Phyllis Logan Filmography

Born:: Scotland, UK
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Lead actress, onscreen from the early '80s. ~ All Movie Guide...Read More

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Alibi

Actors: Michael Kitchen, Sophie Okonedo

Synopsis: The psychological thriller Alibi stars Michael Kitchen as Greg Brentwood, who, as the story begins, throws a surprise party for his wife, Linda (Phyllis Logan). Marcey (Sophie Okonedo), a woman who worked for the catering outfit that supplied food for the party, goes back to the house after the Read More

2003
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Playing For the Ashes

Actors: Phyllis Logan, Ruth Gemmell, Claire Swinburne, Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small

2003
All the King's Men

Actors: David Jason, Patrick Malahide, Maggie Smith, Ian McDiarmid, David Troughton

Synopsis: Originally produced for the BBC and broadcast in the U.S. as part of the PBS series Masterpiece Theatre, this drama tells the story of the Sandringham Company, one of the most unusual teams of fighting men to march on the battlefields of World War I; under the leadership of Captain Frank Beck, the Read More

1999
Shooting Fish

Actors: Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend, Kate Beckinsale, Claire Cox, Dominic Mafham

Synopsis: Calling to mind the whimsical, swinging London comedies of the 1960s, such as the Blake Edwards Pink Panther films and the collaborations of The Beatles with director Richard Lester, this frantic romantic comedy is an airy, pop example of the British New Wave. Dylan Dan Futterman and Jez Stuart Townsend Read More

1997
An Unsuitable Job For a Woman

Synopsis: Based on a novel by mystery specialist P.D. James, the British drama series An Unsuitable Job for a Woman starred Helen Baxendale as the attractive title character. Employed by a seedy private detective agency, Cordelia Gray (Baxendale) was obliged to take over the business when her boss committed Read More

1997
Secrets and Lies

Actors: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyllis Logan, Timothy Spall, Claire Rushbrook

Synopsis: A family is forced to confront the personal issues they've been avoiding for years in this powerful, realistic drama. Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) is a working-class British woman whose life has been a long series of painful disappointments. She's single with no romantic prospects and a dead-end job Read More

1996
Silent Cries

1993
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

Actors: Richard E. Grant, Phyllis Logan, Eileen McCallum

Synopsis: Richard E. Grant stars in this short satiric comedy as gloomy author Franz Kafka, who has been stricken with a serious case of writer's block on Christmas Eve. Kafka is trying to get started on his latest short story, The Metamorphosis, but he isn't sure what his protagonist Gregor Samsa should Read More

1993
Freddie as F.R.O.7

Actors: John Sessions, Billie Whitelaw, Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, Brian Blessed, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Hordern, Jonathan Pryce

Synopsis: A steamer trunk full of the voices of British acting greats (Ben Kingsley, Billie Whitelaw, Michael Hordern, Brian Blessed, and Jonathan Pryce) enliven this absurd pop-cartoon parody of the James Bond films. In a prologue taking place in a faraway time, a widowed magician-king (voice of Michael Hordern Read More

8/28/92
Lovejoy: Series 03

Actors: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan, Malcolm Tierney

1992
Soft Top Hard Shoulder

Actors: Peter Capaldi, Frances Barber, Simon Callow, Phyllis Logan

Synopsis: Gavin Bellini is half Scottish, half Italian. Perhaps that blend of two of the most romantic sensibilities in the world accounts for his being in London, scraping out a living as an illustrator. One day he runs into his father's brother and learns that, if he high-tails it to Glasgow in time to Read More

1992
And a Nightingale Sang

Actors: Tom Watt, Phyllis Logan, Joan Plowright, John Woodvine

Synopsis: Originally aired on the Masterpiece Theatre television series and set in Great Britain towards the end of WW II, this romantic drama chronicles the sacrifices made by a blue-collar woman and her family. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1991
Lovejoy: Series 02

