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Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

Acting January 6, 1934 (89 years old) January 27, 2023 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).

Movies 59

What a Girl Wants 6.3

What a Girl Wants

as Princess Charlotte

2003
The Queen 6.9

The Queen

as Queen Mother

2006
Shining Through 6.5

Shining Through

as Linda's Mother

1992
The Poseidon Adventure 5.1

The Poseidon Adventure

as Belle Rosen

2005
Operation Crossbow 6.8

Operation Crossbow

as Constance Babington Smith

1965
Absolute Beginners 5.5

Absolute Beginners

as Cynthia Eve

1986
Ice Cold in Alex 7.3

Ice Cold in Alex

as Sister Diana Murdoch

1958
Asylum 6.2

Asylum

as Ruth

1972
The World of Suzie Wong 6.6

The World of Suzie Wong

as Kay O’Neill

1960
A Chorus of Disapproval 5.4

A Chorus of Disapproval

as Rebecca Huntley-Pike

1989
Shirley Valentine 6.4

Shirley Valentine

as Headmistress

1989
The Tamarind Seed 6.2

The Tamarind Seed

as Margaret Stephenson

1974
Victim 7.5

Victim

as Laura Farr

1961
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 5.5

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

as Mrs. Bartz

2003
Bunny and the Bull 6.1

Bunny and the Bull

as Hotelier

2009
Doctor Who: Ghost Light 8.4

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

as Mrs Pritchard

1989
Ferry to Hong Kong 5.6

Ferry to Hong Kong

as Liz Ferrers

1959
Run For Your Wife 4.4

Run For Your Wife

as Hip Operation Woman

2012
No Trees in the Street 5.8

No Trees in the Street

as Hetty

1959
Amazons of Rome 4.8

Amazons of Rome

as Clelia

1961
Run Wild, Run Free 6.2

Run Wild, Run Free

as Mrs. Ransome

1969
No Time for Tears 6.0

No Time for Tears

as Nurse Margaret Collier

1957
Flame in the Streets 6.3

Flame in the Streets

as Kathie Palmer

1961
The World Ten Times Over 7.4

The World Ten Times Over

as Billa

1963
Mr. H Is Late 7.0

Mr. H Is Late

1988
Thatcher: The Final Days 6.7

Thatcher: The Final Days

as Margaret Thatcher

1991
Is Anybody There? 6.3

Is Anybody There?

as Lilian

2009
The Punch and Judy Man 7.9

The Punch and Judy Man

as Delia Pinner

1963
Hostile Witness 6.5

Hostile Witness

as Sheila Larkin

1968
There Goes The Bride 7.0

There Goes The Bride

as Ursula Westerby

1980
Expresso Bongo 5.3

Expresso Bongo

as Maisie King

1959
Child of Mine 5.7

Child of Mine

as Alice

2005
Food of Love 4.0

Food of Love

as Mrs. Harvey-Brown

1997
Danger Route 5.6

Danger Route

as Barbara Canning

1967
The Fiction Makers 7.2

The Fiction Makers

as Joyce Darling

1968
The Moonraker 6.9

The Moonraker

as Anne Wyndham

1958
The Desperados 4.2

The Desperados

as Laura

1969
The Big Job 6.7

The Big Job

as Myrtle Robbins

1965
It's Your Move 7.9

It's Your Move

as The Wife

1982
East of Sudan 5.9

East of Sudan

as Miss Woodville

1964
The Birthday Present 7.3

The Birthday Present

as Jean Scott

1957
The Laughter of God 4.0

The Laughter of God

as Diana

1991
Woman in a Dressing Gown 6.3

Woman in a Dressing Gown

as Georgie Harlow

1957
My Teenage Daughter 6.2

My Teenage Daughter

as Janet Carr

1956
Give Us Tomorrow 3.9

Give Us Tomorrow

as Wendy Hammond

1978
Half the Picture 8.0

Half the Picture

as Margaret Thatcher

1996
The Quare Fellow 5.7

The Quare Fellow

as Kathleen

1962
Dirty Weekend 5.0

Dirty Weekend

as Mrs. Crosby

1993
Conspiracy of Hearts 6.8

Conspiracy of Hearts

as Sister Mitya

1960
Staggered 5.3

Staggered

as Margaret

1994
The Making of 'The Queen' 4.0

The Making of 'The Queen'

