Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

Known for
Acting
Born
January 6, 1934
Died
January 27, 2023 (aged 89)
Birthplace
Woolwich, London, England, UK

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).

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Filmography

2019
Gentleman Jack poster

Gentleman Jack

TV · as Mrs Rawson · 1 ep

2018
Together poster

Together

Movie

2017
Bette and Joan poster

Bette and Joan

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2013
Talking Pictures poster

Talking Pictures

TV · as Narrator · 34 eps

2012
Booked Out poster

Booked Out

Movie · as Mrs Nicholls

2012
Run For Your Wife poster

Run For Your Wife

Movie · as Hip Operation Woman

2012
Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents

TV · as Alice · 1 ep

2011
Case Histories poster

Case Histories

TV · as Binky Rain · 2 eps

2010
The Long Lonely Walk poster

The Long Lonely Walk

Movie · as Mrs. Didcott

2009
Bunny and the Bull poster

Bunny and the Bull

Movie · as Hotelier

2009
Is Anybody There? poster

Is Anybody There?

Movie · as Lilian

2009
The Week We Went To War poster

The Week We Went To War

TV · 2 eps

2009
Collision poster

Collision

TV · as Joyce Thompson · 5 eps

2009
Above Suspicion poster

Above Suspicion

TV · as Mrs Hedges · 2 eps

2007
The Making of 'The Queen'

The Making of 'The Queen'

Movie · as Self

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Queen poster

The Queen

Movie · as Queen Mother

2005
Child of Mine poster

Child of Mine

Movie · as Alice

2005
The Poseidon Adventure poster

The Poseidon Adventure

Movie · as Belle Rosen

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Lavinia Pinkerton · 1 ep

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Beatrice · 1 ep

2003
What a Girl Wants poster

What a Girl Wants

Movie · as Princess Charlotte

2003
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead poster

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Movie · as Mrs. Bartz

2003
Blue Murder poster

Blue Murder

TV · as Peggy Gaumont · 1 ep

2002
The Jury poster

The Jury

TV · as Elsie Beamish · 6 eps

2002
Born and Bred poster

Born and Bred

TV · as Elizabeth Grimshaw · 1 ep

2002
Doctor Zhivago poster

Doctor Zhivago

TV · as Madame Fleury · 3 eps

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · as Rose Hussein · 2 eps

2000
Mavis and the Mermaid

Mavis and the Mermaid

Movie · as Gioga

2000
At Home with the Braithwaites poster

At Home with the Braithwaites

TV · as Marion Riley · 20 eps

1999
Holby City poster

Holby City

TV · as Margaret Larkin · 1 ep

1998
Neville's Island poster

Neville's Island

Movie · as Mrs. Campness

1997
Food of Love poster

Food of Love

Movie · as Mrs. Harvey-Brown

1997
Original Sin poster

Original Sin

TV · as Esme Carling · 3 eps

1996
Half the Picture poster

Half the Picture

Movie · as Margaret Thatcher

1996
Dalziel and Pascoe poster

Dalziel and Pascoe

TV · as Maisie Barron · 2 eps

1995
Dancing

Dancing

Movie

1995
Kavanagh Q.C. poster

Kavanagh Q.C.

TV · as Claudia · 1 ep

1995
The Glass Virgin poster

The Glass Virgin

TV · as Lady Constance · 2 eps

1995
Ghosts poster

Ghosts

TV · as Mrs Eversley · 1 ep

1994
Staggered poster

Staggered

Movie · as Margaret

1993
Dirty Weekend poster

Dirty Weekend

Movie · as Mrs. Crosby

1993
Peak Practice poster

Peak Practice

TV · as Isabel de Gines · 15 eps

1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties poster

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Shining Through poster

Shining Through

Movie · as Linda's Mother

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Peggy Tatton · 1 ep

1992
Mulberry poster

Mulberry

TV · as Springtime · 1 ep

1991
The Laughter of God poster

The Laughter of God

Movie · as Diana

1991
Thatcher: The Final Days poster

Thatcher: The Final Days

Movie · as Margaret Thatcher

1991
Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
Shirley Valentine poster

Shirley Valentine

Movie · as Headmistress

1989
A Chorus of Disapproval poster

A Chorus of Disapproval

Movie · as Rebecca Huntley-Pike

1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light poster

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Movie · as Mrs Pritchard

1989
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood poster

Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Mr. H Is Late poster

Mr. H Is Late

Movie

1987
Intimate Contact poster

Intimate Contact

TV · as Annie Stanhope · 2 eps

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

TV · as Lilian Crown, Stephen's mother, Mrs. Thorn, Mrs. Whalby · 2 eps

1986
Absolute Beginners poster

Absolute Beginners

Movie · as Cynthia Eve

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Bunny Tyrill, Mrs. Bullock · 1 ep

