Siân Phillips
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 14, 1933 (age 93)
- Birthplace
- Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Frank and Percy
Movie
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Movie · as Self
Apple Cider Vinegar
Movie · as Voice
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Movie · as self
Doctor Who
TV · as Enid Meadows · 1 ep
Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Siân Phillips at 90
Movie · as Self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Movie · as Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Movie · as Self
The Chelsea Detective
TV · as Grandma Dix · 1 ep
Remembers…
TV · as Self · 3 eps
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Movie · as Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon
Dream Horse
Movie · as Maureen
A Year in the Beacons
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps
Wonders of the Celtic Deep
TV · as Self - Narrator · 4 eps
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Grandmother / narrator (voice)
Summerland
Movie · as Margaret Corey
McDonald & Dodds
TV · as Agnes Gillian · 1 ep
Be Happy!
Movie · as Maria
Time & Again
Movie · as Eleanor
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
Movie · as Madame Neilsen
Good Omens
TV · as Mr. Henderson · 1 ep
Voyageuse
Movie · as Erica
Miss Dalí
Movie · as Anna Maria Dalí
To Provide All People
Movie · as Patient
Nureyev
Movie · as Narrator
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
Movie · as Sarah Walker
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Movie
Under Milk Wood
Movie · as Mrs. Pugh
A Picture of London
Movie · as Narrator
Lovesong
Movie · as Maggie
Playhouse Presents
TV · as May · 1 ep
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
Movie · as Narrator
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie · as Self
Lewis
TV · as Adele Goffe · 1 ep
The Murder Room
Movie · as Marie Strickland
Stalin: Inside the Terror
Movie · as Narrator
Still: Here/Now
Movie · as Self
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Movie · as Self - Ru (archive footage)
The Last Detective
TV · as Vera Dulciman · 1 ep
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Movie · as Self
Attila
TV · as Grandmother · 2 eps
Come and Go
Movie · as Ru
Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
Movie · as Evil Baroness
The Magician's House
TV · as Meg Lewis · 12 eps
The Scold's Bridle
Movie · as Mathilda Gillespie
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie · as Red Queen
The Scold's Bridle
TV · as Mathilda · 2 eps
House of America
Movie · as Mam
La Femme Nikita
TV · as Adrian · 5 eps
Arthouse
TV · as Self - Commentary · 1 ep
Ivanhoe
TV · as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine · 6 eps
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Lady Annabel Butler · 1 ep
Silent Witness
TV · as Beattie Elletson · 1 ep
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
Movie · as Calypso
The Mousehole Cat
Movie · as Narrator
The Age of Innocence
Movie · as Mrs. Archer
The Return of the Borrowers
TV · as Mrs. Driver · 5 eps
Heidi
TV · as Frau Sesemann · 2 eps
The Sherman Plays
TV · as Self - Introduction · 2 eps
The Borrowers
TV · as Mrs. Driver · 12 eps
The Chestnut Soldier
Movie · as Nain Griffiths
The Black Candle
Movie · as Daisy Barnett
Tonight at 8.30
TV · as Clare Wedderburn, Barbara Faber, Olive Lloyd-Ransome · 1 ep
Emlyn's Moon
Movie · as Nain Griffiths
Dark River
Movie · as Mrs. Blessington
Perfect Scoundrels
TV · as Mother Aloysius · 1 ep
Red Empire
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
Valmont
Movie · as Madame de Volanges
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Movie · as Mersyankh (voice)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Mrs. Laura Upward · 1 ep
Shadow of the Noose
TV · as Lady Scott · 1 ep
The Snow Spider
Movie · as Nain Griffiths
The Snow Spider
TV · as Nain Griffiths · 4 eps
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
TV · as Duchess of Windsor · 2 eps
Vanity Fair
TV · as Matilda Crawley · 4 eps
A Killing on the Exchange
TV · as Isobel Makepeace · 5 eps
When Reason Sleeps
TV · as Miss Drake · 1 ep
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Movie · as Charal
The Doctor and the Devils
Movie · as Annabella Rock
Dune
Movie · as Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Movie · as Mrs Alicia Moore
Clash of the Titans
Movie · as Cassiopeia
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV · as Clementine Churchill · 8 eps
Nijinsky
Movie · as Lady Ripon
Carpathian Eagle
Movie · as Mrs. Henska
Hammer House of Horror
TV · as Mrs. Henska · 1 ep
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Hermione · 1 ep
Crime and Punishment
TV · as Katerina Ivánovna · 3 eps
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV · as Ann Smiley · 1 ep
Warrior Queen
TV · as Queen Boudicca · 6 eps
Heartbreak House
Movie · as Hesione Hushabye
The Achurch Letters
Movie · as Janet Achurch
I, Claudius
TV · as Livia · 7 eps
How Green Was My Valley
TV · as Beth Morgan · 6 eps
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Movie · as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Shoulder to Shoulder
TV · as Emmeline Pankhurst · 6 eps
Playhouse
TV · as Janet Achurch, Alicia Moore · 1 ep
Under Milk Wood
Movie · as Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard
Murphy's War
Movie · as Hayden
Platonov
Movie · as Anna
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Movie · as Ursula Mossbank
Laughter in the Dark
Movie · as Lady Pamela More
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Sally Stirling · 1 ep
W. Somerset Maugham
TV · as Martha Jones · 1 ep
It’s Dearer After Midnight
Movie · as Jo
Thief
Movie · as Woman
The Sex Game
TV · as Louisa · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as May Bartram · 1 ep
Half Hour Story
TV · as A Girl · 1 ep
City '68
TV · as Jo · 1 ep
Eh, Joe?
Movie · as Voice
Young Cassidy
Movie · as Ella
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Anna Voinitseva, The Duchesse of Berwich, Hesione Hushabye · 1 ep
Becket
Movie · as Gwendolen
Espionage
TV · as Anna · 1 ep
Don Juan in Hell
Movie · as Dona Ana
The Longest Day
Movie · as WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Drama 61-67
TV · as Carole Blair · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Lady Lavery · 1 ep