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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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born14 May 1933 (age 92)
  • Place of BirthGwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales

Siân Phillips

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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 ForActing
  • Born14 May 1933 (age 92)
  • Place of BirthGwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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8.0
2024
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Alec Guinness: A Class Act
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6.0
2024
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Siân Phillips at 90
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2023
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Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
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7.6
2022
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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
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8.0
2022
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National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
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2021
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Dream Horse
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7.0
2021
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A Christmas Carol
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7.4
2020
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Summerland
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7.5
2020
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Be Happy!
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5.5
2019
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Time & Again
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9.0
2019
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National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
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6.0
2019
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Voyageuse
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7.333
2018
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Miss Dalí
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5.7
2018
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To Provide All People
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6.0
2018
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Nureyev
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7.4
2018
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Hochelaga, Land of Souls
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4.974
2017
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Aberfan: The Green Hollow
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6.3
2016
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Under Milk Wood
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5.95
2014
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A Picture of London
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2012
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Lovesong
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2012
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The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
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2011
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
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2007
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The Murder Room
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6.3
2004
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Stalin: Inside the Terror
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2003
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Still: Here/Now
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2003
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I, Claudius: A Television Epic
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7.0
2002
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Come and Go
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4.0
2000
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Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
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6.5
2000
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Aristocrats
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6.0
1999
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The Scold's Bridle
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7.0
1998
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
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5.106
1998
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House of America
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5.0
1997
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The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
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5.0
1995
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The Mousehole Cat
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10.0
1995
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The Age of Innocence
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6.98
1993
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The Chestnut Soldier
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7.0
1991
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The Black Candle
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4.8
1991
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Emlyn's Moon
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7.0
1990
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Red Empire
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1990
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Dark River
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1990
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Valmont
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6.71
1989
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David Macaulay: Pyramid
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1989
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The Snow Spider
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9.5
1988
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Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
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5.446
1985
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The Doctor and the Devils
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6.327
1985
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Dune
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6.182
1984
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How Many Miles to Babylon?
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1982
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Clash of the Titans
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6.898
1981
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Nijinsky
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5.028
1980
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Carpathian Eagle
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4.0
1980
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Heartbreak House
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1977
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The Achurch Letters
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1977
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
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1974
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Under Milk Wood
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1972
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Murphy's War
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6.1
1971
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Platonov
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1971
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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6.718
1969
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Laughter in the Dark
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4.0
1969
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It’s Dearer After Midnight
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1968
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Thief
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1968
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Eh, Joe?
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1966
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Young Cassidy
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6.2
1965
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Becket
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7.136
1964
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Don Juan in Hell
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1962
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The Longest Day
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7.584
1962