Actors: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan, Malcolm Tierney

1991
Il Sole buio

Actors: Jo Champa, Michael Paré, Phyllis Logan, Erland Josephson

Synopsis: The complex cross-currents of conflicting loyalties among the inhabitants of Palermo, Sicily, come across vividly in this romantic thriller. Wealthy young Ruggero is the American son of an Italian mother. He returns to Sicily for his mother's funeral and looks in on the reformatory for wayward Read More

1990
Golden Eye

Synopsis: This British TV movie was first telecast as Golden Eye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming. While it should not be confused with either the 1996 James Bond epic Goldeneye or the 1989 made-for-cable The Secret Life of Ian Fleming, there are certain story elements common to all three properties. Read More

1990
The Kitchen Toto

Actors: Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan, Edwin Mahinda, Kristen Hughes, Robert Urquhart

Synopsis: In the vernacular of Kenyan whites of the 1950s, a "kitchen toto" was a native black servant. One such "toto" is 12-year-old Mwangi (Edwin Mahinda). The son of a black clergyman who has been slain by Mau Mau for his moderate beliefs, Mwangi is taken into the household of British police-chief Bob Peck Read More

5/13/88
Sitting Targets

1988
L'Inchiesta

Actors: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Phyllis Logan, Angelo Infanti, Lina Sastri

Synopsis: Filmed in Italy, The Inquiry uses the Bible as a launching pad for speculative fiction. Shortly after the Crucifixion, Roman investigator Titus Valerius Taurus (Keith Carradine) is dispatched to the Holy Land. His mission: to find out who removed the body of Jesus Christ. Carradine is hampered in Read More

10/27/86
Lovejoy: Series 01

Actors: Ian McShane, Dudley Sutton, Chris Jury, Phyllis Logan, Malcolm Tierney

1986
The McGuffin

Actors: Charles Dance, Brian Glover, Ritza Brown, Francis Matthews, Phyllis Logan

Synopsis: In this standard suspense thriller, Paul Hatcher (Charles Dance) 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 awhile it looks like his main problem is keeping reality and the silver screen separate. But then a Read More

1985
The Doctor and the Devils

Actors: Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Julian Sands, Sian Phillips, Stephen Rea

Synopsis: A movie version of the stage play The Doctor and the Devils, written in the 1950s by Welsh poet/playwright Dylan Thomas, had been planned and shelved by several filmmakers before producer Mel Brooks and director Freddie Francis finally brought the project to fruition in 1985. Essentially, the Read More

1985
The Chain

Actors: Herbert Norville, Denis Lawson, Rita Wolf, Maurice Denham, Nigel Hawthorne, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern, Warren Mitchell, David Troughton, Phyllis Logan

Synopsis: The Chain is linked by a series of moves. As one couple moves out of their current residence to live in posher quarters, another moves in, and so it goes all the way up to the lavish mansioned owned by self-made millionaire Leo McKern. The cycle starts all over again when McKern, wishing to be Read More

1985
1984

Actors: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher

Synopsis: Directed by British filmmaker Michael Radford, Nineteen Eighty-Four is the second film adaptation of the George Orwell novel. The film is set during April of 1984 in post-atomic war London, the capital city of the repressive totalitarian state of Oceania. Winston Smith (John Hurt) is a government Read More

1984
Every Picture Tells a Story

Actors: Phyllis Logan, Alex Norton, Leonard O'Malley, John Docherty, Mark Airlie

Synopsis: The British Every Picture Tells a Story is a tribute by James Scott to his father and grandfather. Alex Norton plays the eldest Scott, who after World War I service moves his family to Northern Ireland. Securing work as a painter, Scott invites his son to help him on the job. The boy shows genuine Read More

1984
Another Time, Another Place

Actors: Phyllis Logan, Giovanni Mauriello, Gian Luca Favilla, Claudio Rosini, Paul Young

Synopsis: This story of a World War II romance in the Scottish highlands develops in a gradual but lyrical manner as Janie (Phyllis Logan), a Scottish woman married to a cold and remote man, starts an affair with Luigi (Giovanni Mauriello), an Italian confined to Janie's small community until the war is Read More

1983