1933-05-14 Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales
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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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba | Self | 2022-11-26 |
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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends | Self | 2022-05-03 |
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National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood | Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon | 2021-06-16 |
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Dream Horse | Maureen | 2021-05-21 |
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A Christmas Carol | Grandmother / narrator (voice) | 2020-12-04 |
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Summerland | Margaret Corey | 2020-07-24 |
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National Theatre Live: Les Blancs | Madame Neilsen | 2019-09-01 |
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Time & Again | Eleanor | 2019-07-21 |
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Be Happy! | 2019-06-16 | |
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Miss Dalí | Anna Maria Dalí | 2018-04-06 |
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To Provide All People | Patient | 2018-06-28 |
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Nureyev | Narrator | 2018-09-25 |
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Voyageuse | Erica | 2018-03-01 |
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Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes | Sarah Walker | 2017-09-09 |
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Aberfan: The Green Hollow | 2016-10-21 | |
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Under Milk Wood | Mrs. Pugh | 2014-06-01 |
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A Picture of London | Narrator | 2012-05-26 |
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The Mountain That Had To Be Painted | Narrator | 2011-05-18 |
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
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The Murder Room | Marie Strickland | 2004-10-31 |
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Stalin: Inside the Terror | Narrator | 2003-01-08 |
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Dal: Yma/Nawr | Self | 2003-11-01 |
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I, Claudius: A Television Epic | Self | 2002-09-30 |
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Come and Go | Ru | 2000-01-01 |
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Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime | Evil Baroness | 2000-01-02 |
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Aristocrats | Narrator/Older Lady Emily Lennox | 1999-06-20 |
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Alice Through the Looking Glass | Red Queen | 1998-12-26 |
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The Scold's Bridle | Mathilda Gillespie | 1998-04-10 |
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House of America | Mam | 1997-01-01 |
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The Mousehole Cat | Narrator | 1995-12-24 |
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The Vacillations of Poppy Carew | Calypso | 1995-03-05 |
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The Age of Innocence | Mrs. Archer | 1993-09-10 |
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The Borrowers | Mrs. Driver | 1993-11-27 |
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The Black Candle | Daisy Barnett | 1991-01-01 |
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The Chestnut Soldier | Nain Griffiths | 1991-11-20 |
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Emlyn's Moon | Nain Griffiths | 1990-09-06 |
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Dark River | Mrs. Blessington | 1990-01-01 |
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Red Empire | Narrator (voice) | 1990-01-02 |
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Valmont | Madame de Volanges | 1989-11-17 |
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David Macaulay: Pyramid | Mersyankh (voice) | 1989-01-04 |
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The Snow Spider | Nain Griffiths | 1988-11-26 |
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Ewoks: The Battle for Endor | Charal | 1985-11-24 |
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The Doctor and the Devils | Annabella Rock | 1985-10-04 |
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Dune | Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam | 1984-12-14 |
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How Many Miles to Babylon? | Mrs Alicia Moore | 1982-02-26 |
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Clash of the Titans | Cassiopeia | 1981-06-12 |
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Nijinsky | Lady Ripon | 1980-03-20 |
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Carpathian Eagle | Mrs. Henska | 1980-11-08 |
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Heartbreak House | Hesione Hushabye | 1977-05-19 |
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Mrs. Patrick Campbell | 1974-11-05 |
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Under Milk Wood | Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard | 1972-01-27 |
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Murphy's War | Hayden | 1971-01-27 |
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Platonov | Anna | 1971-05-23 |
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Ursula Mossbank | 1969-11-05 |
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Laughter in the Dark | Lady Pamela More | 1969-05-11 |
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It’s Dearer After Midnight | Jo | 1968-02-23 |
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Thief | Woman | 1968-07-24 |
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Eh, Joe? | Voice | 1966-07-04 |
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Young Cassidy | Ella | 1965-02-25 |
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Becket | Gwendolen | 1964-03-11 |
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The Longest Day | WRNS Officer (uncredited) | 1962-09-25 |
