Siân Phillips
Known For
Acting
Born
1933-05-14 in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales
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. 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.
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Lady Annabel Butler
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Laura Upward
Silent Witness
as Beattie Elletson
Doctor Who
as Enid Meadows
BBC Play of the Month
as Anna Voinitseva
BBC Play of the Month
as The Duchesse of Berwich
BBC Play of the Month
as Hesione Hushabye
Tales of the Unexpected
as Hermione
Good Omens
as Mr. Henderson
Playhouse
as Janet Achurch
Playhouse
as Alicia Moore
La Femme Nikita
as Adrian
The Chelsea Detective
as Grandma Dix
McDonald & Dodds
as Agnes Gillian
Dune
as Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
I, Claudius
as Livia
Attila
as Grandmother
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Ann Smiley
Hammer House of Horror
as Mrs. Henska
Clash of the Titans
as Cassiopeia