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.
Filmography
all 109
Movies 67
TV Shows 42
self 14
Narrator 7
Writer 1
Doctor Who (2024)
The Chelsea Detective (2022)
Wonders of the Celtic Deep (2021)
A Year in the Beacons (2021)
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood (2021)
Dream Horse (2021)
A Christmas Carol (2020)
Summerland (2020)
McDonald & Dodds (2020)
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs (2019)
Time & Again (2019)
Good Omens (2019)
Miss Dalí (2018)
Hochelaga, Land of Souls (2017)
Crazy Moon (2016)
Under Milk Wood (2014)
A Picture of London (2012)
Lovesong (2012)
The Gigolos (2006)
The Murder Room (2004)
The Last Detective (2003)
Attila (2001)
Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime (2000)
The Magician's House (1999)
Aristocrats (1999)
Aristocrats (1999)
The Scold's Bridle (1998)
The Scold's Bridle (1998)
Arthouse (1997)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Ivanhoe (1997)
Silent Witness (1996)
The Mousehole Cat (1995)
The Borrowers (1993)
The Return of the Borrowers (1993)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Heidi (1993)
The Borrowers (1992)
Tonight at 8.30 (1991)
The Black Candle (1991)
Freddie and Max (1990)
Perfect Scoundrels (1990)
Red Empire (1990)
Dark River (1990)
Valmont (1989)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
David Macaulay: Pyramid (1989)
The Snow Spider (1988)
Vanity Fair (1987)
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987)
The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
Dune (1984)
How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982)
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Carpathian Eagle (1980)
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Nijinsky (1980)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
Crime and Punishment (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Warrior Queen (1978)
Heartbreak House (1977)
How Green Was My Valley (1975)
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)
The Man Outside (1972)
Under Milk Wood (1972)
Platonov (1971)
Murphy's War (1971)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Laughter in the Dark (1969)
Thief (1968)
Eh, Joe? (1966)
Becket (1964)
Don Juan in Hell (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
Tony Awards (1956)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Network First
The Other Man
Welsh Greats
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1933-05-14 (91 years old)
Birth NameJane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips
Birth PlaceGwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales
RelationshipsRobin Sachs (1979-01-01 - 1991-01-01), Peter O'Toole (1959-01-01 - 1979-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsSian Phillips, Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips
AwardsCommander 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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