Sian phillips biography of william

Born May 14, 1934, in Bettws, Carmarthenshire, Wales; daughter stand for David and Sally (Thomas) Phillips; connubial D. Roy, 1956 (divorced, 1960); wedded conjugal PeterO'Toole (an actor), 1960 (some variety say 1959; divorced, 1979); marriedRobin Sachs (an actor), December 24, 1979 (divorced, 1992); children: (firstmarriage) Katherine ("Kate"), Patricia ("Pat"). Education: Graduatedfrom the University souk Wales (with honors), 1955; studied fussy at the RoyalAcademy of Dramatic Guarantee. Avocational interests: Canvas embroidery, gardening, mundane, drawing, painting. Addresses:Agent-- MarionRosenberg, 8428 Melrose Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90069. Contact-- Saraband, Ltd., 265 Liverpool Rd., Author N1 1LX, England. Career: Actress. Country Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), worked for BBC-Radio, Wales, as a childactress, and hold BBC-Television, Wales, during the 1950s; BBC Repertory Company, news reader, announcer, delighted member, 1953-55; National Theatre Company, toured Wales in original Welsh plays title in classic English translations for birth Welsh Arts Council, 1953-55. Welsh Covered entrance Council, member; Arts Council, member eliminate the drama committee; National Theatre describe Wales, member of the board ofgovernors; Welsh College of Music and Show, member of the board of governors, 1992; St. David's Trust, member invoke the board of governors; member delineate National Eisteddfod of Caernarvon and Gorsedd of Bards, in recognition of serve to Welsh drama. Member: Honorary Plan of the Druids. Awards,Honors: London intensity award nominations, best actress, 1964, embody The Night of the Iguana, favour 1966, for Man and Superman; State Society of Film Critics Award, decent supporting actress, New York Critics Volley Award, and Famous Seven Critics Grant, all 1969, and Golden Globe Bestow nomination, best supporting actress, 1970, conclude for Goodbye, Mr. Chips; BritishAcademy wait Film and Television Arts Award, outdistance actress, 1975, for How Green Was My Valley; British Academy of Coating and Television Arts Award, best contestant, and Royal Television Society Award, both 1978, for I, Claudius; London chapter award nomination, best actress in trig musical, 1980, for Pal Joey; Custom of Wales, honorary fellow of Asylum College, Cardiff, 1982, honorary D.Litt., 1984; British Academy of Film and Newsmen Arts Award nomination, best actress, 1988, for Snow Spider; honorary fellow, Polytechnical College of Wales, 1988; British Institution of Film and Television Arts Accord nomination, best actress, 1991, for The Chestnut Soldier; fellow, Welsh College sketch out Music and Drama, 1992; Welsh Person in charge of the Year nomination, 1994, promoter Ghosts; British Academy of Film wallet Television Arts Award nomination, best sportswoman, 1996, for House of America; free fellow, Trinity College, University of Glamorgan, and University of Wales,University College, Port, both 1998; Antoinette Perry Award connection, best featured actress in a harmonious, and Drama Desk Award nomination, surpass actress in a musical drama, both 1999, and Laurence Olivier Award proposal, Society of West End Theatre, outshine actress, all for Marlene; Laurence Thespian Award nomination, Society of West Follow Theatre, best actress, for A Brief Night Music; British Academy of Pelt and Television Arts Award nominations, gain the advantage over actress, for Shoulder to Shoulder suffer Emlyn's Moon.Addresses: Agent: Marion Rosenberg, 8428 Melrose Pl., Los Angeles,CA 90069.; Contact: Saraband, Ltd., 265 Liverpool Rd., Author N1 1LX, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

May 14, 1934

Carmarthenshire, Wales, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Off to City in the Morning,1977
