Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 6, 1934
Place of Birth:
Woolwich, London, England, UK
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Sylvia Syms
Biography
Sylvia May Laura Syms, OBE (January 6, 1934 - January 27, 2023) was an English actress of film, television, and stage. One of the major players in films from the mid-1950s until mid-1960s, she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957). She is also known for her roles in films like Ice-Cold in Alex (1958), No Trees in the Street (1959), Victim (1961), and The Tamarind Seed (1974).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Together | |
| 2017 | Bette and Joan | Self - Presenter |
| 2012 | Booked Out | Mrs Nicholls |
| 2012 | Run For Your Wife | Hip Operation Woman |
| 2010 | The Long Lonely Walk | Mrs. Didcott |
| 2009 | Bunny and the Bull | Hotelier |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There? | Lilian |
| 2006 | The Queen | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
| 2005 | Child of Mine | Alice |
| 2005 | The Poseidon Adventure | Belle Rosen |
| 2003 | What a Girl Wants | Princess Charlotte |
| 2003 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Mrs. Bartz |
| 2000 | Mavis and the Mermaid | Gioga |
| 1998 | Neville's Island | Mrs. Campness |
| 1997 | Food of Love | Mrs. Harvey-Brown |
| 1996 | Half the Picture | Margaret Thatcher |
| 1995 | Dancing | |
| 1994 | Staggered | Margaret |
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend | Mrs. Crosby |
| 1992 | Natural Lies | |
| 1992 | Shining Through | Linda's Mother |
| 1991 | The Laughter of God | Diana |
| 1991 | Thatcher: The Final Days | Margaret Thatcher |
| 1989 | Shirley Valentine | Headmistress |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval | Rebecca Huntley-Pike |
| 1989 | Doctor Who: Ghost Light | Mrs Pritchard |
| 1988 | Mr. H Is Late | |
| 1986 | Absolute Beginners | Cynthia Eve |
| 1982 | It's Your Move | The Wife |
| 1980 | There Goes The Bride | Ursula Westerby |
| 1978 | Give Us Tomorrow | Wendy Hammond |
| 1974 | The Tamarind Seed | Margaret Stephenson |
| 1972 | Asylum | Ruth |
| 1969 | Run Wild, Run Free | Mrs. Ransome |
| 1969 | The Desperados | Laura |
| 1968 | Hostile Witness | Sheila Larkin |
| 1968 | The Fiction Makers | Joyce Darling |
| 1967 | Danger Route | Barbara Canning |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | Constance Babington Smith |
| 1965 | The Big Job | Myrtle Robbins |
| 1964 | East of Sudan | Miss Woodville |
| 1963 | The World Ten Times Over | Billa |
| 1963 | The Punch and Judy Man | Delia Pinner |
| 1962 | The Quare Fellow | Kathleen |
| 1961 | Victim | Laura Farr |
| 1961 | Amazons of Rome | Clelia |
| 1961 | Flame in the Streets | Kathie Palmer |
| 1960 | Conspiracy of Hearts | Sister Mitya |
| 1960 | The World of Suzie Wong | Kay O’Neill |
| 1959 | Ferry to Hong Kong | Liz Ferrers |
| 1959 | Expresso Bongo | Maisie King |
| 1959 | No Trees in the Street | Hetty |
| 1958 | Ice Cold in Alex | Sister Diana Murdoch |
| 1958 | The Moonraker | Anne Wyndham |
| 1958 | Bachelor of Hearts | Ann Wainwright |
| 1957 | Woman in a Dressing Gown | Georgie Harlow |
| 1957 | The Birthday Present | Jean Scott |
| 1957 | No Time for Tears | Nurse Margaret Collier |
| 1956 | My Teenage Daughter | Janet Carr |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Gentleman Jack | Mrs Rawson |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Narrator |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Alice |
| 2011 | Case Histories | Binky Rain |
| 2009 | The Week We Went To War | |
| 2009 | Above Suspicion | Mrs. Hedges |
| 2009 | Collision | Joyce Thompson |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Lavinia Pinkerton |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Beatrice |
| 2003 | Blue Murder | Peggy Gaumont |
| 2002 | The Jury | Elsie Beamish |
| 2002 | Born and Bred | Elizabeth Grimshaw |
| 2002 | Doctor Zhivago | Madame Fleury |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed | Rose Hussein |
| 2000 | At Home with the Braithwaites | Marion Riley |
| 1999 | Holby City | Margaret Larkin |
| 1997 | Original Sin | Esme Carling |
| 1996 | Dalziel & Pascoe | Maisie Barron |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Claudia |
| 1995 | The Glass Virgin | Lady Constance |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Isabel de Gines |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Peggy Tatton |
| 1992 | Mulberry | Springtime |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self |
| 1989 | Elstree: Britain's Hollywood | Self |
| 1987 | Intimate Contact | Annie Stanhope |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Lilian Crown |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Stephen's mother |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Mrs. Whalby |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Mrs. Thorn |
| 1986 | Casualty | Bunny Tyrill |
| 1986 | Casualty | Mrs. Bullock |
| 1986 | Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures | |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced | Mrs. Easterbrook |
| 1985 | Time for Murder | Viven Scott-Forbes |
| 1982 | Countdown | |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self |
| 1982 | Nancy Astor | Nanaire Langthorne |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Karen Ballard |
| 1969 | Paul Temple | |
| 1969 | Strange Report | Carol Webber |
| 1966 | Bat Out of Hell | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Mrs. Pritchard |
| 1963 | The Human Jungle | Margo |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Saint | Arlene |
| 1962 | The Saint | Lady Anne Yearley |
| 1962 | The Saint | Amos Klein |
| 1962 | The Saint | Jeannine Roger |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Paula Glover |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Kay McCone |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Mary Fleming |
| 1955 | Television Playhouse | Deborah Grayson |
| 1955 | Television Playhouse | Hilary |