| alt = Colour photograph of Phyllida Law at the 'Nanny McPhee London film premiere in 2005 | caption = Law at the ''[[Nanny McPhee]]'' London premiere in 2005

Jacques started her career in 1944 with an appearance at the [[Players' Theatre|Players' Theatre]] in London, but came to national p ...>. She died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on 6 October 1980, at the age of 58. Her biographer, Frances Gray, considers Jacques had a "talen