What happened to Judy Loe? Daughter Kate Beckinsale remembers late actress in a touching Instagram post

Kate Beckinsale paid tribute to her late mother Judy Loe, on Instagram who passed away on July 15, 2025, at the age of 78 after a long struggle with stage 4 cancer. Other than being Kate Beckinsale's mother, Judy Loe was also a well known English actress. She played a huge role in her daughter's life.

In heartfelt Instagram post on September 5, Beckinsale included images and videos from her mother's celebration of life, which was held at Chiswick House and attended by friends, family, and coworkers. She wrote:

“Dearest Mama, the fact that you have had to have a funeral at all is wrong and ludicrous."

She described Loe as “the biggest lover of life, the most energetic, the most vital, the most joyous.”

As requested by Loe, the occasion was a celebration as opposed to a funeral. She had asked that her funeral be a joyful occasion and that no one wear black. The guests complied and Beckinsale herself donned one of her signature big bows with a white strapless dress. She wrote:

“The only mandate you gave me over the years was that you wanted a celebration of your life and that no one was to wear black—so no one did.”

The celebration had doves which were relased into the sky, music was played and the people danced to it. Beckinsale wrote:

"Everybody danced -from the age of 3 to their mid 80s. Your school friends attended, my school friends attended, Lily's school friends attended. The love you inspired, quietly and generously was awe-inspiring and still is."

The actress also mentioned that she had hardly slept on an uncomfortable sofa for two hours the previous evening and that the stress of her loss almost prevented her from going.

It was only when she saw the love that everyone had for her. She wrote:

"I was afraid I couldn't handle it ,was that someone would be able to have a funeral that was so full of love and happiness and joy, which is all because of you and who you are and what you brought."

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Judy Loe's career and legacy

Judy Loe was born in 1947, and had a remarkable career in British theatre and television. She starred in many show like Ace of Wands (1970), General Hospital (1972), The Chief, Space Island Ones and Yesterday's Dreams. With her work becomign famous she gained recognition in British acting circles.

Judy Loe's true legacy was her ability to connect and be kind as Kate mentioned:

"You are a bridge builder, a hoarder of love, an archiver of precious history of respect for years of friendship and my God that showed.."

This wasn't the first time that Kate Beckinsale spoke Judy Loe's passing. She posted a caraousel of photos of Judy Loe on Instagram shortly after her mother's death in July that the grief had left her "paralyzed." She had written then:

"I don't want to post this. I am only posting this because I have had to register my mother's death certificate and it will soon become public record."

She added:

"She died the night of July 15th in my arms after immeasurable suffering. I have not picked all the best photos, nor the best videos, because I cannot bear to go through my camera roll yet. I deeply apologise to any of her friends who are finding out this way or through the press, but I cannot go through her phone."

In her most recent post on Instagram, Beckinsale said claimed that it's still impossible to say goodbye. She had written:

“I think the hardest thing I have ever had to do was say goodbye to you and I haven’t managed it yet. I still reach for my phone in the early hours of the morning to text you and then realise that I won’t get a response.”

She also admitted having a "lump of cement" in her stomach referring to the heavy weight of the grief she was carrying since her mother, Judy Loe died. She reflected:

“Hopefully, I will learn to carry it better than I am currently carrying it, which is clumsily and not well."

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Beckinsale found solace in the company of the people that Judy Loe left behind. She shared:

"But what you left me was a coterie of extraordinarily brilliant people who, if and when I am ever up to it, I know will provide me a soft place to land."

The Underworld actress concluded her heartfelt tribute to her mother:

"I love you, Mama. You are in my blood. You are in my bones, you are in my heart, broken or not you are there. l love you so much."

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