{
  "id": 1782496,
  "title": "Phyllida Law Dies: Prolific TV & Film Actor, Mother Of Emma & Sophie Thompson Was 94",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/phyllida-law-dies-prolific-tv-film-actor-mother-of-emma-sophie",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T19:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/phyllida-law-dead-actor-emma-thompson-mother-1237044415/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Phyllida Law, a TV, film and stage actor with more than 140 credits spanning 60-plus years who was the mother of Emma and Sophie Thompson, has died. She was 94. Her personal manager Jacky Leggo confirmed the news in a statement, saying she “died supremely peacefully at home, surrounded by all her family” on July […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}