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Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 06, 1934
Died Jan 27, 2023 (89)
Birthplace Woolwich, London, England, UK
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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

Booked Out

Booked Out

2012

as Mrs Nicholls

Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

2012

as Hip Operation Woman

The Long Lonely Walk

The Long Lonely Walk

2010

as Mrs. Didcott

Bunny and the Bull

Bunny and the Bull

2009

as Hotelier

Is Anybody There?

Is Anybody There?

2009

as Lilian

The Queen

The Queen

2006

as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Child of Mine

Child of Mine

2005

as Alice

The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

2005

as Belle Rosen

What a Girl Wants

What a Girl Wants

2003

as Princess Charlotte

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

2003

as Mrs. Bartz

Mavis and the Mermaid

Mavis and the Mermaid

2000

as Gioga

Neville's Island

Neville's Island

1998

as Mrs. Campness

Food of Love

Food of Love

1997

as Mrs. Harvey-Brown

Half the Picture

Half the Picture

1996

as Margaret Thatcher

Staggered

Staggered

1994

as Margaret

Dirty Weekend

Dirty Weekend

1993

as Mrs. Crosby

Shining Through

Shining Through

1992

as Linda's Mother

Thatcher: The Final Days

Thatcher: The Final Days

1991

as Margaret Thatcher

Shirley Valentine

Shirley Valentine

1989

as Headmistress

A Chorus of Disapproval

A Chorus of Disapproval

1989

as Rebecca Huntley-Pike

Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners

1986

as Cynthia Eve

It's Your Move

It's Your Move

1982

as The Wife

There Goes The Bride

There Goes The Bride

1980

as Ursula Westerby

Give Us Tomorrow

Give Us Tomorrow

1978

as Wendy Hammond

The Tamarind Seed

The Tamarind Seed

1974

as Margaret Stephenson

Asylum

Asylum

1972

as Ruth

The Desperados

The Desperados

1969

as Laura

Run Wild, Run Free

Run Wild, Run Free

1969

as Mrs. Ransome

Hostile Witness

Hostile Witness

1968

as Sheila Larkin

The Fiction Makers

The Fiction Makers

1968

as Joyce Darling

Danger Route

Danger Route

1967

as Barbara Canning

The Big Job

The Big Job

1965

as Myrtle Robbins

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

1965

as Constance Babington Smith

The Love Goddesses

The Love Goddesses

1965

as (archive footage)

East of Sudan

East of Sudan

1964

as Miss Woodville

The World Ten Times Over

The World Ten Times Over

1963

as Billa

The Punch and Judy Man

The Punch and Judy Man

1963

as Delia Pinner

The Quare Fellow

The Quare Fellow

1962

as Kathleen

Victim

Victim

1961

as Laura Farr

Flame in the Streets

Flame in the Streets

1961

as Kathie Palmer

Conspiracy of Hearts

Conspiracy of Hearts

1960

as Sister Mitya

The World of Suzie Wong

The World of Suzie Wong

1960

as Kay O’Neill

No Trees in the Street

No Trees in the Street

1959

as Hetty

Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo

1959

as Maisie King

Ferry to Hong Kong

Ferry to Hong Kong

1959

as Liz Ferrers

Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex

1958

as Sister Diana Murdoch

The Moonraker

The Moonraker

1958

as Anne Wyndham

Bachelor of Hearts

Bachelor of Hearts

1958

as Ann Wainwright

The Birthday Present

The Birthday Present

1957

as Jean Scott

Woman in a Dressing Gown

Woman in a Dressing Gown

1957

as Georgie Harlow

No Time for Tears

No Time for Tears

1957

as Nurse Margaret Collier

My Teenage Daughter

My Teenage Daughter

1956

as Janet Carr

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Talking Pictures

as Narrator

Episodes: 84

First Aired: Jan 05, 2013

At Home with the Braithwaites

as Marion Riley

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Jan 20, 2000

Peak Practice

as Isabel de Gines

Episodes: 15

First Aired: May 10, 1993

Nancy Astor

as Nanaire Langthorne

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Feb 10, 1982

The Jury

as Elsie Beamish

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 17, 2002

Collision

as Joyce Thompson

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 09, 2009

Doctor Who

as Mrs. Pritchard

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Original Sin

as Esme Carling

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 20, 1997

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

as Mrs. Easterbrook

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 28, 1985

The Glass Virgin

as Lady Constance

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 06, 1995

Doctor Zhivago

as Madame Fleury

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 24, 2002

Miss Marple

as Mrs. Easterbrook

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 26, 1984

Dalziel & Pascoe

as Maisie Barron

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 16, 1996

Judge John Deed

as Rose Hussein

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 26, 2001

Above Suspicion

as Mrs. Hedges

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 04, 2009

Intimate Contact

as Annie Stanhope

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 1987

Case Histories

as Binky Rain

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 05, 2011

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Lilian Crown

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 02, 1987

The Saint

as Amos Klein

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 04, 1962

Television Playhouse

as Deborah Grayson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1955

Television Playhouse

as Hilary

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1955

Heartbeat

as Peggy Tatton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1992

The Saint

as Arlene

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1962

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lavinia Pinkerton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 12, 2004

Playhouse Presents

as Alice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 12, 2012

Blue Murder

as Peggy Gaumont

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 18, 2003

The Human Jungle

as Margo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 30, 1963

Holby City

as Margaret Larkin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1999

Casualty

as Bunny Tyrill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

Casualty

as Mrs. Bullock

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

New Tricks

as Beatrice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Born and Bred

as Elizabeth Grimshaw

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 21, 2002

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Claudia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 1995

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Stephen's mother

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Mrs. Whalby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Mrs. Thorn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 02, 1987

The Adventurer

as Karen Ballard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1972

Strange Report

as Carol Webber

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1969

Danger Man

as Paula Glover

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1960

Armchair Theatre

as Kay McCone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 08, 1956

Armchair Theatre

as Mary Fleming

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 08, 1956

The Saint

as Lady Anne Yearley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1962

Time for Murder

as Viven Scott-Forbes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 09, 1985

Gentleman Jack

as Mrs Rawson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 22, 2019

The Saint

as Jeannine Roger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1962

Mulberry

as Springtime

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 24, 1992

Countdown

Episodes: 38

First Aired: Nov 02, 1982

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jul 29, 1957

Bat Out of Hell

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 26, 1966

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

The Week We Went To War

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 07, 2009

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 21, 1986

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 03, 2007

Pebble Mill

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 14, 1991

Paul Temple

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 23, 1969

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1993

Wogan

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 04, 1982

Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 07, 1989

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