Siân Phillips
Birthday
1933/05/14 (92 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales
Also know as
Sian Phillips, Jane Elizabeth Ailwên 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 E...Read more
Acting
(2007) The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
(1984) Dune
as Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
(1981) Clash of the Titans
as Cassiopeia
(2011) The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
as Narrator
(1985) Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
as Charal
(1993) The Age of Innocence
as Mrs. Archer
(1988) The Snow Spider
as Nain Griffiths
(1990) Emlyn's Moon
as Nain Griffiths
(2021) National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
as Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon
(1991) The Chestnut Soldier
as Nain Griffiths
(1971) Murphy's War
as Hayden
(1972) Under Milk Wood
as Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard
(1964) Becket
as Gwendolen
(1989) Valmont
as Madame de Volanges
(2004) The Murder Room
as Marie Strickland
(1966) Eh, Joe?
as Voice
(2000) Come and Go
as Ru
(2012) A Picture of London
as Narrator
(1965) Young Cassidy
as Ella
(1980) Nijinsky
as Lady Ripon
(2022) Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
(1974) Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
(1985) The Doctor and the Devils
as Annabella Rock
(2014) Under Milk Wood
as Mrs. Pugh
(1998) The Scold's Bridle
as Mathilda Gillespie
(2022) Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
as Self
(1968) It’s Dearer After Midnight
as Jo
(2024) Apple Cider Vinegar
as Voice
(1968) Thief
as Woman
(1962) Don Juan in Hell
as Dona Ana
(2012) Lovesong
as Maggie
(1991) The Black Candle
as Daisy Barnett
(2023) Siân Phillips at 90
as Self
(2016) Aberfan: The Green Hollow
as ---
(2003) Stalin: Inside the Terror
as Narrator
(1995) The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
as Calypso
(1998) Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Red Queen
(1990) Dark River
as Mrs. Blessington
(1997) House of America
as Mam
(1977) Heartbreak House
as Hesione Hushabye
(2017) Hochelaga, Land of Souls
as Sarah Walker
(2018) Voyageuse
as Erica
(1995) The Mousehole Cat
as Narrator
(2018) Miss Dalí
as Anna Maria Dalí
(1969) Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Ursula Mossbank
(2018) To Provide All People
as Patient
(1989) David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Mersyankh (voice)
(2020) A Christmas Carol
as Grandmother / narrator (voice)
(1982) How Many Miles to Babylon?
as Mrs Alicia Moore
(2018) Nureyev
as Narrator
(2021) Dream Horse
as Maureen
(1999) Aristocrats
as Narrator/Older Lady Emily Lennox
(2019) Be Happy!
as ---
(2020) Summerland
as Margaret Corey
(1962) The Longest Day
as WRNS Officer (uncredited)
(2019) Time & Again
as Eleanor
(2019) National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
as Madame Neilsen
(2002) I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
(2000) Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
as Evil Baroness
(1971) Platonov
as Anna
(1980) Carpathian Eagle
as Mrs. Henska
(2003) Still: Here/Now
as Self
(1969) Laughter in the Dark
as Lady Pamela More
(1977) The Achurch Letters
as Janet Achurch
(2024) Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
Frank and Percy
as ---
(2025) Richard Burton: Wild Genius
as Self
(1976) I, Claudius
as Livia
(1976) I, Claudius
as Livia Drusilla
(1999) The Magician's House
as Meg Lewis
(1997) La Femme Nikita
as Adrian
(1975) How Green Was My Valley
as Beth Morgan
(1990) Perfect Scoundrels
as Mother Aloysius
(2021) A Year in the Beacons
as Narrator
(2021) Wonders of the Celtic Deep
as Self - Narrator
(1987) The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
as Duchess of Windsor
(2019) Good Omens
as Mr. Henderson
(1982) Smiley's People
as Lady Ann Smiley
(1980) Hammer House of Horror
as Mrs. Henska
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1997) Arthouse
as Self - Commentary
(1993) The Return of the Borrowers
as Mrs. Driver
(1978) Warrior Queen
as Queen Boudicca
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lady Lavery
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Hermione
(2022) The Chelsea Detective
as Grandma Dix
(1974) Shoulder to Shoulder
as Emmeline Pankhurst
(1979) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Ann Smiley
(1993) Heidi
as Frau Sesemann
(2001) Attila
as Grandmother
(1997) Ivanhoe
as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
(2020) McDonald & Dodds
as Agnes Gillian
(2003) The Last Detective
as Vera Dulciman
(1998) The Scold's Bridle
as Mathilda
(2024) Doctor Who
as Enid Meadows
(1996) Silent Witness
as Beattie Elletson
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Lady Annabel Butler
(1989) Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Laura Upward
(1979) Crime and Punishment
as Katerina Ivanovna
(1989) Shadow of the Noose
as Lady Scott
(2024) Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty
as Narrator
(1981) Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Clementine Churchill
(1992) The Borrowers
as Mrs. Driver
(1999) The Magician's House
as Meg Lewis / Lutra the Otter (voice)
(1974) Playhouse
as Janet Achurch
(1974) Playhouse
as Alicia Moore
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Anna Voinitseva
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as The Duchesse of Berwich
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Hesione Hushabye
(1993) The Sherman Plays
as Self - Introduction
(1987) Vanity Fair
as Matilda Crawley
(1990) Red Empire
as Narrator (voice)