as Self

2007
The Long Lonely Walk

The Long Lonely Walk

as Mrs. Didcott

2010
Neville's Island 6.3

Neville's Island

as Mrs. Campness

1998
Bachelor of Hearts 5.9

Bachelor of Hearts

as Ann Wainwright

1958
Bette and Joan

Bette and Joan

as Self - Presenter

2017
Together

Together

2018
Mavis and the Mermaid 7.0

Mavis and the Mermaid

as Gioga

2000
Booked Out 4.3

Booked Out

as Mrs Nicholls

2012
Dancing

Dancing

1995

TV Shows 69

The Mike Douglas Show 5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

1961
Doctor Who 7.9

Doctor Who

as Mrs. Pritchard

1963
Holby City 5.8

Holby City

as Margaret Larkin

1999
The Merv Griffin Show 6.8

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

1962
Casualty 6.2

Casualty

as Bunny Tyrill

1986
Casualty 6.2

Casualty

as Mrs. Bullock

1986
Wogan 5.6

Wogan

as Self

1982
Heartbeat 7.1

Heartbeat

as Peggy Tatton

1992
Tonight Starring Jack Paar 7.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

1957
The Saint 7.4

The Saint

as Arlene

1962
The Saint 7.4

The Saint

as Lady Anne Yearley

1962
The Saint 7.4

The Saint

as Amos Klein

1962
The Saint 7.4

The Saint

as Jeannine Roger

1962
Agatha Christie's Marple 7.9

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lavinia Pinkerton

2004
Pebble Mill 4.1

Pebble Mill

as Self

1991
Peak Practice 6.5

Peak Practice

as Isabel de Gines

1993
Screen Two 7.1

Screen Two

as Diana

1985
Screen Two 7.1

Screen Two

as Margaret Thatcher

1985
New Tricks 7.3

New Tricks

as Beatrice

2004
ITV Playhouse 7.0

ITV Playhouse

as Carlotta Forcelli

1967
ITV Playhouse 7.0

ITV Playhouse

as Frances

1967
The Alan Titchmarsh Show 4.5

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

2007
Thirty-Minute Theatre 4.2

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Judy Marriott

1965
Dalziel and Pascoe 6.4

Dalziel and Pascoe

as Maisie Barron

1996
Danger Man 7.3

Danger Man

as Paula Glover

1960
Sunday Night Theatre 3.5

Sunday Night Theatre

as Janet Towne

1950
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 6.6

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Stephen's mother

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 6.6

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Mrs. Whalby

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 6.6

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Mrs. Thorn

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 6.6

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Lilian Crown

1987
Judge John Deed 6.8

Judge John Deed

as Rose Hussein

2001
Countdown 6.0

Countdown

1982
Kavanagh Q.C. 7.3

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Claudia

1995
Gentleman Jack 7.9

Gentleman Jack

as Mrs Rawson

2019
Above Suspicion 7.1

Above Suspicion

as Mrs Hedges

2009
Playhouse Presents 6.0

Playhouse Presents

as Alice

2012
Born and Bred 9.0

Born and Bred

as Elizabeth Grimshaw

2002
Blue Murder 6.7

Blue Murder

as Peggy Gaumont

2003
Television Playhouse 7.0

Television Playhouse

as Deborah Grayson

1955
Television Playhouse 7.0

Television Playhouse

as Hilary

1955
Talking Pictures 6.2

Talking Pictures

as Narrator

2013
The Adventurer 6.3

The Adventurer

as Karen Ballard

1972
Paul Temple 7.2

Paul Temple

1969
At Home with the Braithwaites 6.5

At Home with the Braithwaites

as Marion Riley

2000
Case Histories 7.8

Case Histories

as Binky Rain

2011
The Human Jungle 8.2

The Human Jungle

as Margo

1963
The Glass Virgin 7.5

The Glass Virgin

as Lady Constance

1995
The Jury 7.1

The Jury

as Elsie Beamish

2002
Half Hour Story 7.5

Half Hour Story

as Flora Halliwell-Holmes

1967
Doctor Zhivago 6.7

Doctor Zhivago

as Madame Fleury

2002
Strange Report 7.7

Strange Report

as Carol Webber

1969
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties 7.0

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

as Self

1993
Collision 7.0

Collision

as Joyce Thompson

2009
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced 7.5

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

as Mrs. Easterbrook

1985
Mulberry 7.3

Mulberry

as Springtime

1992
The Root of All Evil?

The Root of All Evil?

as Elizabeth Glover

1968
Miss Marple 7.8

Miss Marple

as Mrs. Easterbrook

1984
Armchair Theatre 6.0

Armchair Theatre

as Kay McCone

1956
Armchair Theatre 6.0

Armchair Theatre

as Mary Fleming

1956
Nancy Astor 7.7

Nancy Astor

as Nanaire Langhorne

1982
Ghosts 8.0

Ghosts

as Mrs Eversley

1995
Time for Murder 4.0

Time for Murder

as Vivien Scott-Forbes

1985
Original Sin 7.0

Original Sin

as Esme Carling

1997
Bat Out of Hell 7.2

Bat Out of Hell

as Diana Stewart

1966
The Week We Went To War 5.0

The Week We Went To War

2009
Intimate Contact 4.3

Intimate Contact

as Annie Stanhope

1987
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

1986
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

as Self

1989
Comedy Premiere

Comedy Premiere

as Verity Martin

1975

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