Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips
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Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales
Birthday
1933-05-14
Occupation
Actress
Spouse(s)
Peter O'Toole (1959-1979)Robin Sachs (1979-1991)
Years Active
1962 - present
Biography
Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips, DBE (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips (/ˈʃɑːn/), is a Welsh actress. She has performed the title roles in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and G. B. Shaw's Saint Joan.
Phillips was born in Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales, the daughter of Sally (née Thomas), a teacher, and David Phillips, a steelworker who became a policeman.[1][2] She is a Welsh-speaker: in the first volume of her autobiography Private Faces (1999) she notes that she spoke only Welsh for much of her childhood, learning English by listening to the radio
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