Siân Phillips

Siân Phillips

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1933-05-14 (90 years old)

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Biography

Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips DBE (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips, is a Welsh actress, author and singer.


Phillips was the daughter of Sally (née Thomas), a teacher, and David Phillips, a steelworker-turned-policeman. She is a Welsh-speaker and in the first volume of her autobiography, "Private Faces", she notes that she spoke only Welsh for much of her childhood, learning English by listening to the radio.


She attended Pontardawe Grammar School and later read English and Philosophy at University College Cardiff, graduating in 1955. She entered RADA in LOndon, England with a scholarship in September 1955, the same year as Diana Rigg and Glenda Jackson. She went on to win the prestigious Bancroft Gold Medal for Hedda Gabler and was offered work in Hollywood when she left RADA. While still a student she was offered three film contracts, entailing her to work for an extended period of time in the United States; but she declined, preferring to work on stage instead.

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Filmography

all 103

Movies 61

TV Shows 42

self 13

Narrator 7

Voice 2

Writer 1

Self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)

Movie
Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022)

Movie
Grandma Dix
The Chelsea Detective

The Chelsea Detective (2022)

TV
Self - Narrator
Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Wonders of the Celtic Deep (2021)

TV
Self - Narrator
A Year in the Beacons

A Year in the Beacons (2021)

TV
Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon / Writer
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood (2021)

Movie
Maureen
Dream Horse

Dream Horse (2021)

Movie
6.18
Grandmother / narrator (voice)
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (2020)

Movie
Self
Inside Culture

Inside Culture (2020)

TV
Margaret Corey
Summerland

Summerland (2020)

Movie
Agnes Gillian
McDonald & Dodds

McDonald & Dodds (2020)

TV
Madame Neilsen
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs (2019)

Movie
Eleanor
Time & Again

Time & Again (2019)

Movie
Be Happy!

Be Happy! (2019)

Movie
Mr. Henderson
Good Omens

Good Omens (2019)

TV
6.3
Self
Nureyev

Nureyev (2018)

Movie
Patient
To Provide All People

To Provide All People (2018)

Movie
Anna Maria
Miss Dalí

Miss Dalí (2018)

Movie
6
Erica
Voyageuse

Voyageuse (2018)

Movie
Sarah Walker
Hochelaga, Land of Souls

Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017)

Movie
Aberfan: The Green Hollow

Aberfan: The Green Hollow (2016)

Movie
Miss Dubois
Crazy Moon

Crazy Moon (2016)

Movie
Mrs. Pugh
Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood (2014)

Movie
Narrator
A Picture of London

A Picture of London (2012)

Movie
Narrator
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted

The Mountain That Had To Be Painted (2011)

Movie
Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007)

Movie
Marie Strickland
The Murder Room

The Murder Room (2004)

Movie
Self
Still: Here/Now

Still: Here/Now (2003)

Movie
Vera Dulciman
The Last Detective

The Last Detective (2003)

TV
6
Narrator
Stalin: Inside the Terror

Stalin: Inside the Terror (2003)

Movie
Self
I, Claudius: A Television Epic

I, Claudius: A Television Epic (2002)

Movie
Grandmother
Attila

Attila (2001)

TV
6
Evil Baroness
Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime

Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime (2000)

Movie
Ru
Come and Go

Come and Go (2000)

Movie
Meg Lewis
The Magician's House

The Magician's House (1999)

TV
Narrator / Older Lady Emily
Aristocrats

Aristocrats (1999)

Movie
Narrator / Older Lady Emily
Aristocrats

Aristocrats (1999)

TV
3.5
Red Queen
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)

Movie
Mathilda
The Scold's Bridle

The Scold's Bridle (1998)

TV
Mathilda Gillespie
The Scold's Bridle

The Scold's Bridle (1998)

Movie
Self - Commentary
Arthouse

Arthouse (1997)

TV
Lady Annabel Butler
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders (1997)

TV
6
Adrian
La Femme Nikita

La Femme Nikita (1997)

TV
5.67
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe (1997)

TV
Mam
House of America

House of America (1997)

Movie
Beattie Elletson
Silent Witness

Silent Witness (1996)

