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Siân Phillips

Siân Phillips

Birthday: 1934-05-14 | Place of Birth: Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales

Siân Phillips (born Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales) 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Dream Horse

as    Maureen

2021
Wonders of the Celtic Deep

as    Self - Narrator

2020
A Christmas Carol

as    Grandmother / narrator (voice)

2020
Summerland

as    Margaret Corey

2018
Nureyev

as    Narrator

2017
Hochelaga, Land of Souls

as    Sarah Walker

2004
The Murder Room

as    Marie Strickland

2001
Attila

as    Grandmother

1999
The Magician's House

as    Meg Lewis

1998
The Scold's Bridle

as    Mathilda Gillespie

1993
Heidi

as    Frau Sesemann

1985
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor

as    Charal

1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as    Ann Smiley

1976
I, Claudius

as    Livia Drusilla

1975
How Green Was My Valley

as    Beth Morgan

1974
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

as    Mrs. Patrick Campbell

1973
Under Milk Wood

as    Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard

1971
Platonov

as    Anna

1971
Murphy's War

as    Hayden

1969
Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as    Ursula Mossbank