Siân Phillips
Sian Phillips | Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1933-05-1493
Place of birth:Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales
Gender:Female
Popularity:1
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.
Filmography
Rating by year
- Richard Burton: Wild GeniusSelf2025-11-107.52
- Emperor: Rise & Fall of a DynastyNarrator2024-11-238.01
- Apple Cider VinegarVoice2024-10-318.01
- Alec Guinness: A Class Actself2024-09-036.01
- Doctor WhoEnid Meadows2024-05-116.4305
- Siân Phillips at 90Self2023-12-290.00
- Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to AqabaSelf2022-11-267.86
- Stephen Sondheim's Old FriendsSelf2022-05-038.01
- The Chelsea DetectiveGrandma Dix2022-02-076.368
- Wonders of the Celtic DeepSelf - Narrator2021-10-120.00
- A Year in the BeaconsNarrator2021-07-290.00
- National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodMrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon2021-06-160.00
- Dream HorseMaureen2021-05-217.0137
- A Christmas CarolGrandmother / narrator (voice)2020-12-047.513
- SummerlandMargaret Corey2020-07-247.5228
- McDonald & DoddsAgnes Gillian2020-03-017.661
- National Theatre Live: Les BlancsMadame Neilsen2019-09-016.01
- Time & AgainEleanor2019-07-219.01
- Be Happy!2019-06-165.54
- Good OmensMr. Henderson2019-05-318.02,345
- NureyevNarrator2018-09-257.327
- To Provide All PeoplePatient2018-06-288.02
- Miss DalíAnna Maria Dalí2018-04-065.711
- VoyageuseErica2018-03-017.33
- Hochelaga, Land of SoulsSarah Walker2017-09-095.121
- Under Milk WoodMrs. Pugh2014-05-056.011
- A Picture of LondonNarrator2012-05-260.00
- Playhouse PresentsMay2012-04-126.01
- LovesongMaggie2012-02-010.00
- The Mountain That Had To Be PaintedNarrator2011-05-180.00
- LewisAdele Goffe2007-02-187.6120
- The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf2007-02-030.00
- The Murder RoomMarie Strickland2004-10-316.54
- Still: Here/NowSelf2003-11-019.01
- The Last DetectiveVera Dulciman2003-02-077.812
- Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on FilmSelf - Ru (archive footage)2003-02-0510.01
- Stalin: Inside the TerrorNarrator2003-01-087.04
- I, Claudius: A Television EpicSelf2002-09-307.01
- AttilaGrandmother2001-01-306.3132
- Cinderella: The ITV PantomimeEvil Baroness2000-01-026.73
- The Magician's HouseMeg Lewis1999-10-316.05
- AristocratsNarrator/Older Lady Emily Lennox1999-06-206.01
- Alice Through the Looking GlassRed Queen1998-12-265.272
- The Scold's BridleMathilda Gillespie1998-04-106.48
- The Scold's BridleMathilda1998-04-100.00
- ArthouseSelf - Commentary1997-10-260.00
- Midsomer MurdersLady Annabel Butler1997-03-237.5357
- La Femme NikitaAdrian1997-01-137.4269
- IvanhoeQueen Eleanor of Aquitaine1997-01-127.19
- House of AmericaMam1997-01-015.73
- Silent WitnessBeattie Elletson1996-02-217.6112
- The Mousehole CatNarrator1995-12-2410.01
- The Vacillations of Poppy CarewCalypso1995-03-055.01
- The Return of the BorrowersMrs. Driver1993-11-147.04
- The Age of InnocenceMrs. Archer1993-09-107.01,221
- HeidiFrau Sesemann1993-07-187.140
- The BorrowersMrs. Driver1992-11-086.712
- The Chestnut SoldierNain Griffiths1991-11-207.02
- The Black CandleDaisy Barnett1991-01-015.06
- Emlyn's MoonNain Griffiths1990-09-068.02
- Perfect ScoundrelsMother Aloysius1990-04-226.01
- Red EmpireNarrator (voice)1990-01-029.01
- Dark RiverMrs. Blessington1990-01-0110.01
- ValmontMadame de Volanges1989-11-176.7300
- Shadow of the NooseLady Scott1989-02-289.01
- Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs. Laura Upward1989-01-088.2552
- David Macaulay: PyramidMersyankh (voice)1989-01-040.00
- The Snow SpiderNain Griffiths1988-11-269.51
- Vanity FairMatilda Crawley1987-09-060.00
- A Killing on the ExchangeIsobel Makepeace1987-03-065.01
- The Two Mrs. GrenvillesDuchess of Windsor1987-02-085.05
- Ewoks: The Battle for EndorCharal1985-11-245.4355
- The Doctor and the DevilsAnnabella Rock1985-10-046.259
- DuneReverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam1984-12-146.23,443
- How Many Miles to Babylon?Mrs Alicia Moore1982-02-260.00
- Winston Churchill: The Wilderness YearsClementine Churchill1981-09-066.34
- Clash of the TitansCassiopeia1981-06-126.9860
- Carpathian EagleMrs. Henska1980-11-085.26
- Hammer House of HorrorMrs. Henska1980-09-137.172
- NijinskyLady Ripon1980-03-204.920
- Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyAnn Smiley1979-09-107.6127
- Crime and PunishmentKaterina Ivánovna1979-05-228.04
- Tales of the UnexpectedHermione1979-03-246.849
- Heartbreak HouseHesione Hushabye1977-05-190.00
- I, ClaudiusLivia1976-09-207.9136
- How Green Was My ValleyBeth Morgan1975-12-296.73
- Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMrs. Patrick Campbell1974-11-058.01
- Shoulder to ShoulderEmmeline Pankhurst1974-04-036.52
- PlayhouseJanet Achurch1974-03-137.01
- PlayhouseAlicia Moore1974-03-137.01
- Under Milk WoodMrs. Ogmore-Pritchard1972-01-276.123
- PlatonovAnna1971-05-238.01
- Murphy's WarHayden1971-01-136.293
- Goodbye, Mr. ChipsUrsula Mossbank1969-11-056.748
- W. Somerset MaughamMartha Jones1969-06-030.00
- Laughter in the DarkLady Pamela More1969-05-114.37
- The Sex GameLouisa1968-11-130.00
- ThiefWoman1968-07-2410.01
- It’s Dearer After MidnightJo1968-02-230.00
- ITV PlayhouseMay Bartram1967-09-257.03
- Half Hour StoryA Girl1967-05-167.52
- Eh, Joe?Voice1966-07-0410.01
- BBC Play of the MonthAnna Voinitseva1965-10-195.38
- BBC Play of the MonthThe Duchesse of Berwich1965-10-195.38
- BBC Play of the MonthHesione Hushabye1965-10-195.38
- Young CassidyElla1965-02-256.422
- BecketGwendolen1964-03-117.2201
- EspionageAnna1963-10-0210.01
- The Longest DayWRNS Officer (uncredited)1962-09-257.61,029
- Drama 61-67Carole Blair1961-03-190.00
- Armchair Theatre1956-07-086.06
- Hallmark Hall of FameLady Lavery1951-12-248.88