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Siân Phillips

Siân Phillips

Acting
14 May 1933 (92 years)
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 E...

Also Known As

Sian Phillips, Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips

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