voice)
2019
Lovejoy
Lady Jane Felsham (archive footage)
1986Lovejoy
Lady Jane Felsham
1986
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Miriam Whitelaw
2002
Screen One
Dora
1989
The Play on One
Andrea
1988The Play on One
Dr Ruth Kovacs
1988
Shoestring
Linda
1979
Kavanagh Q.C.
Samantha Fisher
1995
Sea of Souls
Elaine
2004
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Elsie Hughes
2025
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
Moira Shearer
2025Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Downton Abbey
Mrs Hughes
2019
Murder in Suburbia
Wendy
2004
Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)
1984
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Mrs Hughes
2022
A Taste for Murder
Elena Da Vinale
2026
No Way Up
Mardy
2024
Guilt
Maggie Lynch
2019
Miss Austen
Mrs. Austen
2025
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Elizabeth Leaming
1997
Elliott from Earth
2021
The Good Karma Hospital
Maggie Smart
2017
Lip Service
2010
Secrets & Lies
Monica Purley
1996
Rik Mayall Presents
Mrs. Wilde
1993
The Last Bus
Mary
2021
Hannay
1988
Chiller
Anna Spalinsky
1995
Misbehaviour
Evelyn Alexander
2020
Bust
Sheila Walsh
1987
Invasion: Earth
Sqn. Ldr. Helen Knox
1998
Girlfriends
Linda
2018
The Doctor and the Devils
Elizabeth Rock
1985First Sight
Kathy
1987
Village Idiot
Barbara
2026
Hope and Glory
Annie Gilbert
1999
Honest
2008
Dickens
Georgina Hogarth
2002
Play for Today
Barbara Honeybone
2025
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Nessie (voice)
1992
Murder Most Puzzling
Cora Felton
2025
Missing: All Secrets Have a Price
2006
Shooting Fish
Mrs Ross
1997
Nativity!
Mrs. Lore
2009
Last Train to Christmas
Auntie Vi
2021
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
Mrs Cleaver
2022
All the King's Men
Mary Beck
1999
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
Self
2013The White Bird Passes
Janie (age 16)
1980
Another Time, Another Place
Janie
1983
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Frau Bunofsky
1995
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
Mary Welsh
1988
Day of the Flowers
Brenda
2013
Downton Abbey Celebrates the Grand Finale
Self
2025
Surprised by Oxford
Provost Regina Knight
2023
And a Nightingale Sang
Helen
1989Off Peak
Janet
1985
The Royal
Lady George Fawcett
2003
Goldeneye
Ann Fleming
1989
Missing
Karen Foster
2006
The Inquiry
Claudia Procula
1986
Ladybaby
Sheena Dunbar
2021
The Real Jane Austen
Mrs. Austen
2002Time and the Conways
Kay Conway
1985
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Karla
1993Mirror Man
Anna Spalinsky
1995
You Really Got Me
Older Linda
2021
Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One
Mrs Wilde
1995The Good Time Girls
Nancy Park
1981
Every Picture Tells a Story
Agnes Scott
1984
Alibi
Linda Brentwood
2003
The Dark Sun
Attorney Camilla Staffa
1990Fields of Gold
Rachel Greenlaw
2002
End of the Line
Rose
1984
The Chain
Alison
1984
Silent Cries
Nancy Muir
1993
The Kitchen Toto
Janet Graham
1988
Beneath the Skin
DCI Grace Shilling
2005
Downton Abbey Live!
Self
2019
Sitting Targets
Alison
1989
The Angry Earth
Mary Penrys Jones
1989
Happy Feet
Dora Jackson
1991
The McGuffin
Anne
1986
The Dress
Julia
1984
Defrosting the Fridge
Lee
1989
And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon
Andrea
1991
Our Queen at War
Narrator (voice)
2020
The Game
Betty
1998
Effie's Burning
Dr Ruth Kovacs
1991
Harold & Mary
Mary
2022