1986
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

TV · 2 eps

1985
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced poster

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

TV · as Mrs. Easterbrook · 3 eps

1985
Time for Murder poster

Time for Murder

TV · as Vivien Scott-Forbes · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Diana, Margaret Thatcher · 1 ep

1984
Miss Marple poster

Miss Marple

TV · as Mrs. Easterbrook · 1 ep

1982
It's Your Move poster

It's Your Move

Movie · as The Wife

1982
Countdown poster

Countdown

TV · 38 eps

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
Nancy Astor poster

Nancy Astor

TV · as Nanaire Langhorne · 3 eps

1980
There Goes The Bride poster

There Goes The Bride

Movie · as Ursula Westerby

1978
Give Us Tomorrow poster

Give Us Tomorrow

Movie · as Wendy Hammond

1975
Comedy Premiere

Comedy Premiere

TV · as Verity Martin · 1 ep

1974
The Tamarind Seed poster

The Tamarind Seed

Movie · as Margaret Stephenson

1972
Asylum poster

Asylum

Movie · as Ruth

1972
The Adventurer poster

The Adventurer

TV · as Karen Ballard · 1 ep

1969
Run Wild, Run Free poster

Run Wild, Run Free

Movie · as Mrs. Ransome

1969
The Desperados poster

The Desperados

Movie · as Laura

1969
Paul Temple poster

Paul Temple

TV · 1 ep

1969
Strange Report poster

Strange Report

TV · as Carol Webber · 1 ep

1968
Hostile Witness poster

Hostile Witness

Movie · as Sheila Larkin

1968
The Fiction Makers poster

The Fiction Makers

Movie · as Joyce Darling

1968
The Root of All Evil?

The Root of All Evil?

TV · as Elizabeth Glover · 1 ep

1967
Danger Route poster

Danger Route

Movie · as Barbara Canning

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Carlotta Forcelli, Frances · 1 ep

1967
Half Hour Story poster

Half Hour Story

TV · as Flora Halliwell-Holmes · 1 ep

1966
Bat Out of Hell poster

Bat Out of Hell

TV · as Diana Stewart · 5 eps

1965
Operation Crossbow poster

Operation Crossbow

Movie · as Constance Babington Smith

1965
The Big Job poster

The Big Job

Movie · as Myrtle Robbins

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Judy Marriott · 1 ep

1964
East of Sudan poster

East of Sudan

Movie · as Miss Woodville

1963
The World Ten Times Over poster

The World Ten Times Over

Movie · as Billa

1963
The Punch and Judy Man poster

The Punch and Judy Man

Movie · as Delia Pinner

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Mrs. Pritchard · 3 eps

1963
The Human Jungle poster

The Human Jungle

TV · as Margo · 1 ep

1962
The Quare Fellow poster

The Quare Fellow

Movie · as Kathleen

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1962
The Saint poster

The Saint

TV · as Arlene, Lady Anne Yearley, Amos Klein, Jeannine Roger · 1 ep

1961
Victim poster

Victim

Movie · as Laura Farr

1961
Amazons of Rome poster

Amazons of Rome

Movie · as Clelia

1961
Flame in the Streets poster

Flame in the Streets

Movie · as Kathie Palmer

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1960
Conspiracy of Hearts poster

Conspiracy of Hearts

Movie · as Sister Mitya

1960
The World of Suzie Wong poster

The World of Suzie Wong

Movie · as Kay O’Neill

1960
Danger Man poster

Danger Man

TV · as Paula Glover · 1 ep

1959
Ferry to Hong Kong poster

Ferry to Hong Kong

Movie · as Liz Ferrers

1959
Expresso Bongo poster

Expresso Bongo

Movie · as Maisie King

1959
No Trees in the Street poster

No Trees in the Street

Movie · as Hetty

1958
Ice Cold in Alex poster

Ice Cold in Alex

Movie · as Sister Diana Murdoch

1958
The Moonraker poster

The Moonraker

Movie · as Anne Wyndham

1958
Bachelor of Hearts poster

Bachelor of Hearts

Movie · as Ann Wainwright

1957
Woman in a Dressing Gown poster

Woman in a Dressing Gown

Movie · as Georgie Harlow

1957
The Birthday Present poster

The Birthday Present

Movie · as Jean Scott

1957
No Time for Tears poster

No Time for Tears

Movie · as Nurse Margaret Collier

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1956
My Teenage Daughter poster

My Teenage Daughter

Movie · as Janet Carr

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Kay McCone, Mary Fleming · 1 ep

1955
Television Playhouse

Television Playhouse

TV · as Hilary, Deborah Grayson · 1 ep

1950
Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday Night Theatre

TV · as Janet Towne · 1 ep