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.

All movies available from Siân Phillips

Poster movie Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

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Poster movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

Ewoks: The Battle for End

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Poster movie Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood

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Poster movie Becket

Becket

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Poster movie Valmont

Valmont

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Poster movie Nijinsky

Nijinsky

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Poster movie Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Jennie: Lady Randolph Chu

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Poster movie The Doctor and the Devils

The Doctor and the Devils

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Poster movie Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood

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Poster movie The Black Candle

The Black Candle

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Poster movie Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking

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Poster movie Hochelaga, Land of Souls

Hochelaga, Land of Souls

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Poster movie Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

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Poster movie Dream Horse

Dream Horse

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Poster movie Summerland

Summerland

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Poster movie I, Claudius

I, Claudius

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Poster movie I, Claudius

I, Claudius

Tv series
Poster movie The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

Tv series
Poster movie Shoulder to Shoulder

Shoulder to Shoulder

Tv series
Poster movie Heidi

Heidi

Tv series
Poster movie Attila

Attila

Tv series
Poster movie Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe

Tv series
Poster movie The Scold's Bridle

The Scold's Bridle

Tv series

Movies unavailable from Siân Phillips

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Self

Movie 2007

Dune

Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

Movie 1984

The Mountain That Had To Be Painted

Narrator

Movie 2011

The Age of Innocence

Mrs. Archer

Movie 1993

The Snow Spider

Nain Griffiths

Movie 1988

Emlyn's Moon

Nain Griffiths

Movie 1990

National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood

Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon

Movie 2021

The Chestnut Soldier

Nain Griffiths

Movie 1991

Murphy's War

Hayden

Movie 1971

The Murder Room

Marie Strickland

Movie 2004

Eh, Joe?

Voice

Movie 1966

Come and Go

Ru

Movie 2000

A Picture of London

Narrator

Movie 2012

Young Cassidy

Ella

Movie 1965

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba

Self

Movie 2022

Red Empire

Narrator (voice)

Movie 1990

The Scold's Bridle

Mathilda Gillespie

Movie 1998

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Self

Movie 2022

It’s Dearer After Midnight

Jo

Movie 1968

Apple Cider Vinegar

Voice

Movie 2024

Thief

Woman

Movie 1968

Don Juan in Hell

Dona Ana

Movie 1962

Lovesong

Maggie

Movie 2012

Siân Phillips at 90

Self

Movie 2023

Aberfan: The Green Hollow

Movie 2016

Stalin: Inside the Terror

Narrator

Movie 2003

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew

Calypso

Movie 1995

Dark River

Mrs. Blessington

Movie 1990

House of America

Mam

Movie 1997

Heartbreak House

Hesione Hushabye

Movie 1977

Voyageuse

Erica

Movie 2018

The Mousehole Cat

Narrator

Movie 1995

Miss Dalí

Anna Maria Dalí

Movie 2018

To Provide All People

Patient

Movie 2018

David Macaulay: Pyramid

Mersyankh (voice)

Movie 1989

A Christmas Carol

Grandmother / narrator (voice)

Movie 2020

How Many Miles to Babylon?

Mrs Alicia Moore

Movie 1982

Nureyev

Narrator

Movie 2018

Aristocrats

Narrator/Older Lady Emily Lennox

Movie 1999

Be Happy!

Movie 2019

The Longest Day

WRNS Officer (uncredited)

Movie 1962

Time & Again

Eleanor

Movie 2019

National Theatre Live: Les Blancs

Madame Neilsen

Movie 2019

I, Claudius: A Television Epic

Self

Movie 2002

Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime

Evil Baroness

Movie 2000

Platonov

Anna

Movie 1971

Carpathian Eagle

Mrs. Henska

Movie 1980

Still: Here/Now

Self

Movie 2003

Laughter in the Dark

Lady Pamela More

Movie 1969

The Achurch Letters

Janet Achurch

Movie 1977

Tv series unavailable from Siân Phillips

The Magician's House

Meg Lewis

Tv 1999

La Femme Nikita

Adrian

Tv 1997

How Green Was My Valley

Beth Morgan

Tv 1975

Perfect Scoundrels

Mother Aloysius

Tv 1990

A Year in the Beacons

Narrator

Tv 2021

Wonders of the Celtic Deep

Self - Narrator

Tv 2021

Good Omens

Mr. Henderson

Tv 2019

Smiley's People

Tv 1982

Hammer House of Horror

Mrs. Henska

Tv 1980

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee

Tv 1956

Arthouse

Self - Commentary

Tv 1997

The Return of the Borrowers

Mrs. Driver

Tv 1993

Warrior Queen

Queen Boudicca

Tv 1978

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Lady Lavery

Tv 1951

Tales of the Unexpected

Hermione

Tv 1979

The Chelsea Detective

Grandma Dix

Tv 2022

Vanity Fair

Miss Matilda Crawley

Tv 1987

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Ann Smiley

Tv 1979

McDonald & Dodds

Agnes Gillian

Tv 2020

The Last Detective

Vera Dulciman

Tv 2003

Doctor Who

Enid Meadows

Tv 2024

Silent Witness

Beattie Elletson

Tv 1996

Midsomer Murders

Lady Annabel Butler

Tv 1997

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Mrs. Laura Upward

Tv 1989

Crime and Punishment

Katerina Ivanovna

Tv 1979

Shadow of the Noose

Lady Scott

Tv 1989

Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty

Narrator

Tv 2024