Sian Phillips

. Roberti died from a heart attack while bending to tie her shoelace. She is also a leading light in Social, Welsh and Sexy (SWS), the London-based organisation for Welsh socialites. She began to work less frequently although two days before her death she performed a radio show with Al Jolson. In June 2000, she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Roberti replaced Thelma Todd in a couple of films after the death of Todd, but her health was failing due to heart disease. She married and divorced Peter O'Toole after having two daughters by him and in 2001 she launched an autobiography revealing details of her tempestuous marriage to him. In Roberta (1935), Ginger Rogers played the role that Roberti had originated on Broadway, with reviewers commenting that Rogers' performance was a completely accurate imitation of Roberti's idiosyncratic speech and mannerisms.

She was born Jane Elizabeth Ailwen Phillips in Bettws, Carmarthenshire, Wales. She found success as a comedienne and was also popular as a singer on radio. Siān Phillips (born May 14, 1934) CBE, is a British actress. Her sexy but playful characterisations, along the unusual accent she had acquired during her years in Europe and Asia, made her popular with audiences. She moved to Hollywood and during the 1930s played in a string of films. She made her Broadway debut in You Said It in 1931, and with its success became an overnight sensation.

They moved to the United States in the late 1920s where Roberti began singing in nightclubs. As the family toured Europe and Asia, Roberti's mother left her husband, settling in Shanghai, China where the younger Roberti earned money singing. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Roberti was the daughter of a clown and as a child performed in the circus as a trapeze artist, and as a singer on vaudeville. Lyda Roberti (May 20, 1906 - March 12, 1938) was a film actress.