Siân Phillips
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Euros Lyn
Writers: Neil McKay,
Cast: Alan David, Anthony O'Donnell, Damian Lewis, Joanna Page, Karl Johnson, Lynda Baron, Owen Teale, Siân Phillips, Steffan Rhodri, Toni Collette,
Director: Jessica Swale
Writers: Jessica Swale,
Cast: Amanda Root, David Horovitch, Dixie Egerickx, Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessica Gunning, Lucas Bond, Penelope Wilton, Siân Phillips, Tom Courtenay,
Director: Miloš Forman
Writers: Jean-Claude Carrière,
Cast: Annette Bening, Colin Firth, Fabia Drake, Fairuza Balk, Henry Thomas, Isla Blair, Jeffrey Jones, Meg Tilly, Siân Phillips, T. P. McKenna,
Director: Desmond Davis
Writers: Beverley Cross,
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Claire Bloom, Flora Robson, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Siân Phillips, Tim Pigott-Smith, Ursula Andress,
Director: Peter Yates
Writers: Stirling Silliphant,
Cast: Bob Simmons, George Roubicek, Harry Fielder, Horst Janson, Ingo Mogendorf, John Clifford, John Hallam, Peter O'Toole, Philippe Noiret, Siân Phillips,