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Phyllida Law

Born July 6, 1932 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Died July 27, 2026

Phyllida Law was born on 8 May 1932 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Time Machine (2002), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and The Winter Guest (1997). She was previously married to Eric Thompson.

Aged: 94
Height: 164 cm
Credits: 231

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Biography

Phyllida Law was born on 8 May 1932 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Time Machine (2002), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and The Winter Guest (1997). She was previously married to Eric Thompson.

Filmography

89 titles

Known for

The Time Machine poster

The Time Machine2002

The Secret World of Arrietty poster

The Secret World of Arrietty

2010

Unleashed poster

Unleashed2005

Nanny McPhee poster

Nanny McPhee2005

Junior poster

Junior1994

Poirot poster

Poirot1989

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Then Came You2020 · Movieas Arlene Awd
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Bakery in Brooklyn2016 · Movieas Baker on the iPad
4.6
A Little Chaos2014 · Movieas Suzanne
6.5
3 Days in Havana2013 · Movieas The Broker
5.4
The Other Wife2012 · Mini-Seriesas Lady Anne Meriot
5.2
Albert Nobbs2011 · Movieas Mrs. Cavendish
6.7
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff2011 · TV Seriesas Aunt Sobriety
6.7
The Secret World of Arrietty2010 · Movieas Sadako
7.6
Ways to Live Forever2010 · Movieas Grandmother
6.9
Love at First Sight2010 · Shortas Ruth
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Photos

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Trivia

1Mother of Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson.
2She 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).
3Former mother-in-law of Kenneth Branagh and Richard Lumsden.
4Mother-in-law of Greg Wise.
5She was made an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to drama and charitable services.

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6Plays together with her daughter Emma Thompson in Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Peter's Friends (1992) as well as in Alan Rickman's The Winter Guest (1997) _ and (without her daughter) in his A Little Chaos (2014). They also played together in the Harry Potter Series, and in Sense and Sensibility.
7She met Magic Roundabout creator Eric Thompson when they were drama students and married when she was 23 and had 2 daughters Emma and Sophie.
8Her mother Meg worked in a dress shop in Glasgow during the war. Her father, William Law, was a newspaper journalist with the Glasgow Herald. When World War II broke out, he went into the Royal Air Force, separated from his wife, later divorcing. Law did not see her father again until she was 18.
9Received an Honorary Doctorate from Glasgow Caledonian University and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
10World War II broke out when she was just seven and she (as well as her older brother James) were evacuated to places such as Lenzie, in Dunbartonshire, and Skelmorlie in Ayrshire.
11Published her first book, 'Notes to my Mother-In-Law', in November 2009. A book of anecdotes and recollections entitled 'Dead Now Of Course' followed in July 2017.
12She at first auditioned for the Bristol Old Vic School, intending to train as a stage designer, but eventually discovered that she wanted to act instead. She was an ensemble member of the Bristol Old Vic from 1954 to 1957.

Personal details

Born: July 6, 1932
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died: July 27, 2026 (aged 94)
Birth name: Phyllida Ann Law
Height: 164 cm (5′ 5″)
Known for: Actress, Costume Department, Writer

Family

Emma Thompsonchild
Sophie Thompsonchild
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Eric Thompsonspouse