Siân Phillips

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: Acting

Born: Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales, 1933-05-14

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	The Longest Day	WRNS Officer (uncredited)	76
2	1962	Don Juan in Hell	Dona Ana	0
3	1964	Becket	Gwendolen	71
4	1965	Young Cassidy	Ella	63
5	1966	Eh, Joe?	Voice	0
6	1968	It’s Dearer After Midnight	Jo	0
7	1968	Thief	Woman	0
8	1969	Laughter in the Dark	Lady Pamela More	40
9	1969	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Ursula Mossbank	67
10	1971	Murphy's War	Hayden	61
11	1971	Platonov	Anna	0
12	1972	Under Milk Wood	Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard	62
13	1974	Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill	Mrs. Patrick Campbell	80
14	1977	The Achurch Letters	Janet Achurch	0
15	1977	Heartbreak House	Hesione Hushabye	0
16	1980	Nijinsky	Lady Ripon	50
17	1980	Carpathian Eagle	Mrs. Henska	40
18	1981	Clash of the Titans	Cassiopeia	69
19	1982	How Many Miles to Babylon?	Mrs Alicia Moore	0
20	1984	Dune	Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam	62
21	1985	The Doctor and the Devils	Annabella Rock	63
22	1985	Ewoks: The Battle for Endor	Charal	54
23	1988	The Snow Spider	Nain Griffiths	95
24	1989	David Macaulay: Pyramid	Mersyankh (voice)	0
25	1989	Valmont	Madame de Volanges	67
26	1990	Dark River	Mrs. Blessington	0
27	1990	Red Empire	Narrator (voice)	0
28	1990	Emlyn's Moon	Nain Griffiths	70
29	1991	The Black Candle	Daisy Barnett	48
30	1991	The Chestnut Soldier	Nain Griffiths	70
31	1993	The Age of Innocence	Mrs. Archer	70
32	1995	The Vacillations of Poppy Carew	Calypso	50
33	1995	The Mousehole Cat	Narrator	100
34	1997	House of America	Mam	50
35	1998	The Scold's Bridle	Mathilda Gillespie	70
36	1998	Alice Through the Looking Glass	Red Queen	51
37	1999	Aristocrats	Narrator/Older Lady Emily Lennox	60
38	2000	Come and Go	Ru	40
39	2000	Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime	Evil Baroness	65
40	2002	I, Claudius: A Television Epic	Self	70
41	2003	Stalin: Inside the Terror	Narrator	63
42	2003	Still: Here/Now	Self	0
43	2004	The Murder Room	Marie Strickland	63
44	2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Self	0
45	2011	The Mountain That Had To Be Painted	Narrator	0
46	2012	Lovesong	Maggie	0
47	2012	A Picture of London	Narrator	0
48	2014	Under Milk Wood	Mrs. Pugh	60
49	2016	Aberfan: The Green Hollow		63
50	2017	Hochelaga, Land of Souls	Sarah Walker	50
51	2018	Voyageuse	Erica	73
52	2018	Miss Dalí	Anna Maria Dalí	57
53	2018	To Provide All People	Patient	60
54	2018	Nureyev	Narrator	74
55	2019	Be Happy!		55
56	2019	Time & Again	Eleanor	90
57	2019	National Theatre Live: Les Blancs	Madame Neilsen	60
58	2020	Summerland	Margaret Corey	76
59	2020	A Christmas Carol	Grandmother / narrator (voice)	74
60	2021	Dream Horse	Maureen	70
61	2021	National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood	Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon	0
62	2022	Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends	Self	80
63	2022	Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba	Self	76
64	2023	Siân Phillips at 90	Self	0
65	2024	Alec Guinness: A Class Act	self	60
66	2024	Apple Cider Vinegar	Voice	80

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Lady Lavery	86
2	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	51
3	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Anna Voinitseva	50
4	1965	BBC Play of the Month	The Duchesse of Berwich	50
5	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Hesione Hushabye	50
6	1974	Playhouse	Janet Achurch	70
7	1974	Playhouse	Alicia Moore	70
8	1974	Shoulder to Shoulder	Emmeline Pankhurst	50
9	1975	How Green Was My Valley	Beth Morgan	65
10	1976	I, Claudius	Livia	78
11	1976	I, Claudius	Livia Drusilla	78
12	1978	Warrior Queen	Queen Boudicca	50
13	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Hermione	67
14	1979	Crime and Punishment	Katerina Ivanovna	73
15	1979	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Ann Smiley	76
16	1980	Hammer House of Horror	Mrs. Henska	71
17	1981	Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years	Clementine Churchill	50
18	1982	Smiley's People	Lady Ann Smiley	77
19	1987	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles	Duchess of Windsor	43
20	1987	Vanity Fair	Miss Matilda Crawley	0
21	1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Mrs. Laura Upward	82
22	1989	Shadow of the Noose	Lady Scott	0
23	1990	Perfect Scoundrels	Mother Aloysius	60
24	1992	The Borrowers	Mrs. Driver	64
25	1993	Heidi	Frau Sesemann	71
26	1993	The Return of the Borrowers	Mrs. Driver	65
27	1996	Silent Witness	Beattie Elletson	76
28	1997	Ivanhoe	Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine	69
29	1997	La Femme Nikita	Adrian	74
30	1997	Midsomer Murders	Lady Annabel Butler	75
31	1997	Arthouse	Self - Commentary	0
32	1998	The Scold's Bridle	Mathilda	0
33	1999	The Magician's House	Meg Lewis	55
34	1999	The Magician's House	Meg Lewis / Lutra the Otter (voice)	55
35	2001	Attila	Grandmother	62
36	2003	The Last Detective	Vera Dulciman	76
37	2019	Good Omens	Mr. Henderson	80
38	2020	McDonald & Dodds	Agnes Gillian	76
39	2021	A Year in the Beacons	Narrator	0
40	2021	Wonders of the Celtic Deep	Self - Narrator	0
41	2022	The Chelsea Detective	Grandma Dix	62
42	2024	Doctor Who	Enid Meadows	65
43	2024	Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty	Narrator	80

Siân Phillips

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Television