About

Known credits:
85
Birthday:
1933-05-14
Place of birth:
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales
Website:
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Siân Phillips

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2024 Apple Cider Vinegar Actor Voice N/A
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2023 Siân Phillips at 90 Actor Self N/A
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2022 Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba Actor Self 59
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2022 Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Actor Self 59
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2021 Wonders of the Celtic Deep Actor Self - Narrator N/A
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2021 A Year in the Beacons Actor Narrator N/A
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2021 National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood Actor Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon N/A
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2021 Dream Horse Actor Maureen 61
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2020 A Christmas Carol Actor Grandmother / narrator (voice) 59
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2020 Summerland Actor Margaret Corey 63
Fair
2019 National Theatre Live: Les Blancs Actor Madame Neilsen 59
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2019 Time & Again Actor Eleanor 59
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2019 Be Happy! Actor 58
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2018 Nureyev Actor Narrator 59
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2018 To Provide All People Actor Patient 59
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2018 Miss Dalí Actor Anna Maria Dalí 58
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2018 Voyageuse Actor Erica N/A
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2017 Hochelaga, Land of Souls Actor Sarah Walker 58
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2016 Aberfan: The Green Hollow Actor 59
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2014 Under Milk Wood Actor Mrs. Pugh 59
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2012 Lovesong Actor Maggie N/A
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2011 The Mountain That Had To Be Painted Actor Narrator N/A
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2007 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Actor Self N/A
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2004 The Murder Room Actor Marie Strickland 59
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2003 Still: Here/Now Actor Self N/A
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2003 Moonlight Actor Vera Dulciman 60
Fair
2003 Stalin: Inside the Terror Actor Narrator 59
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2002 I, Claudius: A Television Epic Actor Self 59
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2001 Attila Actor Grandmother 65
Fair
2000 Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime Actor Evil Baroness 58
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2000 Come and Go Actor Ru 59
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1999 The Magician's House Actor Meg Lewis 68
Fair
1999 Aristocrats Actor Narrator/Older Lady Emily Lennox 58
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1998 Alice Through the Looking Glass Actor Red Queen 58
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1998 The Scold's Bridle Actor Mathilda N/A
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1998 The Scold's Bridle Actor Mathilda Gillespie 59
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1997 Ivanhoe Actor Eleanor 60
Fair
1997 Ivanhoe Actor Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine 69
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1997 House of America Actor Mam 59
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1995 The Mousehole Cat Actor Narrator 59
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1995 The Vacillations of Poppy Carew Actor Calypso 59
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1993 The Borrowers Actor Mrs. Driver N/A
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1993 The Age of Innocence Actor Mrs. Archer 66
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1993 Heidi Actor Frau Sesemann 70
Good
1991 The Chestnut Soldier Actor Nain Griffiths 59
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1991 Tonight at 8.30 Actor N/A
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1991 The Black Candle Actor Daisy Barnett 59
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1990 Emlyn's Moon Actor Nain Griffiths 59
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1990 Red Empire Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1990 Dark River Actor Mrs. Blessington N/A
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1989 Valmont Actor Madame de Volanges 61
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1989 David Macaulay: Pyramid Actor Mersyankh (voice) N/A
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1988 The Snow Spider Actor Nain Griffiths 59
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1988 The Snow Spider Actor Nain N/A
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1987 The Two Mrs. Grenvilles Actor Duchess of Windsor 68
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1985 Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Actor Charal 57
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1985 The Doctor and the Devils Actor Annabella Rock 59
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1984 Dune Actor Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam 61
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1982 How Many Miles to Babylon? Actor Mrs Alicia Moore N/A
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1981 Clash of the Titans Actor Cassiopeia 64
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1980 Carpathian Eagle Actor Mrs. Henska 59
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1980 Nijinsky Actor Lady Ripon 58
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1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Actor Ann Smiley 72
Good
1979 Crime and Punishment Actor Katerina Ivanovna 69
Fair
1978 Warrior Queen Actor Queen Boudicca 69
Fair
1977 Heartbreak House Actor Hesione Hushabye N/A
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1977 The Achurch Letters Actor Janet Achurch N/A
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1976 I, Claudius Actor Livia Drusilla 75
Good
1975 How Green Was My Valley Actor Beth Morgan 69
Fair
1974 Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill Actor Mrs. Patrick Campbell 59
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1974 Shoulder to Shoulder Actor Emmeline Pankhurst 69
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1972 Under Milk Wood Actor Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard 59
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1971 Platonov Actor Anna N/A
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1971 Murphy's War Actor Hayden 59
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1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Actor Ursula Mossbank 59
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1969 Laughter in the Dark Actor Lady Pamela More 58
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1968 Thief Actor Woman N/A
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1968 It’s Dearer After Midnight Actor Jo N/A
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1966 Eh, Joe? Actor Voice N/A
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1965 Young Cassidy Actor Ella 59
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1964 Becket Actor Gwendolen 62
Fair
1962 Don Juan in Hell Actor Dona Ana N/A
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1962 The Longest Day Actor WRNS Officer (uncredited) 69
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A Picture of London Actor Narrator N/A
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Writing
2021 National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood Writing Writer N/A
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