Acting
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.
Filmography
Frank and Percy
Film · 2026
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
Film · 2025
Apple Cider Vinegar
Film · 2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Film · 2024
Doctor Who
Series · 2024
Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty
Series · 2024
Siân Phillips at 90
Film · 2023
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Film · 2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Film · 2022
The Chelsea Detective
Series · 2022
Remembers…
Series · 2022
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
Film · 2021
Dream Horse
Film · 2021
A Year in the Beacons
Series · 2021
Wonders of the Celtic Deep
Series · 2021
A Christmas Carol
Film · 2020
Summerland
Film · 2020
McDonald & Dodds
Series · 2020
Be Happy!
Film · 2019
Time & Again
Film · 2019
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
Film · 2019
Good Omens
Series · 2019
Voyageuse
Film · 2018
Miss Dalí
Film · 2018
To Provide All People
Film · 2018
Nureyev
Film · 2018
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
Film · 2017
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Film · 2016
Under Milk Wood
Film · 2014
A Picture of London
Film · 2012
Lovesong
Film · 2012
Playhouse Presents
Series · 2012
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
Film · 2011
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Film · 2007
Lewis
Series · 2007
The Murder Room
Film · 2004
Stalin: Inside the Terror
Film · 2003
Still: Here/Now
Film · 2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Film · 2003
The Last Detective
Series · 2003
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Film · 2002
Attila
Series · 2001
Come and Go
Film · 2000
Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
Film · 2000
Aristocrats
Film · 1999
The Magician's House
Series · 1999
The Scold's Bridle
Film · 1998
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Film · 1998
The Scold's Bridle
Series · 1998
House of America
Film · 1997
La Femme Nikita
Series · 1997
Arthouse
Series · 1997
Ivanhoe
Series · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Silent Witness
Series · 1996
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
Film · 1995
The Mousehole Cat
Film · 1995
The Age of Innocence
Film · 1993
The Return of the Borrowers
Series · 1993
Heidi
Series · 1993
The Sherman Plays
Series · 1993
The Borrowers
Series · 1992
The Chestnut Soldier
Film · 1991
The Black Candle
Film · 1991
Tonight at 8.30
Series · 1991
Tonight at 8.30
Series · 1991
Tonight at 8.30
Series · 1991
Emlyn's Moon
Film · 1990
Dark River
Film · 1990
Perfect Scoundrels
Series · 1990
Red Empire
Series · 1990
Valmont
Film · 1989
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Film · 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
Shadow of the Noose
Series · 1989
The Snow Spider
Film · 1988
The Snow Spider
Series · 1988
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Series · 1987
Vanity Fair
Series · 1987
A Killing on the Exchange
Series · 1987
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Film · 1985
The Doctor and the Devils
Film · 1985
Dune
Film · 1984
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Film · 1982
Clash of the Titans
Film · 1981
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Series · 1981
Nijinsky
Film · 1980
Carpathian Eagle
Film · 1980
Hammer House of Horror
Series · 1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
Crime and Punishment
Series · 1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Series · 1979
Warrior Queen
Series · 1978
Heartbreak House
Film · 1977
The Achurch Letters
Film · 1977
I, Claudius
Series · 1976
How Green Was My Valley
Series · 1975
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Film · 1974
Shoulder to Shoulder
Series · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Under Milk Wood
Film · 1972
Murphy's War
Film · 1971
Platonov
Film · 1971
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Film · 1969
Laughter in the Dark
Film · 1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Series · 1969
W. Somerset Maugham
Series · 1969
It’s Dearer After Midnight
Film · 1968
Thief
Film · 1968
The Sex Game
Series · 1968
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
Half Hour Story
Series · 1967
City '68
Series · 1967
Eh, Joe?
Film · 1966
Young Cassidy
Film · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
Becket
Film · 1964
Espionage
Series · 1963
Don Juan in Hell
Film · 1962
The Longest Day
Film · 1962
Drama 61-67
Series · 1961
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951