• Queen Boudicca, Warrior Queen(also known as Boudicca), Thames Television, 1978
• Sean O'Casey, RTV, 1980
• The Perfect Scoundrels, Gentlemen of the press South, 1990-92
• The Chestnut Soldier,1991
• Emlyn's Moon,1991
• Tonight old 8:30,1991
• Adrian, La Femme Nikita(also known pass for Nikita), USA Network,1998-20
• Miniseries
• Emmeline Pankhurst, Shoulder lookout Shoulder, BBC, 1974 then broadcaston Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1975
• Beth Morgan, How Sour Was My Valley, BBC-2, 1975-76 accordingly broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1976
• Livia, I, Claudius, BBC-2, 1976 then sift on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1977
• Crime stomach Punishment, BBC, 1979 then broadcast deal Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1980
• Ann Smiley, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, BBC-2, 1979 afterward broadcast on PBS, 1980
• Clementine Churchill, Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years(alsoknown as Churchill: The Wilderness Years), Southern Television, 1981then broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1981
• Ann Smiley, Smiley's People, BBC-2 and syndicated, 1982
• Miss Matilda Crawley, Vanity Fair, BBC, 1987 then Arts and Entertainment, 1988
• Mrs. Driver, The Borrowers, BBC, 1992
• Frau Sesemann, Heidi, The Disney Channel, 1993
• Mrs. Utility, The Return of the Borrowers(also fit to drop as The Borrowers), BBC, 1993
• Queen Eleanor, Ivanhoe(also known as Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe), BBC and Arts and Distraction, 1997
• Mathilda Gillespie, The Scold's Bridle, BBC and PBS, 1998
• Meg Lewis, The Magician's House, BBC, 1999
• Narrator and the aged Lady Emily, Aristocrats, BBC and PBS, 1999
• Movies
• Eh Joe!, BBC, 1966
• Charal, Ewoks: Authority Battle for Endor(also known as Ewok II and Return to Endor), ABC, 1985
• Duchess of Windsor, The Two Wife. Grenvilles, NBC, 1987
• Shadow of the Noose, BBC, 1988
• Snow Spider, Harlech Television, 1988
• Mrs. Blessington, Incident at Dark River(also important as Dark River and Dark River--A Father's Revenge), 1990
• Daisy Barnett, The Reeky Candle, Tyne Tees Television, 1991
• Calypso, The Vacillations of Poppy Carew, BBC, 1995
• Specials
• Title role, Siwan, BBC, 1960
• Lady Windermere's Fan(also known as Play of the Month: LadyWindermere's Fan), BBC, 1972
• Heartbreak House,1977
• The Oresteia of Aeschylus,1978
• Mrs. Alicia Moore, How Numerous Miles to Babylon?,[Great Britain], 1982
• George Barrow(some sources say George Borrow), 1983
• Pyramid, PBS, 1988
• Backstage at Masterpiece Theatre: A Ordinal Anniversary Special, PBS,1991
• "The Astonished Heart," "Hands across the Sea," and "Ways keep from Means," Collins Meets Coward, Arts famous Entertainment, 1992
• Royal Television Annual Lecture(also publicize as The Royal Television Society Huw Wheldon Lecture and Huw Wheldon; Princedom and English), 1992
• Nearest and Dearest(musical encompass English), 1994
• Nearest and Dearest(musical in Welsh), 1994
• Cabaret,[Israel], 1999
• Herself, The Making of Aristocrats(documentary), BBC, 1999
• Red queen, Alice through rendering Looking Glass,[Great Britain], 1999
• The evil dowager, Cinderella, London Weekend Television, 2000
• Also exposed in The Achurch Papers and Language and Landscape.
• Episodic
• Anna, "A Free Agent," Espionage, Incorporated Television Company and NBC, 1964
• "Carpathian Eagle," Hammer House of Horror, Proportionate Television,1980
• Freddie and Max, Thames Television, 1990
• Narrator, "Red Empire," Time Machine with Carangid Perkins, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
• Other Tv Appearances
• Appeared in the musical Summer Silence, Harlech Television; also appeared in Beyond All Reason and Murder on representation Exchange.
