Acting
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.
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV
Silent Witness
1996 · TV
Tony Awards
1956 · TV
Good Omens
2019 · TV
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
Doctor Who
2024 · TV
La Femme Nikita
1997 · TV
Playhouse
1974 · TV
Remembers…
2022 · TV
ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV
The Chelsea Detective
2022 · TV
Dune
1984 · Movie
Playhouse Presents
2012 · TV
McDonald & Dodds
2020 · TV
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV
I, Claudius
1976 · TV
Espionage
1963 · TV
The Longest Day
1962 · Movie
Hammer House of Horror
1980 · TV
Clash of the Titans
1981 · Movie
The Last Detective
2003 · TV
Attila
2001 · TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV
The Age of Innocence
1993 · Movie
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979 · TV
Ivanhoe
1997 · TV
The Borrowers
1992 · TV
Perfect Scoundrels
1990 · TV
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981 · TV
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1985 · Movie
Shadow of the Noose
1989 · TV
The Magician's House
1999 · TV
How Green Was My Valley
1975 · TV
Dream Horse
2021 · Movie
Heidi
1993 · TV
Valmont
1989 · Movie
Half Hour Story
1967 · TV
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987 · TV
Armchair Theatre
1956 · TV
Summerland
2020 · Movie
Becket
1964 · Movie
A Killing on the Exchange
1987 · TV
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969 · Movie
Shoulder to Shoulder
1974 · TV
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998 · Movie
Vanity Fair
1987 · TV
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 · Movie
Crime and Punishment
1979 · TV
Murphy's War
1971 · Movie
The Black Candle
1991 · Movie
Richard Burton: Wild Genius
2025 · Movie
The Doctor and the Devils
1985 · Movie
Nijinsky
1980 · Movie
Under Milk Wood
1972 · Movie
Warrior Queen
1978 · TV
Under Milk Wood
2014 · Movie
Carpathian Eagle
1980 · Movie
The Murder Room
2004 · Movie
A Christmas Carol
2020 · Movie
Miss Dalí
2018 · Movie
Young Cassidy
1965 · Movie
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003 · Movie
Hochelaga, Land of Souls
2017 · Movie
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood
2021 · Movie
Laughter in the Dark
1969 · Movie
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974 · Movie
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002 · Movie
Dark River
1990 · Movie
The Scold's Bridle
1998 · Movie
The Scold's Bridle
1998 · TV
Cinderella: The ITV Pantomime
2000 · Movie
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989 · Movie
Eh, Joe?
1966 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Les Blancs
2019 · Movie
Aristocrats
1999 · Movie
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022 · Movie
The Achurch Letters
1977 · Movie
The Snow Spider
1988 · Movie
Be Happy!
2019 · Movie
Nureyev
2018 · Movie
Emperor: Rise & Fall of a Dynasty
2024 · TV
The Chestnut Soldier
1991 · Movie
House of America
1997 · Movie
A Year in the Beacons
2021 · TV
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
1995 · Movie
Lovesong
2012 · Movie
Time & Again
2019 · Movie
Heartbreak House
1977 · Movie
Emlyn's Moon
1990 · Movie
Stalin: Inside the Terror
2003 · Movie
Wonders of the Celtic Deep
2021 · TV
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 · Movie
How Many Miles to Babylon?
1982 · Movie
The Mousehole Cat
1995 · Movie
The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
2011 · Movie
It’s Dearer After Midnight
1968 · Movie
Apple Cider Vinegar
2024 · Movie
Voyageuse
2018 · Movie
