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
ActingBirthday
May 14, 1933Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
66Place of birth
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, WalesAlso known as
Sian Phillips, Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips
Cast credits
Dune
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
Clash of the Titans
Cassiopeia
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Charal
The Age of Innocence
Mrs. Archer
Murphy's War
Hayden
Becket
Gwendolen
Valmont
Madame de Volanges
Under Milk Wood
Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard
The Murder Room
Marie Strickland
Young Cassidy
Ella
Nijinsky
Lady Ripon
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
The Doctor and the Devils
Annabella Rock
The Black Candle
Daisy Barnett
Under Milk Wood
Mrs. PughCrew credits
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