Sylvia Syms
Known for acting · Born 6 January 1934 · Died 27 January 2023 · aged 89 · Woolwich, London, England, UK
117 credits
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
Countdown
1982
Victim
1961
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
Talking Pictures
2013
What a Girl Wants
2003
The Queen
2006
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
At Home with the Braithwaites
2000
Shirley Valentine
1989
Peak Practice
1993
The Big Job
1965
The Desperados
1969
Acting (117)
2019Gentleman JackMrs RawsonSeries
2018TogetherFilm
2017Bette and JoanSelf - PresenterFilm
2013Talking PicturesNarrator · 34 episodesSeries
2012Run For Your WifeHip Operation WomanFilm
2012Booked OutMrs NichollsFilm
2012Playhouse PresentsAliceSeries
2011Case HistoriesBinky Rain · 2 episodesSeries
2010The Long Lonely WalkMrs. DidcottFilm
2009Is Anybody There?LilianFilm
2009Bunny and the BullHotelierFilm
2009CollisionJoyce Thompson · 5 episodesSeries
2009Above SuspicionMrs Hedges · 2 episodesSeries
2009The Week We Went To War · 2 episodesSeries
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelfSeries
2007The Making of 'The Queen'SelfFilm
2006The QueenQueen MotherFilm
2005The Poseidon AdventureBelle RosenFilm
2005Child of MineAliceFilm
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleLavinia PinkertonSeries
2004New TricksBeatriceSeries
2003What a Girl WantsPrincess CharlotteFilm
2003I'll Sleep When I'm DeadMrs. BartzFilm
2003Blue MurderPeggy GaumontSeries
2002Doctor ZhivagoMadame Fleury · 3 episodesSeries
2002The JuryElsie Beamish · 6 episodesSeries
2002Born and BredElizabeth GrimshawSeries
2001Judge John DeedRose Hussein · 2 episodesSeries
2000At Home with the BraithwaitesMarion Riley · 20 episodesSeries
2000Mavis and the MermaidGiogaFilm
1999Holby CityMargaret LarkinSeries
1998Neville's IslandMrs. CampnessFilm
1997Food of LoveMrs. Harvey-BrownFilm
1997Original SinEsme Carling · 3 episodesSeries
1996Dalziel and PascoeMaisie Barron · 2 episodesSeries
1996Half the PictureMargaret ThatcherFilm
1995Kavanagh Q.C.ClaudiaSeries
1995The Glass VirginLady Constance · 2 episodesSeries
1995GhostsMrs EversleySeries
1995DancingFilm
1994StaggeredMargaretFilm
1993Dirty WeekendMrs. CrosbyFilm
1993Peak PracticeIsabel de Gines · 15 episodesSeries
1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSelfSeries
1992Shining ThroughLinda's MotherFilm
1992HeartbeatPeggy TattonSeries
1992MulberrySpringtimeSeries
1991Pebble MillSelfSeries
1991Thatcher: The Final DaysMargaret ThatcherFilm
1991The Laughter of GodDianaFilm
1989Shirley ValentineHeadmistressFilm
1989A Chorus of DisapprovalRebecca Huntley-PikeFilm
1989Doctor Who: Ghost LightMrs PritchardFilm
1989Elstree: Britain's HollywoodSelfSeries
1988Mr. H Is LateFilm
1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesStephen's mother, Mrs. Whalby, Mrs. Thorn, Lilian Crown · 2 episodesSeries
1987Intimate ContactAnnie Stanhope · 2 episodesSeries
1986CasualtyBunny Tyrill, Mrs. BullockSeries
1986Absolute BeginnersCynthia EveFilm
1986Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures · 2 episodesSeries
1985Miss Marple: A Murder Is AnnouncedMrs. Easterbrook · 3 episodesSeries
1985Screen TwoDiana, Margaret ThatcherSeries
1985Time for MurderVivien Scott-ForbesSeries
1984Miss MarpleMrs. EasterbrookSeries
1982Countdown · 38 episodesSeries
1982It's Your MoveThe WifeFilm
1982WoganSelfSeries
1982Nancy AstorNanaire Langhorne · 3 episodesSeries
1980There Goes The BrideUrsula WesterbyFilm
1978Give Us TomorrowWendy HammondFilm
1975Comedy PremiereVerity MartinSeries
1974The Tamarind SeedMargaret StephensonFilm
1972AsylumRuthFilm
1972The AdventurerKaren BallardSeries
1969The DesperadosLauraFilm
1969Run Wild, Run FreeMrs. RansomeFilm
1969Paul TempleSeries
1969Strange ReportCarol WebberSeries
1968Hostile WitnessSheila LarkinFilm
1968The Fiction MakersJoyce DarlingFilm
1968The Root of All Evil?Elizabeth GloverSeries
1967Danger RouteBarbara CanningFilm
1967ITV PlayhouseCarlotta Forcelli, FrancesSeries
1967Half Hour StoryFlora Halliwell-HolmesSeries
1966Bat Out of HellDiana Stewart · 5 episodesSeries
1965Operation CrossbowConstance Babington SmithFilm
1965The Big JobMyrtle RobbinsFilm
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreJudy MarriottSeries
1964East of SudanMiss WoodvilleFilm
1963Doctor WhoMrs. Pritchard · 3 episodesSeries
1963The Punch and Judy ManDelia PinnerFilm
1963The World Ten Times OverBillaFilm
1963The Human JungleMargoSeries
1962The SaintArlene, Lady Anne Yearley, Amos Klein · 2 episodes, Jeannine RogerSeries
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1962The Quare FellowKathleenFilm
1961VictimLaura FarrFilm
1961Flame in the StreetsKathie PalmerFilm
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 4 episodesSeries
1961Amazons of RomeCleliaFilm
1960The World of Suzie WongKay O’NeillFilm
1960Danger ManPaula GloverSeries
1960Conspiracy of HeartsSister MityaFilm
1959Expresso BongoMaisie KingFilm
1959Ferry to Hong KongLiz FerrersFilm
1959No Trees in the StreetHettyFilm
1958Ice Cold in AlexSister Diana MurdochFilm
1958The MoonrakerAnne WyndhamFilm
1958Bachelor of HeartsAnn WainwrightFilm
1957Woman in a Dressing GownGeorgie HarlowFilm
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf · 6 episodesSeries
1957The Birthday PresentJean ScottFilm
1957No Time for TearsNurse Margaret CollierFilm
1956Armchair TheatreKay McCone, Mary FlemingSeries
1956My Teenage DaughterJanet CarrFilm
1955Television PlayhouseDeborah Grayson, HilarySeries
1950Sunday Night TheatreJanet TowneSeries