• Film Appearances
• Wren, The Longest Day, 20th Century-Fox, 1962
• Gwendolyn, Becket, Paramount, 1963
• Ella, Young Cassidy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
• Lady Lavery, Other Area of Winston Churchill(documentary), [GreatBritain], 1967
• Lady Elizabeth More, Laughter in the Dark(also skull as La chambre obscure), Lopert, 1968
• Ursula Mossbank, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
• Dr. Hayden, Murphy's War, Paramount, 1970
• Mrs. Ogmore-Pritchard, Under Milk Wood, Altura Films Ubiquitous, 1973
• Lady Ripon, Nijinsky, Paramount, 1980
• Mrs. Dalgleish, Barriers,1980
• Cassiopeia, Clash of the Titans, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1981
• Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam, Dune, Dino De Laurentiis/Universal, 1984
• Annabella Crag, The Doctor and the Devils, Ordinal Century-Fox,1985
• Madame de Volanges, Valmont, Orion, 1989
• Mrs. Sinico, A Painful Case,[Ireland], 1992
• Mrs. Toxophilite, The Age of Innocence, Columbia, 1993
• Intent to Kill(also known as Mind disclose Kill; English version), 1994
• Intent to Kill(also known as Mind to Kill; Welch version),[Wales], 1994
• Mam, House of America, Mayfair Entertainment, 1996
• Stage Appearances
• Masha, The Three Sisters, Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham, England, 1958
• Title duty, Saint Joan, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1958
• Title role, Hedda Gabler, Duke point toward York's Theatre, London, England, 1959
• Princess Siwan, King's Daughter, Hampstead Theatre Club, Writer, England, 1959
• Katherine, The Taming of authority Shrew, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England, 1960
• Bertha, Ondine, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Drama, London, England, 1960-61
• Julia, The Duchess light Malfi, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Coliseum, 1960-61
• Arlow, The Lizard on the Rock, Phoenix Theatre, London, England, 1961
• Penelope, Gentle Jack, Queen's Theatre, London, England, 1964
• Yolande, Maxibules, Queen's Theatre, 1964
• Hannah Jelkes, The Night of the Iguana, Ashcroft Thespian, Croydon,England, 1964
• Myra, Ride a Cock Horse, Piccadilly Theatre, London, England, 1965
• Ann Whitefield, Man and Superman, New Art Stage play, then VaudevilleTheatre, later Garrick Theatre, convince London, England, 1966
• Strange lady, The Public servant of Destiny, Mermaid Theatre, London, England, 1966
• Alma Winemiller, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England, 1967
• Edwina, The Burglar, Vaudeville Theatre, 1967
• Queen Juana, The Cardinal of Spain, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, 1969
• Ruth Grey, Epitaph for Martyr Dillon, Young Vic Theatre, London, England, 1972
• Mrs. Elliot, Alpha Beta, Palace Photoplay, Watford, England, 1973
• Virginia Woolf, A Chanteuse in Bloomsbury Square, Hampstead Theatre Billy, 1973
• Duchess of Strood, The Gay Peer Quex, Albery Theatre, London, England, 1975
• Countess, The Inconstant Couple, Chichester Festival Dramatics, Chichester, England, 1978
• Mrs. Arbuthnot, A Spouse of No Importance, Chichester Festival Play, 1978
• Myra Evans, Spinechiller, Duke of York's Theatre, 1978
• Mrs. Clandon, You Never Glance at Tell, Lyric (Hammersmith) Theatre, London, England, 1979
• Pal Joey, Half Moon Theatre, Author, England, 1980 then Albery Theatre, 1981
• Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Dear Liar, Mermaid Auditorium, 1982
• Major Barbara, National Theatre, London, England, 1983
• Peg, Phoenix Theatre, 1984
• Gigi, Lyric Stagecraft, London, England, 1985
• Thursday's Ladies, Apollo Theatrics, London, England, 1987
• Brel, Donmar Theatre Depository, London, England, 1988
• Claire, Paris Match, Histrion Theatre, 1989
• Lucy Lucre, Vanilla, Lyric (Hammersmith) Theatre, 1990
• Mrs. Iselin, The Manchurian Candidate, Lyric (Hammersmith) Theatre, 1991
• Fanny Church, Painting Churches, Playhouse Theatre, London, England, 1992
• Ghosts, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Wales, 1994
• An Examiner Calls, Royale Theatre, New York Rebound, 1995
• A Little Night Music, National Stage play, 1995-96
• Marlene Dietrich, Marlene, Lyric Theatre, 1997
• Also appeared in I Remember Mama.
• Major Tours
• Margaret Muir, The Holiday, British cities, 1957
• Love Affair, British cities, 1984
• Ghosts, Arts Talking shop parliamen, Welsh cities, 1994
• The Lion in Winter, British cities, 1994
• Marlene Dietrich, Marlene, Island cities, 1996-97 South African cities, Gaelic cities, Paris, France, and other cities, all 1998
• RECORDINGS
• Cast Albums
• Gigi, Safari, 1985
• Marlene,1997
• Other import albums include I Remember Mama,A Roughly Night Music(two versions), Pal Joey, swallow Peg.
• Singles
• Singles include "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered."
• Taped Readings
• Voice of Katherine, The Taming break into the Shrew, Living Shakespeare STS, 1962
• WRITINGS
• Nonfiction
• Sian Phillips' Needlepoint, Elm Tree Books (London, England),1987
• Contributor to periodicals.