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==Personal life== Phillips's first husband was Donald Roy, a post-graduate student at the University of Wales, who later established the Drama Department at the [[University of Hull]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary: Don Roy – Society for Theatre Research |url=https://www.str.org.uk/obituary-don-roy/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=www.str.org.uk}}</ref> and after whom the University Theatre is named.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Donald Roy Theatre {{!}} Theatres Trust |url=https://database.theatrestrust.org.uk/resources/theatres/show/2772-donald-roy-theatre |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=database.theatrestrust.org.uk}}</ref> They were married in 1956 and divorced in 1959.<ref name=whenthemagic>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/jul/29/biography.features "When the magic wore off"], ''The Observer'', 29 July 2001. Retrieved 10 December 2015.</ref> Already pregnant with their first child, Phillips married [[Peter O'Toole]] in December 1959. They had two daughters,<ref>"Peter O'Toole" in www.superiorpics.com. Retrieved 16 December 2011</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.patotoole.co.uk/Welcome.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210014731/http://www.patotoole.co.uk/Welcome.html |url-status=dead |title=Pat O'Toole web site |archivedate=10 February 2011}}</ref> including [[Kate O'Toole (actress)|Kate O'Toole]]. The couple divorced in 1979, and Phillips wrote about this tempestuous period of her life in ''Public Places'', the second volume of her autobiography. Her third husband was actor [[Robin Sachs]], who was 17 years her junior. Their relationship began in 1975. They were married on Christmas Eve 1979, shortly after her divorce from O'Toole. Phillips and Sachs divorced in 1991.<ref name=whenthemagic/> Her great aunt was the Welsh [[evangelism|evangelist]] [[Rosina Davies]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/6702175.stm |title=Rolf's tips for budding artists |work=[[BBC News]] |date=30 May 2007 |access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref> She is a patron of the [[Bird College of Dance, Music & Theatre Performance]], based in Sidcup, Greater London. Her two volumes of autobiography – ''Private Faces'' and ''Public Places'' – were published in 1999 and 2001, respectively.<ref name=whenthemagic/>
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