
Siân Phillips
Born: 1933-05-14
Place of Birth: 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

Dune

Laughter in the Dark

Emlyn's Moon

Valmont

The Longest Day

Clash of the Titans

Becket

The Age of Innocence

The Mountain That Had To Be Painted

Eh, Joe?

The Snow Spider

Young Cassidy

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

Dark River

Nijinsky

Dream Horse

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Be Happy!

Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime

Nureyev

It’s Dearer After Midnight

Heartbreak House

David Macaulay: Pyramid

Voyageuse

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Hochelaga, Land of Souls

Murphy's War

Summerland

Apple Cider Vinegar

The Doctor and the Devils

Stalin: Inside the Terror

Lovesong

Under Milk Wood

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

The Murder Room

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Under Milk Wood

A Christmas Carol

Aristocrats

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

The Black Candle

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

Richard Burton: Wild Genius

House of America

Miss Dalí

Carpathian Eagle

How Many Miles to Babylon?

The Achurch Letters

Time & Again

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

The Chestnut Soldier

Animated Shakespeare | Macbeth
