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.
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
As Self
Dune
As Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
Clash of the Titans
As Cassiopeia
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
As Narrator
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
As Charal
The Age of Innocence
As Mrs. Archer
The Snow Spider
As Nain Griffiths
Emlyn's Moon
As Nain Griffiths
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
As Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon
The Chestnut Soldier
As Nain Griffiths
Murphy's War
As Hayden
Under Milk Wood
As Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard
Becket
As Gwendolen
Valmont
As Madame de Volanges
The Murder Room
As Marie Strickland
Eh, Joe?
As Voice
Come and Go
As Ru
A Picture of London
As Narrator
Young Cassidy
As Ella
Nijinsky
As Lady Ripon
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
As Self
Red Empire
As Narrator (voice)
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
As Mrs. Patrick Campbell
The Doctor and the Devils
As Annabella Rock
Under Milk Wood
As Mrs. Pugh
The Scold's Bridle
As Mathilda Gillespie
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
As Self
It’s Dearer After Midnight
As Jo
Apple Cider Vinegar
As Voice
Thief
As Woman
Don Juan in Hell
As Dona Ana
Lovesong
As Maggie
The Black Candle
As Daisy Barnett
Siân Phillips at 90
As Self
Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Stalin: Inside the Terror
As Narrator
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
As Calypso
Alice Through the Looking Glass
As Red Queen
Dark River
As Mrs. Blessington
House of America
As Mam
Heartbreak House
As Hesione Hushabye
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
As Sarah Walker
Voyageuse
As Erica
The Mousehole Cat
As Narrator
Miss Dalí
As Anna Maria Dalí
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
As Ursula Mossbank
To Provide All People
As Patient
David Macaulay: Pyramid
As Mersyankh (voice)
A Christmas Carol
As Grandmother / narrator (voice)
How Many Miles to Babylon?
As Mrs Alicia Moore
Nureyev
As Narrator
Dream Horse
As Maureen
Aristocrats
As Narrator/Older Lady Emily Lennox
Be Happy!
Summerland
As Margaret Corey
The Longest Day
As WRNS Officer (uncredited)
Time & Again
As Eleanor
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
As Madame Neilsen
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
As Self
Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
As Evil Baroness
Platonov
As Anna
Carpathian Eagle
As Mrs. Henska
Still: Here/Now
As Self
Laughter in the Dark
As Lady Pamela More
The Achurch Letters
As Janet Achurch
I, Claudius
As Livia
The Magician's House
As Meg Lewis
La Femme Nikita
As Adrian
How Green Was My Valley
As Beth Morgan
Perfect Scoundrels
As Mother Aloysius
A Year in the Beacons
As Narrator
Wonders of the Celtic Deep
As Self - Narrator
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
As Duchess of Windsor
Good Omens
As Mr. Henderson
Smiley's People
Hammer House of Horror
As Mrs. Henska
Tony Awards
As Self - Nominee
Arthouse
As Self - Commentary
The Return of the Borrowers
As Mrs. Driver
Warrior Queen
As Queen Boudicca
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Lady Lavery
Tales of the Unexpected
As Hermione
The Chelsea Detective
As Grandma Dix
Shoulder to Shoulder
As Emmeline Pankhurst
Vanity Fair
As Miss Matilda Crawley
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
As Ann Smiley
Heidi
As Frau Sesemann
Attila
As Grandmother
Ivanhoe
As Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
McDonald & Dodds
As Agnes Gillian
The Last Detective
As Vera Dulciman
The Scold's Bridle
As Mathilda
Doctor Who
As Enid Meadows
Silent Witness
As Beattie Elletson
Midsomer Murders
As Lady Annabel Butler
Agatha Christie's Poirot
As Mrs. Laura Upward
Crime and Punishment
As Katerina Ivanovna