- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 6, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Woolwich, London, England, UK
- Died
- January 27, 2023
Sylvia Syms
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
tvGentleman Jack
2019 · Mrs Rawson
movieTogether
2018
movieBette and Joan
2017 · Self - Presenter
tvTalking Pictures
2013 · Narrator
movieRun For Your Wife
2012 · Hip Operation Woman
tvPlayhouse Presents
2012 · Alice
movieBooked Out
2012 · Mrs Nicholls
tvCase Histories
2011 · Binky Rain
movieThe Long Lonely Walk
2010 · Mrs. Didcott
movieBunny and the Bull
2009 · Hotelier
tvCollision
2009 · Joyce Thompson
tvThe Week We Went To War
2009
movieIs Anybody There?
2009 · Lilian
tvAbove Suspicion
2009 · Mrs Hedges
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
tvThe Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
movieThe Making of 'The Queen'
2007 · Self
movieThe Queen
2006 · Queen Mother
movieThe Poseidon Adventure
2005 · Belle Rosen
movieChild of Mine
2005 · Alice
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Lavinia Pinkerton
tvNew Tricks
2004 · Beatrice
tvBlue Murder
2003 · Peggy Gaumont
movieI'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003 · Mrs. Bartz
movieWhat a Girl Wants
2003 · Princess Charlotte
tvDoctor Zhivago
2002 · Madame Fleury
tvBorn and Bred
2002 · Elizabeth Grimshaw
tvThe Jury
2002 · Elsie Beamish
tvJudge John Deed
2001 · Rose Hussein
tvAt Home with the Braithwaites
2000 · Marion Riley
Mavis and the Mermaid
movieMavis and the Mermaid
2000 · Gioga
tvHolby City
1999 · Margaret Larkin
movieNeville's Island
1998 · Mrs. Campness
movieFood of Love
1997 · Mrs. Harvey-Brown
tvOriginal Sin
1997 · Esme Carling
movieHalf the Picture
1996 · Margaret Thatcher
tvGhosts
1995 · Mrs Eversley
tvThe Glass Virgin
1995 · Lady Constance
tvKavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Claudia
Dancing
movieDancing
1995
movieStaggered
1994 · Margaret
movieDirty Weekend
1993 · Mrs. Crosby
tvHollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993 · Self
tvPeak Practice
1993 · Isabel de Gines
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Peggy Tatton
tvMulberry
1992 · Springtime
movieShining Through
1992 · Linda's Mother
movieThe Laughter of God
1991 · Diana
Pebble Mill
tvPebble Mill
1991 · Self
movieThatcher: The Final Days
1991 · Margaret Thatcher
movieDoctor Who: Ghost Light
1989 · Mrs Pritchard
movieShirley Valentine
1989 · Headmistress
movieA Chorus of Disapproval
1989 · Rebecca Huntley-Pike
tvElstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989 · Self
movieMr. H Is Late
1988
tvIntimate Contact
1987 · Annie Stanhope
tvThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Lilian Crown, Stephen's mother, Mrs. Whalby, Mrs. Thorn
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
tvFifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
tvCasualty
1986 · Bunny Tyrill, Mrs. Bullock
movieAbsolute Beginners
1986 · Cynthia Eve
tvTime for Murder
1985 · Vivien Scott-Forbes
tvMiss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985 · Mrs. Easterbrook
tvScreen Two
1985 · Diana, Margaret Thatcher
tvCountdown
1982
movieIt's Your Move
1982 · The Wife
tvWogan
1982 · Self
tvNancy Astor
1982 · Nanaire Langhorne
movieThere Goes The Bride
1980 · Ursula Westerby
movieGive Us Tomorrow
1978 · Wendy Hammond
movieThe Tamarind Seed
1974 · Margaret Stephenson
movieAsylum
1972 · Ruth
tvThe Adventurer
1972 · Karen Ballard
tvPaul Temple
1969
tvStrange Report
1969 · Carol Webber
movieRun Wild, Run Free
1969 · Mrs. Ransome
movieThe Desperados
1969 · Laura
movieThe Fiction Makers
1968 · Joyce Darling
movieHostile Witness
1968 · Sheila Larkin
movieDanger Route
1967 · Barbara Canning
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Carlotta Forcelli, Frances
tvHalf Hour Story
1967 · Flora Halliwell-Holmes
tvBat Out of Hell
1966 · Diana Stewart
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Judy Marriott
movieThe Big Job
1965 · Myrtle Robbins
movieOperation Crossbow
1965 · Constance Babington Smith
movieEast of Sudan
1964 · Miss Woodville
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Mrs. Pritchard
movieThe World Ten Times Over
1963 · Billa
movieThe Punch and Judy Man
1963 · Delia Pinner
tvThe Human Jungle
1963 · Margo
tvThe Saint
1962 · Arlene, Lady Anne Yearley, Amos Klein, Jeannine Roger
movieThe Quare Fellow
1962 · Kathleen
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieVictim
1961 · Laura Farr
movieFlame in the Streets
1961 · Kathie Palmer
movieAmazons of Rome
1961 · Clelia
movieThe World of Suzie Wong
1960 · Kay O’Neill
tvDanger Man
1960 · Paula Glover
movieConspiracy of Hearts
1960 · Sister Mitya
movieExpresso Bongo
1959 · Maisie King
movieFerry to Hong Kong
1959 · Liz Ferrers
movieNo Trees in the Street
1959 · Hetty
movieBachelor of Hearts
1958 · Ann Wainwright
movieThe Moonraker
1958 · Anne Wyndham
movieIce Cold in Alex
1958 · Sister Diana Murdoch
movieThe Birthday Present
1957 · Jean Scott
movieNo Time for Tears
1957 · Nurse Margaret Collier
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
movieWoman in a Dressing Gown
1957 · Georgie Harlow
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Kay McCone, Mary Fleming
movieMy Teenage Daughter
1956 · Janet Carr
Television Playhouse
tvTelevision Playhouse
1955 · Deborah Grayson, Hilary
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950 · Janet Towne