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Phyllis Logan

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Phyllis Logan

Born January 11, 1956 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK53 films

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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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Secrets & Lies posterFirst watchSecrets & Lies19967.6as Monica PurleyAfter her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.View film

Essential films

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Downton Abbey poster7.2Downton Abbey2019Nineteen Eighty-Four poster6.8Nineteen Eighty-Four1984Downton Abbey: A New Era poster7.2Downton Abbey: A New Era2022No Way Up poster6.2No Way Up2024Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale poster7.1Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale2025Misbehaviour poster6.4Misbehaviour2020Nativity! poster6.3Nativity!2009Rocketry: The Nambi Effect poster7.7Rocketry: The Nambi Effect2022

Filmography

53 films as actor
  1. 2026Village IdiotBarbara
  2. 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleElsie Hughes
  3. 2024No Way UpMardy
  4. 2023Surprised by OxfordProvost Regina Knight
  5. 2022Rocketry: The Nambi EffectMrs Cleaver
  6. 2022Harold & MaryMary
  7. 2022Downton Abbey: A New EraMrs Hughes
  8. 2021Last Train to ChristmasAuntie Vi
  9. 2021LadybabySheena Dunbar
  10. 2021The Last BusMary
  11. 2021You Really Got MeOlder Linda
  12. 2020MisbehaviourEvelyn Alexander
  13. 2019Downton AbbeyMrs Hughes
  14. 2013Day of the FlowersBrenda
  15. 2009Nativity!Mrs. Lore
  16. 2006MissingKaren Foster
  17. 2005Beneath the SkinDCI Grace Shilling
  18. 2003AlibiLinda Brentwood
  19. 2002Fields of GoldRachel Greenlaw
  20. 1999All the King's MenMary Beck
  21. 1998The GameBetty
  22. 1997Shooting FishMrs Ross
  23. 1996Secrets & LiesMonica Purley
  24. 1995Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful LifeFrau Bunofsky
  25. 1995Mirror ManAnna Spalinsky
  26. 1995Rik Mayall Presents: The Big OneMrs Wilde
  27. 1993Silent CriesNancy Muir
  28. 1993Soft Top Hard ShoulderKarla
  29. 1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.Nessie (voice)
  30. 1991Effie's BurningDr Ruth Kovacs
  31. 1991And the Cow Jumped Over the MoonAndrea
  32. 1991Happy FeetDora Jackson
  33. 1990The Dark SunAttorney Camilla Staffa
  34. 1989GoldeneyeAnn Fleming
  35. 1989And a Nightingale SangHelen
  36. 1989Defrosting the FridgeLee
  37. 1989Sitting TargetsAlison
  38. 1989The Angry EarthMary Penrys Jones
  39. 1988The Kitchen TotoJanet Graham
  40. 1988The Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayMary Welsh
  41. 1986The InquiryClaudia Procula
  42. 1986The McGuffinAnne
  43. 1985The Doctor and the DevilsElizabeth Rock
  44. 1985Time and the ConwaysKay Conway
  45. 1985Off PeakJanet
  46. 1984Every Picture Tells a StoryAgnes Scott
  47. 1984Nineteen Eighty-FourThe Telescreen Anouncer (voice)
  48. 1984The ChainAlison
  49. 1984End of the LineRose
  50. 1984The DressJulia
  51. 1983Another Time, Another PlaceJanie
  52. 1981The Good Time GirlsNancy Park
  53. 1980The White Bird PassesJanie (age 16)