Phyllis Logan
Whether playing a young woman who enters a disastrous wartime love affair or a strict disciplinarian in-charge of an entire household, Phyllis Logan always imbued her characters with authenticity and verve. After launching her career on stage, the Scottish actress made the jump to British television with feature roles in made-for-TV movies and on drama series like "Play for Today" (BBC, 1970-1984) and "Shoestring" (BBC, 1979-1980). Logan finally broke out in the war drama "Another Time, Another Place" (1983), as a young housewife who falls in love with a prisoner of war; a role that earned her accolades, a string of guest roles, and provided her with the perceived gravitas to land parts on popular series like "Holby City" (BBC, 1999- ), "Hope & Glory" (BBC, 1999-2000), and "Lovejoy" (BBC, 1986-1994), as an aristocrat who helps out a rogue but loveable antiques dealer. But it was the actress' compelling portrayal of the resolute but compassionate housekeeper Mrs. Hughes on the critically-acclaimed "Downton Abbey" (ITV; PBS, 2011-16), a period drama series that highlighted the class divide between the upper-class and their servants, that made Logan a household name and gained her a slew of fans around the world.
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Phyllis Logan
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Downton Abbey 3 | Mrs Elsie Hughes Carson (Character) | - | 2025 |
38% | No Score Yet | No Way Up | Unknown (Character) | $148.6K | 2024 |
70% |
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Surprised by Oxford | Provost Regina Knight (Character) | - | 2022 |
64% |
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Rocketry: The Nambi Effect | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
86% |
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Downton Abbey: A New Era | Mrs. Hughes (Character) | $43.3M | 2022 |
50% |
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The Last Bus | Mary (Character) | - | 2021 |
80% |
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Last Train to Christmas | Auntie Vic (Character) | - | 2021 |
87% |
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Misbehaviour | Evelyn Alexander (Character) | - | 2020 |
84% |
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Downton Abbey | Mrs. Hughes (Character) | $96.8M | 2019 |
58% |
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Day of the Flowers | Brenda (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beneath the Skin | DCI Grace Shilling (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sad Cypress | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
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Alibi | Linda Brentwood (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poirot: Sad Cypress | Nurse Hopkins (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | NCS: Manhunt | Inspector Anne Warwick (Character) | - | 2001 |
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All the King's Men | Mary Beck (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope & Glory | Annie Gilbert (Character) | - | 1999 |
57% |
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Shooting Fish | Mrs. Ross (Character) | $302.2K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midsomer Murders: Strangler's Wood | Kate Merrill (Character) | - | 1997 |
96% |
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Secrets & Lies | Monica Purley (Character) | $13.4M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daughters of Cain | Julia Stevens (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silent Cries | Nancy Muir (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Soft Top Hard Shoulder | Karla (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Feet | Dors (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | And a Nightingale Sang | Helen (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angry Earth | Mary Penrys Jones (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goldeneye | Ann Fleming (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sitting Targets | Alison (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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The Inquiry | Claudia Procula (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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The Kitchen Toto | Janet Graham (Character) | $15.5K | 1987 |
0% |
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The Doctor and the Devils | Elizabeth Rock (Character) | $147.1K | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The McGuffin | Anne (Character) | - | 1985 |
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The Chain | Alison (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Every Picture Tells a Story | Agnes Scott (Character) | - | 1984 |
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Another Time, Another Place | Janie (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The White Bird Passes | Unknown (Character) | - | 1980 |
TV
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88% | 93% | Downton Abbey | Mrs. Hughes (Character) | 2010-2015 2023 |
96% | 82% | Guilt | Maggie Lynch (Character) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Good Karma Hospital | Maggie Smart (Character) | 2017 2019 2022 |
90% | 64% | Doctor Who | Andinio (Character) | 2018 |
80% | No Score Yet | Girlfriends | Linda (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2013-2015 |
90% | 83% | Bones | Sandra Zins (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alibi | Linda Brentwood (Character) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spooks | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005-2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heartbeat | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Holby City | Muriel McKendrick (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Midsomer Murders | Kate Merrill (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovejoy |
Lady Jane Felsham (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1986 1991-1994 |