Siân Phillips
Acting
Born: May 14, 1933 (age 93) · Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Dune
1984
Good Omens
2019
The Age of Innocence
1993
The Longest Day
1962
Clash of the Titans
1981
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Midsomer Murders
1997
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1985
Doctor Who
2024
Valmont
1989
La Femme Nikita
1997
Summerland
2020
Photos (2)
Movies (51)
Dune
Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
The Longest Day
WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Clash of the Titans
Cassiopeia
The Age of Innocence
Mrs. Archer
Valmont
Madame de Volanges
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Charal
Dream Horse
Maureen
Summerland
Margaret Corey
Becket
Gwendolen
The Doctor and the Devils
Annabella Rock
Murphy's War
Hayden
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Ursula Mossbank
A Christmas Carol
Grandmother / narrator (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Red Queen
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Mersyankh (voice)
Young Cassidy
Ella
Be Happy!
Maria
Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
Evil Baroness
Dark River
Mrs. Blessington
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
Sarah Walker
Under Milk Wood
Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard
The Murder Room
Marie Strickland
House of America
Mam
Under Milk Wood
Mrs. Pugh
The Black Candle
Daisy Barnett
Lovesong
Maggie
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Miss Dalí
Anna Maria Dalí
Carpathian Eagle
Mrs. Henska
Nijinsky
Lady Ripon
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
Madame Neilsen
The Scold's Bridle
Mathilda Gillespie
Aristocrats
Narrator/Older Lady Emily Lennox
Stalin: Inside the Terror
Narrator
The Achurch Letters
Janet Achurch
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon
The Snow Spider
Nain Griffiths
Heartbreak House
Hesione Hushabye
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Mrs Alicia Moore
Time & Again
Eleanor
Nureyev
Narrator
Apple Cider Vinegar
Voice
It’s Dearer After Midnight
Jo
Laughter in the Dark
Lady Pamela More
Voyageuse
Erica
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
Calypso
The Chestnut Soldier
Nain Griffiths
Emlyn's Moon
Nain Griffiths
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
Narrator
Eh, Joe?
Voice
The Mousehole Cat
Narrator
TV Shows (47)
Midsomer Murders
Lady Annabel Butler · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Laura Upward · 1 eps
Silent Witness
Beattie Elletson · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Anna Voinitseva · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
The Duchesse of Berwich · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Hesione Hushabye · 1 eps
Lewis
Adele Goffe · 1 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Sally Stirling · 1 eps
The Chelsea Detective
Grandma Dix · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
May Bartram · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Hermione · 1 eps
Doctor Who
Enid Meadows · 1 eps
Good Omens
Mr. Henderson · 1 eps
Playhouse Presents
May · 1 eps
Playhouse
Janet Achurch · 1 eps
Playhouse
Alicia Moore · 1 eps
La Femme Nikita
Adrian · 5 eps
McDonald & Dodds
Agnes Gillian · 1 eps
I, Claudius
Livia · 7 eps
Hammer House of Horror
Mrs. Henska · 1 eps
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Ann Smiley · 1 eps
Espionage
Anna · 1 eps
The Last Detective
Vera Dulciman · 1 eps
Half Hour Story
A Girl · 1 eps
The Borrowers
Mrs. Driver · 12 eps
Ivanhoe
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine · 6 eps
Attila
Grandmother · 2 eps
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Clementine Churchill · 8 eps
Vanity Fair
Matilda Crawley · 4 eps
The Magician's House
Meg Lewis · 12 eps
Perfect Scoundrels
Mother Aloysius · 1 eps
How Green Was My Valley
Beth Morgan · 6 eps
Heidi
Frau Sesemann · 2 eps
Shadow of the Noose
Lady Scott · 1 eps
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Duchess of Windsor · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lady Lavery · 1 eps
Tonight at 8.30
Clare Wedderburn · 1 eps
Tonight at 8.30
Barbara Faber · 1 eps
Tonight at 8.30
Olive Lloyd-Ransome · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
1 eps
Shoulder to Shoulder
Emmeline Pankhurst · 6 eps
The Scold's Bridle
Mathilda · 2 eps
A Killing on the Exchange
Isobel Makepeace · 5 eps
Crime and Punishment
Katerina Ivánovna · 3 eps
Warrior Queen
Queen Boudicca · 6 eps
Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty
Narrator · 3 eps
A Year in the Beacons
Narrator · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Remembers…
Self · 3 eps
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - Ru (archive footage)
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
Wonders of the Celtic Deep
Self - Narrator · 4 eps