Phyllida Law obituary

Actor with a long career in theatre and on television who was known for the subtle quality of her workAlthough she was perhaps best known as the mother of two outstanding actors, Emma and Sophie Thompson, Phyllida Law, who has died aged 94, was supremely gifted herself – as an actor, costume designer and writer.She was not averse to appearing with either daughter: with Emma in her scabrously funny movie Nanny McPhee (2005); and with Sophie in Douglas McGrath’s fine television film of Jane Austen’s Emma in 1996, in which she played the mother of Sophie’s impoverished Miss Bates. Continue reading...