Phyllis Logan

Phyllis Logan

1956-01-11 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK 53 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phyllis Logan (born 11 January 1956) is a Scottish actress, known for playing Lady Jane Felsham in Lovejoy (1986–1993) and Mrs Hughes (later Carson) in Downton Abbey (2010–2015). She won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the 1983 film Another Time, Another Place. Her other film appearances include Secrets & Lies (1996), Shooting Fish (1997), Downton Abbey (2019) and Misbehaviour (2020).

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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025

as Elsie Hughes

Acting

When Mary finds herself at the center of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of soc...

No Way Up

No Way Up

2024

as Mardy

6.3
Acting

Characters from different backgrounds are thrown together when the plane they're travelling on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. A nightmare fight for s...

Surprised by Oxford

Surprised by Oxford

2023

as Provost Regina Knight

5.6
Acting

Brilliant but emotionally-guarded Caro Drake arrives in Oxford with the singular goal of attaining her PhD, but through a turbulent friendship with a ...

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

2022

as Mrs Cleaver

7.7
Acting

The story of the great Indian rocket scientist, Shri Nambi Narayanan's life, a true patriot, who was turned into a villain in the blink of an eye afte...

Harold & Mary

Harold & Mary

2022

as Mary

Acting

Harold and Mary are in their fiftieth year of marriage, unfortunately the cracks in their relationship start to show as a disease takes hold of Harold...

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Downton Abbey: A New Era

2022

as Mrs Hughes

7.2
Acting

The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the south of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. Meanwhile, a...

Last Train to Christmas

Last Train to Christmas

2021

as Auntie Vi

5.4
Acting

When successful 80s nightclub manager Tony Towers boards a magical train at Christmas, he discovers that each carriage harbours a different stage of h...

The Last Bus

The Last Bus

2021

as Mary

6.5
Acting

Widower Tom, on the recent passing of his wife Mary, uses his free bus pass to travel the length of Britain from John O'Groats in Caithness to Land's ...

You Really Got Me

You Really Got Me

2021

as Older Linda

8.0
Acting

It's 1964. James and Linda are young and in love, until one day she disappears. 43 years later he finds her, but James has to find out: is it always b...

Our Queen at War

Our Queen at War

2020

as Narrator (voice)

7.0
Acting

Learn how the longest reigning monarch in British history was shaped by World War II. Princess Elizabeth’s experiences during the war mirrored those o...

Misbehaviour

Misbehaviour

2020

as Evelyn Alexander

6.4
Acting

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World ...

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey

2019

as Mrs Hughes

7.1
Acting

The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England w...

Downton Abbey Live!

Downton Abbey Live!

2019

as Self

6.5
Acting

A live celebration of the hit TV series, including cast interviews and sneak peeks at the 2019 film.

Day of the Flowers

Day of the Flowers

2013

as Brenda

5.2
Acting

Two young, strong-willed Scottish sisters, one a left-wing activist, the other a most-popular-girl-in-school type, take their late father's ashes to C...

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2

2013

as Self

Acting

Collection of highlights from the first and second series of British comic Sarah Millican's show about television. The programme includes stand-up rou...

Nativity!

Nativity!

2009

as Mrs. Lore

6.3
Acting

Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.

Missing

Missing

2006

as Karen Foster

6.0
Acting

A tense two-part psychological thriller about a troubled, homeless girl who gets caught up in the hunt for a violent killer.

Beneath the Skin

Beneath the Skin

2005

as DCI Grace Shilling

6.1
Acting

A stalker tackles three women in London. First 23-year old likable schoolteacher Zoe Haratounian, who beats off a thief and gets declared a local hero...

Alibi

Alibi

2003

as Linda Brentwood

5.6
Acting

A thriller with a bit of romance and touches of black humor along the way. Greg is discovered with the dead body of his wife's lover by Marcey, a publ...

The Real Jane Austen

The Real Jane Austen

2002

as Mrs. Austen

8.5
Acting

Drama-documentary exploring the life of Jane Austen. Actor Anna Chancellor, a distant relative of Jane Austen, discovers the woman behind the acclaime...

Fields of Gold

2002

as Rachel Greenlaw

Acting

A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at...

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

1999

as Mary Beck

6.2
Acting

Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck, thei...

The Game

The Game

1998

as Betty

Acting

A play about three Scottish football fans (and one of their long suffering football widow wives!) enduring the trials of their team in the 1978 FIFA W...

Shooting Fish

Shooting Fish

1997

as Mrs Ross

6.3
Acting

Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.

Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996

as Monica Purley

7.6
Acting

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cyn...

Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One

Rik Mayall Presents: The Big One

1995

as Mrs Wilde

8.0
Acting

Rik Mayall plays an estate agent who takes on the identity of a dead gangster.

Silent Cries

Silent Cries

1993

as Nancy Muir

1.0
Acting

In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent civili...

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

Soft Top Hard Shoulder

1993

as Karla

6.2
Acting

Eight years ago, Gavin, the artistic son of a Scots-Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name i...

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

1993

as Frau Bunofsky

6.9
Acting

Franz Kafka has been stricken with a serious case of writer's block on Christmas Eve. He's trying to get started on his latest short story, "The Metam...

Freddie as F.R.O.7.

Freddie as F.R.O.7.

1992

as Nessie (voice)

5.0
Acting

The story about a man-sized frog named Prince Frederic who is turned into a frog by his wicked aunt Messina and hired by British Intelligence to solve...

Effie's Burning

Effie's Burning

1991

as Dr Ruth Kovacs

Acting

An elderly lady suffers from the mysterious condition of spontaneous combustion.

And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon

And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon

1991

as Andrea

Acting

In the women's cancer ward of a large Glaswegian hospital, a group of patients share their hopes and dreams for the future

Happy Feet

Happy Feet

1991

as Dora Jackson

Acting

The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ba...

The Dark Sun

The Dark Sun

1990

as Attorney Camilla Staffa

4.0
Acting

After the death of his mother a man returns to his hometown Palermo in southern Italy in order to get hold of the legacy. Once there he is forced to p...

Goldeneye

Goldeneye

1989

as Ann Fleming

6.0
Acting

British writer Ian Fleming's life and loves suggest that of his spy-novel hero, secret agent James Bond.

And a Nightingale Sang

And a Nightingale Sang

1989

as Helen

4.5
Acting

Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the backdrop of the conflict of World War II. Helen Stott, over t...

Defrosting the Fridge

Defrosting the Fridge

1989

as Lee

1.0
Acting

The Lowesthorpe Trawlers an English, American football team, hire American coach Hunter McCall and persuade local firm Salty Sea Fish Foods to be thei...

Sitting Targets

Sitting Targets

1989

as Alison

Acting

Who has bought the house which is the home for a dozen flat dwellers? When the heating fails and a flat is violently repossessed, things begin to look...

The Angry Earth

The Angry Earth

1989

as Mary Penrys Jones

2.0
Acting

About the oppression of the Welsh coal miners during the 19th century and early 20th century as seen through the the eyes of Gwen, a 110 year old woma...

The Kitchen Toto

The Kitchen Toto

1988

as Janet Graham

6.6
Acting

The son of a priest slain by the Mau Mau moves in with a police officer and his wife in 1950 Kenya.

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

1988

as Mary Welsh

Acting

Larger-than-life American author Ernest Hemingway is the subject of this biopic that chronicles the famous writer's life from childhood to his suicide...

The Inquiry

The Inquiry

1986

as Claudia Procula

6.7
Acting

A Roman agent is sent to Palestine to investigate rumors of the resurrection of an executed criminal.

The McGuffin

The McGuffin

1986

as Anne

6.0
Acting

Paul Hatcher has a habit of spying on the neighbors across the way, something that gets him into deep trouble. Hatcher is a movie critic, and for awhi...

The Doctor and the Devils

The Doctor and the Devils

1985

as Elizabeth Rock

6.3
Acting

In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple wa...

Time and the Conways

1985

as Kay Conway

Acting

1919: the World War is over. Kay Conway celebrates her 21st birthday and all the family look forward with hope and confidence. Then Time begins to con...

Off Peak

1985

as Janet

Acting

Because of her cheating husband, Elizabeth elicits patronizing "pity" from her so-called friends, but they (and he) don't suspect her plans.

Every Picture Tells a Story

Every Picture Tells a Story

1984

as Agnes Scott

Acting

James Scott's biopic of his father William Scott, his childhood and his origins as a painter.

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1984

as The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)

6.8
Acting

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

End of the Line

End of the Line

1984

as Rose

Acting

Life in a Scottish New Town

The Dress

The Dress

1984

as Julia

6.0
Acting

A BAFTA award winning drama about a mistake when buying a dress for his mistress leads Howard to look again at his wife.

The Chain

The Chain

1984

as Alison

6.8
Acting

Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.

Another Time, Another Place

Another Time, Another Place

1983

as Janie

4.6
Acting

Set in 1943 in Scotland during World War II. Janie is a young housewife married to a man named Dougal, 15 years her senior. As part of a war rehabilit...

The Good Time Girls

1981

as Nancy Park

Acting

The oil rigs provide rich pickings for those who work on them, but for wives isolated from husbands affluence is not enough.