Siân Phillips
Born May 14, 1933 (Age: 92)
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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.
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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Filmography
Dream Horse
2021
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as Maureen
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Age: 88
Summerland
2020
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as Margaret Corey
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Age: 87
No Image
A Picture of London
2012
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as Narrator
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Age: 79
Lovesong
2012
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as Maggie
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Age: 78
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
2011
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as Narrator
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Age: 78
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
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as Self
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Age: 73
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
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as Self
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Age: 69
Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
2000
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as Evil Baroness
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Age: 66
No Image
Come and Go
2000
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as Ru
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Age: 66
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
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as Red Queen
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Age: 65
No Image
The Scold's Bridle
1998
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as Mathilda Gillespie
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Age: 64
House of America
1997
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as Mam
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Age: 63
The Age of Innocence
1993
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as Mrs. Archer
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Age: 60
Animated Shakespeare | Macbeth
1992
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as Traethydd/Narrator
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Age: 59
The Chestnut Soldier
1991
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as Nain Griffiths
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Age: 58
The Black Candle
1991
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as Daisy Barnett
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Age: 57
Emlyn's Moon
1990
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as Nain Griffiths
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Age: 57
Dark River
1990
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as Mrs. Blessington
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Age: 56
Valmont
1989
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as Madame de Volanges
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Age: 56
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
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as Mersyankh (voice)
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Age: 55
The Snow Spider
1988
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as Nain Griffiths
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Age: 55
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1985
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as Charal
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Age: 52
The Doctor and the Devils
1985
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as Annabella Rock
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Age: 52
Dune
1984
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as Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
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Age: 51
Clash of the Titans
1981
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as Cassiopeia
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Age: 48
Carpathian Eagle
1980
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as Mrs. Henska
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Age: 47
Nijinsky
1980
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as Lady Ripon
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Age: 46
The Achurch Letters
1977
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as Janet Achurch
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Age: 43
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
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as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
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Age: 41
Under Milk Wood
1972
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as Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard
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Age: 38
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969
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as Ursula Mossbank
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Age: 36
Laughter in the Dark
1969
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as Lady Pamela More
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Age: 35
No Image
Thief
1968
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as Woman
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Age: 35
It’s Dearer After Midnight
1968
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as Jo
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Age: 34
Young Cassidy
1965
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as Ella
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Age: 31
Becket
1964
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as Gwendolen
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Age: 30
No Image
Don Juan in Hell
1962
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as Dona Ana
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Age: 29
The Longest Day
1962
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as WRNS Officer (uncredited)
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Age: 29