Sylvia Syms
Acting
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).
Filmography 113
Movies (59)
Together2018
Bette and Joan2017Self - Presenter
Run For Your Wife2012Hip Operation Woman
Booked Out2012Mrs Nicholls
The Long Lonely Walk2010Mrs. Didcott
Bunny and the Bull2009Hotelier
Is Anybody There?2009Lilian- The Making of 'The Queen'2007Self
The Queen2006Queen Mother
The Poseidon Adventure2005Belle Rosen
Child of Mine2005Alice
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead2003Mrs. Bartz
What a Girl Wants2003Princess Charlotte- Mavis and the Mermaid2000Gioga
Neville's Island1998Mrs. Campness
Food of Love1997Mrs. Harvey-Brown
Half the Picture1996Margaret Thatcher- Dancing1995
Staggered1994Margaret
Dirty Weekend1993Mrs. Crosby
Shining Through1992Linda's Mother
The Laughter of God1991Diana
Thatcher: The Final Days1991Margaret Thatcher
Doctor Who: Ghost Light1989Mrs Pritchard
Shirley Valentine1989Headmistress
A Chorus of Disapproval1989Rebecca Huntley-Pike
Mr. H Is Late1988
Absolute Beginners1986Cynthia Eve
It's Your Move1982The Wife
There Goes The Bride1980Ursula Westerby
Shows (54)
Gentleman Jack2019Mrs Rawson- Talking Pictures2013Narrator
Playhouse Presents2012Alice
Case Histories2011Binky Rain
Collision2009Joyce Thompson
The Week We Went To War2009
Above Suspicion2009Mrs Hedges- The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007Self
Agatha Christie's Marple2004Lavinia Pinkerton
New Tricks2004Beatrice
Blue Murder2003Peggy Gaumont
Doctor Zhivago2002Madame Fleury
Born and Bred2002Elizabeth Grimshaw
The Jury2002Elsie Beamish
Judge John Deed2001Rose Hussein
At Home with the Braithwaites2000Marion Riley
Holby City1999Margaret Larkin
Original Sin1997Esme Carling
Ghosts1995Mrs Eversley
The Glass Virgin1995Lady Constance
Kavanagh Q.C.1995Claudia
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties1993Self
Peak Practice1993Isabel de Gines
Heartbeat1992Peggy Tatton
Mulberry1992Springtime- Pebble Mill1991Self
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood1989Self
Intimate Contact1987Annie Stanhope
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987Stephen's mother- Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures1986