Siân Phillips

Siân Phillips

Acting

Born May 14, 1933 · Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales

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, a…

Known for

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

1996

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

1967

Playhouse

Playhouse

1974

Playhouse

Playhouse

1974

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2024

Acting(121)

2025Richard Burton: Wild GeniusSelf

2024Emperor: Rise & Fall of a DynastyNarrator

2024Apple Cider VinegarVoice

2024Alec Guinness: A Class Actself

2024Doctor WhoEnid Meadows

2023Siân Phillips at 90Self

2022Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to AqabaSelf

2022Remembers…Self

2022Stephen Sondheim's Old FriendsSelf

2022The Chelsea DetectiveGrandma Dix

2021Wonders of the Celtic DeepSelf - Narrator

2021A Year in the BeaconsNarrator

2021National Theatre Live: Under Milk WoodMrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Beyon

2021Dream HorseMaureen

2020A Christmas CarolGrandmother / narrator (voice)

2020SummerlandMargaret Corey

2020McDonald & DoddsAgnes Gillian

2019National Theatre Live: Les BlancsMadame Neilsen

2019Time & AgainEleanor

2019Good OmensMr. Henderson

2018NureyevNarrator

2018To Provide All PeoplePatient

2018Miss DalíAnna Maria Dalí

2018VoyageuseErica

2017Hochelaga, Land of SoulsSarah Walker

2016Aberfan: The Green Hollow

2014Under Milk WoodMrs. Pugh

2012A Picture of LondonNarrator

2012Playhouse PresentsMay

2012LovesongMaggie

2011The Mountain That Had To Be PaintedNarrator

2007LewisAdele Goffe

2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf

2004The Murder RoomMarie Strickland

2003Still: Here/NowSelf

2003The Last DetectiveVera Dulciman

2003Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on FilmSelf - Ru (archive footage)

2003Stalin: Inside the TerrorNarrator

2002I, Claudius: A Television EpicSelf

2001AttilaGrandmother

2000Cinderella: The ITV PantomimeEvil Baroness

2000Come and GoRu

1999The Magician's HouseMeg Lewis

1999AristocratsNarrator/Older Lady Emily Lennox

1998Alice Through the Looking GlassRed Queen

1998The Scold's BridleMathilda Gillespie

1998The Scold's BridleMathilda

1997ArthouseSelf - Commentary

1997Midsomer MurdersLady Annabel Butler

1997La Femme NikitaAdrian

1997IvanhoeQueen Eleanor of Aquitaine

1997House of AmericaMam

1996Silent WitnessBeattie Elletson

1995The Mousehole CatNarrator

1995The Vacillations of Poppy CarewCalypso

1993The Return of the BorrowersMrs. Driver

1993The Age of InnocenceMrs. Archer

1993HeidiFrau Sesemann

1993The Sherman PlaysSelf - Introduction

1992The BorrowersMrs. Driver

1991The Chestnut SoldierNain Griffiths

1991Tonight at 8.30Clare Wedderburn

1991The Black CandleDaisy Barnett

1990Emlyn's MoonNain Griffiths

1990Perfect ScoundrelsMother Aloysius

1990Red EmpireNarrator (voice)

1990Dark RiverMrs. Blessington

1989ValmontMadame de Volanges

1989Shadow of the NooseLady Scott

1989Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs. Laura Upward

1989David Macaulay: PyramidMersyankh (voice)

1988The Snow SpiderNain Griffiths

1987Vanity FairMatilda Crawley

1987A Killing on the ExchangeIsobel Makepeace

1987The Two Mrs. GrenvillesDuchess of Windsor

1985Ewoks: The Battle for EndorCharal

1985The Doctor and the DevilsAnnabella Rock

1984DuneReverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

1982How Many Miles to Babylon?Mrs Alicia Moore

1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness YearsClementine Churchill

1981Clash of the TitansCassiopeia

1980Carpathian EagleMrs. Henska

1980Hammer House of HorrorMrs. Henska

1980NijinskyLady Ripon

1979Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyAnn Smiley

1979Crime and PunishmentKaterina Ivánovna

1979Tales of the UnexpectedHermione

1978Warrior QueenQueen Boudicca

1977Heartbreak HouseHesione Hushabye

1977The Achurch LettersJanet Achurch

1976I, ClaudiusLivia

1975How Green Was My ValleyBeth Morgan

1974Jennie: Lady Randolph ChurchillMrs. Patrick Campbell

1974Shoulder to ShoulderEmmeline Pankhurst

1974PlayhouseJanet Achurch

1972Under Milk WoodMrs. Ogmore-Pritchard

1971PlatonovAnna

1971Murphy's WarHayden

1969Goodbye, Mr. ChipsUrsula Mossbank

1969W. Somerset MaughamMartha Jones

1969Laughter in the DarkLady Pamela More

1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreSally Stirling

1968The Sex GameLouisa

1968It’s Dearer After MidnightJo

1967ITV PlayhouseMay Bartram

1967Half Hour StoryA Girl

1966Eh, Joe?Voice

1965BBC Play of the MonthAnna Voinitseva

1965Young CassidyElla

1964BecketGwendolen

1963EspionageAnna

1962Don Juan in HellDona Ana

1962The Longest DayWRNS Officer (uncredited)

1961Drama 61-67Carole Blair

1956Armchair Theatre

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee

1951Hallmark Hall of FameLady Lavery

Frank and Percy

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