Cast & creator
Phyllida Law
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot
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.
50
film credits
55
television credits
105
1951–2020 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (105)
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Midsomer Murders
Felicity Dinsdale
1997Midsomer Murders
Mary Bingham
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs Llewellyn-Smythe
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot
Lady Carrington
1989
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
1994
Play for Today
The Wife
1970Play for Today
Joan
1970
Heartbeat
Nancy Bellow
1992
Minder
Magistrate
1979
Screen Two
Marie's Mother
1985
Tales of the Unexpected
Maggie Patton
1979
Waking the Dead
Mrs. Carstairs
2001
Foyle's War
Lady Muriel Sackville
2002The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Rumpole of the Bailey
Honoria Bird
1975Rumpole of the Bailey
Mrs. Thripp
1975
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Jeanette Hornby
1969
Hamish Macbeth
Vicky Jeffreys
1995
Upstairs, Downstairs
Lady Constance Weir
1971
Taggart
1983
Monarch of the Glen
Isobel Hogg
2000
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Bea Nelson-Stanley
2007
Dixon of Dock Green
Rosie McCallion
1955
Timeshift
self
2002
BBC2 Play of the Week
Phyllis
1977Drama 61-67
Ann Shelley
1961
The House of Eliott
Edith Duglass
1991
Kingdom
Aunt Auriel
2007
The Main Chance
Alison Murray
1969
Nanny McPhee
Mrs. Partridge (voice)
2005
The Time Machine
Mrs. Watchett
2002
Afterlife
2005
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
A Little Chaos
Suzanne
2015
Unleashed
Distinguished Lady
2005The Jazz Age
Miss Cummins
1968A Question of Guilt
Mrs Blandy
1980
When the Boat Comes In
1976
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Lady Margaret
1999
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Maria
1951
Miss Potter
Mrs. Warne
2006
Much Ado About Nothing
Ursula
1993Menace
Mrs. Tetley
1970
Armchair Theatre
Greta
1956
Albert Nobbs
Mrs. Cavendish
2011
The Barchester Chronicles
Mrs Stanhope
1982
Anna Karenina
Vronskaya
1997
Emma
Mrs. Bates
1996
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
Lady Anne Meriot
2012Fame Is the Spur
Aunt Lizzie
1982
Saving Grace
Margaret Sutton
2000
Clarence
Mrs. Vaile
1988
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Fraulein Manzialy
1973
I Want You
Woman at Hairdresser #1
1998
Judas Kiss
Shouting Woman (uncredited)
1998About Face
1989
A Little Trip to Heaven
Head Mistress
2005City '68
Diana Stevenson
1967
The Winter Guest
Elspeth
1997That's Love
1988
All or Nothing at All
Mrs. Timpson
1993Who-Dun-It
Miss Margaret
1969
Copying Beethoven
Mother Canisius
2006
Day of Wrath
Esperanza de Mendoza
2006
Before the Rain
Anne's Mother
1994
I'll Be There
Mrs. Williams
2003
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Signore Reale
2000
Two Men Went To War
Faith
2002
Peter's Friends
Vera
1992
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
Mother
1973
Bakery in Brooklyn
Baker on the iPad #1
2016
Ways to Live Forever
Grandmother
2010
Stig of the Dump
Marjorie
2002Hell's Bells
Edith Makepeace
1986
Ffizz
Lady Boughton
1987
Three Days in Havana
The Broker
2014
Miss Austen Regrets
Mrs. Austen
2008
Then Came You
Arlene
2020
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
Mrs. Coogan
2005
Love at First Sight
Ruth
2010
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Virginia Woolf
2000
The Life and Death of King John
Lady Faulconbridge
1984
Tooth
Mrs. Claus
2004Degrees of Error
Margot
1995
The Royal
Daisy Crannagh
2003
The Waiting Room
Helen
2007
The Swap
Rose Trenchard
2002
Lecture 21
Boheme
2008
Mad Cows
Lady Drake (Alex's Mother)
1999Under the Hammer
2010
Brush with Fate
Maria
2003
Milk
Veronica
1999
Pinochet in Suburbia
Lucia Pinochet
2006
The Blue Boy
Marie's Mother
1994Abide with Me
Joan Drummond
1976
Come Back, Lucy
Aunt Gwen
1978
Otley
Jean
1969
The Lost Lover
The Grandmother
1999
Tree of Hands
Julia
1989
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Buffet
Joan
1976
Blinded
Bella Black
2004
Evelyn
The Wife
1971The Bristol Entertainment
Bridget
1971
Mia Sarah
Sarah
2006