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Phyllida Law

Date of birth: 1932-05-08

Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Phyllida Law

Biography

Phyllida Law is a Scottish actress, the mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson.

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The Time Machine
3.2

The Time Machine

2002-03-04

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into t

Copying Beethoven
3.2

Copying Beethoven

2006-09-10

A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It

Unleashed
3.5

Unleashed

2005-02-02

Raised as a slave, Danny is used to fighting for his survival. In fact, his "master," Bart, thinks o

Hitler: The Last Ten Days
3

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973-04-19

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final da

Saving Grace
3.3

Saving Grace

2000-01-24

Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial stra

Nanny McPhee
3.3

Nanny McPhee

2005-10-21

Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
2.6

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant

2005-07-14

A New York City oil company troubleshooter is brought to a remote B.C. lake to look for some lost ma

Much Ado About Nothing
3.5

Much Ado About Nothing

1993-05-07

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding of

The Waiting Room
2.7

The Waiting Room

2007-08-18

Two complete strangers, ANNA and STEPHEN, are brought together by chance by an elderly man who waits

The Winter Guest
3.2

The Winter Guest

1997-12-27

It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day. Frances

I Want You
2.8

I Want You

1998-02-15

A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.

Miss Potter
3.3

Miss Potter

2006-12-03

Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles for

Milk
1

Milk

1999-01-01

Forty-five-year-old Adrian has been living with his mother Lucy and running their Wiltshire dairy fa

Blinded
0

Blinded

2004-08-21

While doing her rounds in the Scottish countryside, Doctor Caroline Lamar comes upon a hitchhiker, a

Mad Cows
1.9

Mad Cows

1999-10-29

When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newl

Two Men Went To War
3.3

Two Men Went To War

2002-11-01

Comedy drama based on the true story of two British Army dentists who in 1942, eager to see action,

Miss Austen Regrets
3

Miss Austen Regrets

2008-02-03

Jane Austen is about to turn 40, but she still hasn't found her ideal man. When Jane is approached b

Ways to Live Forever
3.5

Ways to Live Forever

2010-10-29

Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientist

Brush with Fate
2.9

Brush with Fate

2003-01-01

A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.

Pinochet in Suburbia
3

Pinochet in Suburbia

2006-03-26

In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipp

A Little Trip to Heaven
2.7

A Little Trip to Heaven

2005-12-26

Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particu

Peter's Friends
3.3

Peter's Friends

1992-09-18

After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college

Albert Nobbs
3.2

Albert Nobbs

2011-12-21

Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be

Anna Karenina
3

Anna Karenina

1997-04-04

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w

Before the Rain
3.7

Before the Rain

1994-06-09

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the war in

Day of Wrath
2

Day of Wrath

2006-06-27

At the height of the Spanish Inquisition, high-ranking noblemen begin dropping like flies, with alar

Mia Sarah
3

Mia Sarah

2006-12-15

In the half-light of a an old stately home, Samuel Davila and his grandfather Paul, once a revered w

Three Days in Havana
2.3

Three Days in Havana

2014-03-28

A businessman gets caught up in an assassination plot when he travels to Cuba.

A Little Chaos
3.2

A Little Chaos

2015-03-26

A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the pal

The Blue Boy
2.6

The Blue Boy

1994-07-02

Marie is an insecure housewife whose husband, Joe, is having an affair. The two of them take a holid

Lecture 21
3.1

Lecture 21

2008-10-17

A student takes a bizarre trip through the Italian Alps after being inspired by a professor's lectur

Love at First Sight
4

Love at First Sight

2010-11-16

A day in the life of 70-year-old Arthur, who falls in love with Ruth, a new resident at his retireme

Judas Kiss
2.8

Judas Kiss

1998-09-16

The shooting of a U.S. senator's wife raises the stakes for kidnappers seeking a hefty ransom for a

Emma
3.3

Emma

1996-08-02

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is

The Life and Death of King John
3.5

The Life and Death of King John

1984-11-24

The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Ar

Otley
3.1

Otley

1969-03-11

A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.

The Swap
2.6

The Swap

2002-02-10

British Tv Movie Thriller

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2.9

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

2000-09-19

First love - or first infatuation - overwhelms Indy in Vienna, where he is smitten with the daughter

Evelyn
3

Evelyn

1971-10-28

'The Man' and 'The Woman' regularly meet for an extramarital affair whilst her husband works late. P

The Lost Lover
1

The Lost Lover

1999-10-05

After their son dies, a Jewish family moves from London to Israel in an attempt to piece their lives

Bakery in Brooklyn
2.6

Bakery in Brooklyn

2016-06-30

Brooklyn, New York. After the sudden death of their aunt Isabelle, Vivien and Chloe inherit her hist

Buffet
0

Buffet

1976-11-02

A quick drink in the buffet before going home. Freddie's nerves are taking a hammering lately; the e

How Proust Can Change Your Life
2.4

How Proust Can Change Your Life

2000-03-19

A docu-drama portrait of the early-20th-century French author Marcel Proust, based on Alain de Botto

Then Came You
3

Then Came You

2021-03-11

A lonely widow plans a trip around the world with her husband's ashes, to visit the places they love

Tree of Hands
0

Tree of Hands

1989-03-07

A woman is attempting to cope with her son's tragic death when her mother arrives on an ill-timed vi

Tooth
1.9

Tooth

2004-02-13

Tooth is a young, feisty Tooth Fairy, who lives in a world called Fairytopia that has lost its abili

The Bristol Entertainment
0

The Bristol Entertainment

1971-12-03

A thousand years of the gossip, scandals, successes, disasters, eccentricities and cupidity that lie