
Siân Phillips
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.
Acting (56 movies)

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007

Dune
1984

Clash of the Titans
1981

The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
2011

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1985

The Age of Innocence
1993

The Snow Spider
1988

Emlyn's Moon
1990

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021

The Chestnut Soldier
1991

Murphy's War
1971

Under Milk Wood
1972

Becket
1964

Valmont
1989

The Murder Room
2004

Eh, Joe?
1966

Young Cassidy
1965

Nijinsky
1980

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022

Red Empire
1990

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974

The Doctor and the Devils
1985

Under Milk Wood
2014

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022

It’s Dearer After Midnight
1968

Apple Cider Vinegar
2024

Lovesong
2012

The Black Candle
1991

Stalin: Inside the Terror
2003

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
1995

Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998

Dark River
1990

House of America
1997

Heartbreak House
1977

Hochelaga, Land of Souls
2017

Voyageuse
2018

The Mousehole Cat
1995

Miss Dalí
2018

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969

David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989

A Christmas Carol
2020

How Many Miles to Babylon?
1982

Nureyev
2018

Dream Horse
2021

Aristocrats
1999

Be Happy!
2019

Summerland
2020

The Longest Day
1962

Time & Again
2019

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
2019

I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002

Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
2000

Carpathian Eagle
1980

Laughter in the Dark
1969

The Achurch Letters
1977

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood | 2021 | Writer |