Phyllis Logan

TV Actress

Phyllis Logan was born in Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom on January 11th, 1956 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 68, Phyllis Logan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
January 11, 1956
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
Age
68 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Profession
Actor, Film Actor
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Phyllis Logan Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Education
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (1977)
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Spouse(s)
Kevin McNally ​(m. 2011)​
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1
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Phyllis Logan Life

Phyllis Logan (born 11 January 1956) is a Scottish actress best known for her appearances in Lovejoy (1986–93) and Mrs Hughes (later Carson) in Downton Abbey (2010–15).

For the 1983 film Another Time, Another Place, she received the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

Secrets & Lies (1996) and Shooting Fish (1997) were two of her other film appearances.

Early life

Logan's father, David, was a Rolls-Royce engineer and a trade union king, and he served as the secretary of his local branch of the AUEW (Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers). Phyllis is the youngest in her family, and she has a brother and a sister. When she was at drama school, her father died at the age of 59.

Education

Logan was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, and grew up in nearby Johnstone, where she was educated at Johnstone High School. She studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and graduated with the James Bridie gold medal in 1977.

Personal life

Kevin McNally, a female actor who appeared on Love and Reason in 1994, married Kevin McNally and have one child. They live in Chiswick.

She is a promoter of SSPCA and supports numerous charities that promote dementia care.

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Phyllis Logan Career

Career

Logan performed in the Dundee Repertory Theatre after graduation. She left Edinburgh in 1979 to work on stage. She appeared on Scottish television regularly. She first met writer-director Michael Radford on BBC Scotland's The White Bird Passes. Logan appeared in his first film film, Another Place (1983), for which she received the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles in 1983. She was also selected for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Logan was most identified with Lady Jane Felsham's role in nearly 50 episodes of Lovejoy, a comedy-drama for television, before her time in Downton Abbey, where she played the housekeeper Mrs Hughes.

In a survey conducted by RadioTimes.com (the official website of Radio Times), her character in Downton Abbey, Mrs Hughes, was voted the best Downton Abbey character of all time.

She appeared in the 1996 Mike Leigh film Secrets & Lies alongside Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn. In a film version of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and the Loch Ness Monster (Nessie) in the animated film Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992), Logan provided the broadcast voice of Ingsoc. She appeared on the radio show Coming Alive and Baggage. Inspector Frost's love interest and future wife were depicted in If Dogs Run Free, the last story in the A Touch of Frost series.

Maggie Smart appeared in The Good Karma Hospital (7 episodes, 2017–2018), which was later made available on Acorn TV. Linda Hutchinson appeared in a leading role in the ITV drama series Girlfriends, directed by Kay Mellor, alongside Miranda Richardson and Zo Wanamaker.

In "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos," the tenth episode in the eleventh series of Doctor Who, she appeared alongside Andinio.

She appeared in the second series of the British television series Guilt, which was broadcast on both BBC Two and BBC Scotland in 2021.

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Kevin McNally, a Caribbean actor, was arrested in Los Angeles for domestic assault allegations before being released on £40,000 bail

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 19, 2024
Kevin McNally (pictured), the Caribbean star, has been jailed for domestic violence charges and has been released on bail set at £40,000. Shortly before the 67-year-old actor was scheduled to attend the world's biggest Dr. Who fan convention in Los Angeles, he was arrested by the police. Joshamee Gibbs, first mate to Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow (right), was married to actress Phyllis Logan.