Siân Phillips

Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips, known professionally as Siân Phillips, is a British actress from Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Glamorgan, Wales. Her early career consisted primarily of stage roles, including the title roles in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan. In the 1960s, she started taking on more roles in television and film. She is particularly known for her performance as Livia in the 1976 BBC television series I, Claudius, for which she was awarded a BAFTA and a Royal Television Society award.

14 May 1933

Born on the same birth day (14 May): Adolf Frederick of Sweden • Anahí • Ants Kurvits • Byron Dorgan • David Byrne • Donald R. McMonagle • Edgar Wind • Hans Albert Einstein • Margaret of Valois • Pierre Victor Auger • Sambhaji • Thomas Wedgwood (photographer) • W. T. Tutte

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