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Name: Siān Phillips
Field:
Actor
Productions:
Siān Phillips in Cabaret
Biography: Born in Wales in respected stage actress Siān Phillips has been performing since childhood but is forever identified on TV as the Livia in the classic BBC series "I, Claudius" and in the movie Dune (1985) as the Reverend Mother.
She attended the University of Wales and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her London debut as Hedda Gabler in 1957. Two years later she met and married actor Peter O'Toole appeared frequently with him on stage.
Siān has performed in some of the more notable classics, with critically-acclaimed turns in "Saint Joan," "The Taming of the Shrew" and "The Duchess of Malfi," being just a few. Her occasional aristocrats have also graced such well-mounted films as Young Cassidy (1965), Nijinsky (1980) and The Age of Innocence (1993).
In the 1980s, Siān began a new phase of her career - the musical. Her participation in such productions as "Pal Joey" (her musical debut), "Gigi" and "A Little Night Music" ultimately led to her acclaimed one-woman cabaret show "Marlene," for which she won a Tony nomination for this role on Broadway.
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