TV
5.5
Narrator
The Mousehole Cat

The Mousehole Cat (1995)

Movie
Calypso
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995)

Movie
Mrs. Driver
The Borrowers

The Borrowers (1993)

Movie
Mrs. Driver
The Return of the Borrowers

The Return of the Borrowers (1993)

TV
Mrs. Archer
The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence (1993)

Movie
2
Frau Sesemann
Heidi

Heidi (1993)

TV
Mrs. Driver
The Borrowers

The Borrowers (1992)

TV
Nain
The Chestnut Soldier

The Chestnut Soldier (1991)

Movie
Barbara Faber / Clare Wedderburn / Olive Lloyd-Ransome
Tonight at 8.30

Tonight at 8.30 (1991)

TV
Daisy Barnett
The Black Candle

The Black Candle (1991)

Movie
Ursula Blythe
Freddie and Max

Freddie and Max (1990)

TV
Nain
Emlyn's Moon

Emlyn's Moon (1990)

Movie
Mother Aloysius
Perfect Scoundrels

Perfect Scoundrels (1990)

TV
Narrator
Red Empire

Red Empire (1990)

Movie
Mrs. Blessington
Dark River

Dark River (1990)

Movie
Madame de Volanges
Valmont

Valmont (1989)

Movie
Mrs. Laura Upward
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)

TV
6.24
Mersyankh (voice)
David Macaulay: Pyramid

David Macaulay: Pyramid (1989)

Movie
Nain Griffiths
The Snow Spider

The Snow Spider (1988)

Movie
Miss Matilda Crawley
Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair (1987)

TV
Duchess of Windsor
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987)

TV
Charal
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

Movie
Annabella Rock
The Doctor and the Devils

The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

Movie
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
Dune

Dune (1984)

Movie
5.08
Smiley's People

Smiley's People (1982)

TV
6
Mrs. Alicia Moore
How Many Miles to Babylon?

How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982)

Movie
Clementine Churchill
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)

TV
Cassiopeia
Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Movie
5.75
Mrs. Henska
Carpathian Eagle

Carpathian Eagle (1980)

Movie
Mrs. Henska
Hammer House of Horror

Hammer House of Horror (1980)

TV
Lady Ripon
Nijinsky

Nijinsky (1980)

Movie
Ann Smiley
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

TV
Katerina Ivanovna
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment (1979)

TV
Hermione
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

TV
Queen Boudicca
Warrior Queen

Warrior Queen (1978)

TV
Hesione Hushabye
Heartbreak House

Heartbreak House (1977)

Movie
Livia
I, Claudius

I, Claudius (1976)

TV
6.33
Beth Morgan
How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley (1975)

TV
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)

Movie
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
Shoulder to Shoulder

Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)

TV
Sarah Peplow
The Man Outside

The Man Outside (1972)

TV
Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard
Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood (1972)

Movie
Anna Voinitseva, widow
Platonov

Platonov (1971)

Movie
Hayden
Murphy's War

Murphy's War (1971)

Movie
Ursula Mossbank
Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

Movie
Lady Pamela More
Laughter in the Dark

Laughter in the Dark (1969)

Movie
A Girl
Thief

Thief (1968)

Movie
Woman's voice
Eh, Joe?

Eh, Joe? (1966)

Movie
Ella
Young Cassidy

Young Cassidy (1965)

Movie
Gwendolen
Becket

Becket (1964)

Movie
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
The Longest Day

The Longest Day (1962)

Movie
1
Self - Nominee
Tony Awards

Tony Awards (1956)

TV
1
Lady Lavery
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

TV
8.33
Kate Grant
The Other Man

The Other Man

TV
Self / Self - Narrator
Network First

Network First

TV
Self - Narrator / Narrator / Self
Welsh Greats

Welsh Greats

TV
Marie Strickland
The Murder Room

The Murder Room

TV

Ratings

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Siân PhillipsSiân Phillips

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1933-05-14 (90 years old)

Birth Name
Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips

Birth Place
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, United Kingdom

Relationships
Robin Sachs (1979-01-01 - 1991-01-01), Peter O'Toole (1959-01-01 - 1979-01-01)

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Sian Phillips, Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips

Awards
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire


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