Overview
- Her manager, Jacky Leggo, confirmed that Law died supremely peacefully at home surrounded by her family.
- She trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and rose to prominence on stage with roles including John Mortimer’s A Voyage Round My Father opposite Alec Guinness and Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus.
- Law moved into film and television from the 1980s and appeared alongside her daughters Emma and Sophie Thompson in Peter’s Friends, Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter Guest.
- Her TV credits included Waking the Dead, Foyle’s War, Doc Martin and Agatha Christie’s Poirot, and she had a recurring role in Stephen Fry’s Kingdom.
- Law married producer and actor Eric Thompson in 1957 and remained married to him until his death in 1982, and further tributes and obituaries are expected to follow her passing.