Birthday:
Jan 06, 1934
Place of Birth: Woolwich, London, England, UK
Place of Birth: Woolwich, London, England, UK
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).
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Queen | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | 2006 |
| Asylum | Ruth | 1972 |
| Operation Crossbow | Constance Babington Smith | 1965 |
| Victim | Laura Farr | 1961 |
| Ice Cold in Alex | Sister Diana Murdoch | 1958 |
| The Big Job | Myrtle Robbins | 1965 |
| Shirley Valentine | Headmistress | 1989 |
| Dirty Weekend | Mrs. Crosby | 1993 |
| Booked Out | Mrs Nicholls | 2012 |
| Bette and Joan | Self - Presenter | 2017 |
| Danger Route | Barbara Canning | 1967 |
| Ferry to Hong Kong | Liz Ferrers | 1959 |
| It's Your Move | The Wife | 1982 |
| Run Wild, Run Free | Mrs. Ransome | 1969 |
| Hostile Witness | Sheila Larkin | 1968 |
| Expresso Bongo | Maisie King | 1959 |
| Amazons of Rome | Clelia | 1961 |
| The Quare Fellow | Kathleen | 1962 |
| Half The Picture | Margaret Thatcher | 1996 |
| Conspiracy of Hearts | Sister Mitya | 1960 |
| The World Ten Times Over | Billa | 1963 |
| Give Us Tomorrow | Wendy Hammond | 1978 |
| No Trees in the Street | Hetty | 1959 |
| The Long Lonely Walk | Mrs. Didcott | 2010 |
| Flame in the Streets | Kathie Palmer | 1961 |
| The Moonraker | Anne Wyndham | 1958 |
| East of Sudan | Miss Woodville | 1964 |
| Mavis and the Mermaid | Gioga | 2000 |
| Child of Mine | Alice | 2005 |
| Run For Your Wife | Hip Operation Woman | 2012 |
| Woman in a Dressing Gown | Georgie Harlow | 1957 |
| The Desperados | Laura | 1969 |
| My Teenage Daughter | Janet Carr | 1956 |
| The Birthday Present | Jean Scott | 1957 |
| What a Girl Wants | Princess Charlotte | 2003 |
| There Goes The Bride | Ursula Westerby | 1980 |
| Natural Lies | 1992 | |
| The Laughter of God | 1991 | |
| A Chorus of Disapproval | Rebecca Huntley-Pike | 1989 |
| The Tamarind Seed | Margaret Stephenson | 1974 |
| No Time for Tears | Nurse Margaret Collier | 1957 |
| Staggered | Margaret | 1994 |
| Bunny and the Bull | Hotelier | 2009 |
| The Fiction Makers | Joyce Darling | 1968 |
| Is Anybody There? | Lilian | 2009 |
| Absolute Beginners | Cynthia Eve | 1986 |
| Mr. H Is Late | 1988 | |
| Neville's Island | Mrs. Campness | 1998 |
| Doctor Who: Ghost Light | Mrs Pritchard | 1989 |
| The Punch and Judy Man | Delia Pinner | 1963 |
| Shining Through | Linda's Mother | 1992 |
| Food of Love | Mrs. Harvey-Brown | 1997 |
| Together | 2018 | |
| The Poseidon Adventure | Belle Rosen | 2005 |
| The World of Suzie Wong | Kay O’Neill | 1960 |
| Thatcher: The Final Days | Margaret Thatcher | 1991 |
| Bachelor of Hearts | Ann Wainwright | 1958 |
| I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Mrs. Bartz | 2003 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Doctor Who | Mrs. Pritchard | 1963 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962 |
| Heartbeat | Peggy Tatton | 1992 |
| Countdown | 1982 | |
| Dalziel & Pascoe | Maisie Barron | 1996 |
| The Saint | Arlene | 1962 |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Lavinia Pinkerton | 2004 |
| Judge John Deed | Rose Hussein | 2001 |
| The Jury | Elsie Beamish | 2002 |
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | 2007 |
| Pebble Mill | Self | 1991 |
| Bat Out of Hell | 1966 | |
| Original Sin | Esme Carling | 1997 |
| Paul Temple | 1969 | |
| The Week We Went To War | 2009 | |
| Peak Practice | Isabel de Gines | 1993 |
| Above Suspicion | Mrs. Hedges | 2009 |
| Playhouse Presents | Alice | 2012 |
| Talking Pictures | Narrator | 2013 |
| Blue Murder | Peggy Gaumont | 2003 |
| The Human Jungle | Margo | 1963 |
| Collision | Joyce Thompson | 2009 |
| At Home with the Braithwaites | Marion Riley | 2000 |
| Intimate Contact | Annie Stanhope | 1987 |
| Holby City | Margaret Larkin | 1999 |
| Casualty | Bunny Tyrill | 1986 |
| Casualty | Mrs. Bullock | 1986 |
| Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self | 1993 |
| Wogan | Self | 1982 |
| Case Histories | Binky Rain | 2011 |
| Kavanagh Q.C. | Claudia | 1995 |
| New Tricks | Beatrice | 2004 |
| Born and Bred | Elizabeth Grimshaw | 2002 |
| The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Stephen's mother | 1987 |
| The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Mrs. Whalby | 1987 |
| The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Mrs. Thorn | 1987 |
| The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Lilian Crown | 1987 |
| Danger Man | Paula Glover | 1960 |
| Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced | Mrs. Easterbrook | 1985 |
| The Adventurer | Karen Ballard | 1972 |
| Strange Report | Carol Webber | 1969 |
| Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | 1957 |
| The Glass Virgin | Lady Constance | 1995 |
| Armchair Theatre | Kay McCone | 1956 |
| Television Playhouse | Deborah Grayson | 1955 |
| Television Playhouse | Hilary | 1955 |
| Armchair Theatre | Mary Fleming | 1956 |
| Doctor Zhivago | Madame Fleury | 2002 |
| Nancy Astor | Nanaire Langthorne | 1982 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961 |
| The Saint | Lady Anne Yearley | 1962 |
| The Saint | Amos Klein | 1962 |
| Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures | 1986 | |
| Time for Murder | Viven Scott-Forbes | 1985 |
| Gentleman Jack | Mrs Rawson | 2019 |
| Miss Marple | Mrs. Easterbrook | 1984 |
| The Saint | Jeannine Roger | 1962 |
| Mulberry | Springtime | 1992 |
| Elstree: Britain's Hollywood | Self | 1989 |
