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Actor Born: 1932 Biography:An esteemed actress, known both for her portrayals of flinty, dry-witted women and her real-life role as the mother of actresses "Emma" and "Sophie Thompson", "Phyllida Law" has been acting in her native Britain for over 40 years. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1932 and married to fellow actor "Eric Thompson" until his death in 1982, Law has spent much of her career working as a character actress both on television and in film. She has done particularly notable work in "Douglas McGrath"'s 1996 adaptation of "Jane Austen"'s "Emma", which cast her as the meddlesome Mrs. Bates (and daughter "Sophie Thompson" as her equally meddlesome daughter Miss Bates); "Alan Rickman"'s acclaimed drama "The Winter Guest", in which she and daughter "Emma" starred as an estranged mother and daughter; and "Nigel Cole"'s "Saving Grace" (2000), a comedy in which she portrayed the busybody neighbor of a woman ("Brenda... Full Biography
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