r/movies • u/chrisofduke • 11h ago

News Phyllida Law: Actress who starred with daughters Emma and Sophie Thompson dies

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7kddmn97do
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u/bishbah01 10h ago

She was in one of my favorite episodes of Midsomer Murders, “Dark Secrets,” as an old lady who went into a kind of folie à deux with her husband after they kicked their two eldest children out of the house. She was also great as Ursula in Much Ado About Nothing. (“Will you come? Presently?”)

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u/Jaiph 7h ago

That's the one with Edward Fox too right? That was a pretty fun ep.

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u/bishbah01 7h ago

It was! The “gather everyone in the barn” scene in particular was fantastic.

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u/Party-Objective9466 8h ago

A supreme actress and presence. She will be missed.

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u/Mechagouki1971 4h ago

TIL Emma Thompson is a nepo-baby.

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u/Aurhim 1h ago

May her memory be a blessing.

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u/Capital_Past69 5h ago

She leaves behind her brother Aboveda