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Siân Phillips

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92 Years Old

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.

Born

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales on 14th May 1933

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BBC Play of the Month
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BBC Play of the Month
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Silent Witness
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Doctor Who
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Good Omens
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Hermione
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The Last Detective
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Self - Nominee
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I, Claudius
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How Green Was My Valley
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The Magician's House
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The Magician's House
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The Return of the Borrowers
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Shoulder to Shoulder
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The Scold's Bridle
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Aristocrats
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Red Empire
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Miss Dalí
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
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Still: Here/Now
Self
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The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
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Emlyn's Moon
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Time & Again
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Laughter in the Dark
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Carpathian Eagle
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How Many Miles to Babylon?
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Stalin: Inside the Terror
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The Mousehole Cat
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The Chestnut Soldier
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Siân Phillips at 90
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Eh, Joe?
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The Snow Spider
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Lovesong
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Heartbreak House
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The Achurch Letters
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It’s Dearer After Midnight
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The Mountain That Had To Be Painted
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