Sylvia Syms
Known for Acting · 114 credits
- Born
- 1934-01-06
- Died
- 2023-01-27
- Place of birth
- Woolwich, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Sylvia Sims · Silvia Syms · Sylvia May Laura 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
TV Shows (55)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Holby City
1999
as Margaret Larkin
Casualty
1986
as Bunny Tyrill / Mrs. Bullock
Doctor Who
1963
as Mrs. Pritchard
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Heartbeat
1992
as Peggy Tatton
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Lavinia Pinkerton
Peak Practice
1993
as Isabel de Gines
Screen Two
1985
as Diana / Margaret Thatcher
The Saint
1962
as Arlene / Lady Anne Yearley / Amos Klein / Jeannine Roger
New Tricks
2004
as Beatrice
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Stephen's mother / Mrs. Whalby / Mrs. Thorn / Lilian Crown
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Carlotta Forcelli / Frances
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Judy Marriott
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Alice
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
Danger Man
1960
as Paula Glover
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Janet Towne
Judge John Deed
2001
as Rose Hussein
Gentleman Jack
2019
as Mrs Rawson
Above Suspicion
2009
as Mrs Hedges
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Claudia
Born and Bred
2002
as Elizabeth Grimshaw
The Human Jungle
1963
as Margo
Blue Murder
2003
as Peggy Gaumont
Paul Temple
1969
Case Histories
2011
as Binky Rain
Countdown
1982
Television Playhouse
1955
as Deborah Grayson / Hilary
The Jury
2002
as Elsie Beamish
Talking Pictures
2013
as Narrator
The Adventurer
1972
as Karen Ballard
The Root of All Evil?
1968
as Elizabeth Glover
Half Hour Story
1967
as Flora Halliwell-Holmes
Strange Report
1969
as Carol Webber
Doctor Zhivago
2002
as Madame Fleury
At Home with the Braithwaites
2000
as Marion Riley
Time for Murder
1985
as Vivien Scott-Forbes
Collision
2009
as Joyce Thompson
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Kay McCone / Mary Fleming
Ghosts
1995
as Mrs Eversley
Nancy Astor
1982
as Nanaire Langhorne
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
as Mrs. Easterbrook
Mulberry
1992
as Springtime
The Glass Virgin
1995
as Lady Constance
The Week We Went To War
2009
Original Sin
1997
as Esme Carling
Intimate Contact
1987
as Annie Stanhope
Bat Out of Hell
1966
as Diana Stewart
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989
as Self
Movies (59)
What a Girl Wants
2003
as Princess Charlotte
The Queen
2006
as Queen Mother
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
as Belle Rosen
Operation Crossbow
1965
as Constance Babington Smith
Shining Through
1992
as Linda's Mother
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
as Mrs. Ransome
My Teenage Daughter
1956
as Janet Carr
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
as Kay O’Neill
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
as Mrs. Bartz
The Tamarind Seed
1974
as Margaret Stephenson
Food of Love
1997
as Mrs. Harvey-Brown
Absolute Beginners
1986
as Cynthia Eve
Asylum
1972
as Ruth
The Desperados
1969
as Laura
Danger Route
1967
as Barbara Canning
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as Sister Diana Murdoch
Shirley Valentine
1989
as Headmistress
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
as Delia Pinner
No Trees in the Street
1959
as Hetty
Child of Mine
2005
as Alice
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
as Rebecca Huntley-Pike
The Big Job
1965
as Myrtle Robbins
Amazons of Rome
1961
as Clelia
Bunny and the Bull
2009
as Hotelier
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Hip Operation Woman
Dirty Weekend
1993
as Mrs. Crosby
The Fiction Makers
1968
as Joyce Darling
Is Anybody There?
2009
as Lilian
Victim
1961
as Laura Farr
Give Us Tomorrow
1978
as Wendy Hammond
Bette and Joan
2017
as Self - Presenter
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
as Mrs Pritchard
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959
as Liz Ferrers
Expresso Bongo
1959
as Maisie King
Flame in the Streets
1961
as Kathie Palmer
Neville's Island
1998
as Mrs. Campness
Booked Out
2012
as Mrs Nicholls
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960
as Sister Mitya
The Moonraker
1958
as Anne Wyndham
There Goes The Bride
1980
as Ursula Westerby
Hostile Witness
1968
as Sheila Larkin
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957
as Georgie Harlow
No Time for Tears
1957
as Nurse Margaret Collier
Thatcher: The Final Days
1991
as Margaret Thatcher
The Quare Fellow
1962
as Kathleen
The World Ten Times Over
1963
as Billa
It's Your Move
1982
as The Wife
Mavis and the Mermaid
2000
as Gioga
Staggered
1994
as Margaret
The Laughter of God
1991
as Diana
The Long Lonely Walk
2010
as Mrs. Didcott
The Birthday Present
1957
as Jean Scott
East of Sudan
1964
as Miss Woodville
Mr. H Is Late
1988
Dancing
1995
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
as Ann Wainwright
Half the Picture
1996
as Margaret Thatcher
Together
2018
About Sylvia Syms
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). With 114 credits spanning from 1950 to 2019, Sylvia Syms has appeared in 59 films and 55 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sylvia Syms Movies
- What a Girl Wants (2003) — as Princess Charlotte
- The Queen (2006) — as Queen Mother
- The Poseidon Adventure (2005) — as Belle Rosen
- Operation Crossbow (1965) — as Constance Babington Smith
- Shining Through (1992) — as Linda's Mother
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