Sylvia Syms

Personal Info

Birthday

January 6, 1934

Day of Death

2023-01-27

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Woolwich, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Sylvia Sims

Silvia Syms

Sylvia May Laura Syms

Sylvia Syms

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).

Known For

Doctor Who

Agatha Christie's Marple

Holby City

The Saint

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Heartbeat

Casualty

New Tricks

Filmography

2017
Bette and Joan
as Self - Presenter
2012
Run For Your Wife
as Hip Operation Woman
Booked Out
as Mrs Nicholls
2010
The Long Lonely Walk
as Mrs. Didcott
2009
Bunny and the Bull
as Hotelier
Is Anybody There?
as Lilian
2007
The Making of 'The Queen'
as Self
2006
The Queen
as Queen Mother
2005
The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle Rosen
Child of Mine
as Alice
2003
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
as Mrs. Bartz
What a Girl Wants
as Princess Charlotte
2000
Mavis and the Mermaid
as Gioga
1998
Neville's Island
as Mrs. Campness
1997
Food of Love
as Mrs. Harvey-Brown
1996
Half the Picture
as Margaret Thatcher
1994
Staggered
as Margaret
1993
Dirty Weekend
as Mrs. Crosby
1992
Shining Through
as Linda's Mother
1991
The Laughter of God
as Diana
Thatcher: The Final Days
as Margaret Thatcher
1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
as Mrs Pritchard
Shirley Valentine
as Headmistress
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Rebecca Huntley-Pike
1986
Absolute Beginners
as Cynthia Eve
1982
It's Your Move
as The Wife
1980
There Goes The Bride
as Ursula Westerby
1978
Give Us Tomorrow
as Wendy Hammond
1974
The Tamarind Seed
as Margaret Stephenson
1972
Asylum
as Ruth
1969
Run Wild, Run Free
as Mrs. Ransome
The Desperados
as Laura
1968
The Fiction Makers
as Joyce Darling
Hostile Witness
as Sheila Larkin
1967
Danger Route
as Barbara Canning
1965
Operation Crossbow
as Constance Babington Smith
The Big Job
as Myrtle Robbins
1964
East of Sudan
as Miss Woodville
1963
The World Ten Times Over
as Billa
The Punch and Judy Man
as Delia Pinner
1962
The Quare Fellow
as Kathleen
1961
Victim
as Laura Farr
Flame in the Streets
as Kathie Palmer
Amazons of Rome
as Clelia
1960
The World of Suzie Wong
as Kay O’Neill
Conspiracy of Hearts
as Sister Mitya
1959
Expresso Bongo
as Maisie King
Ferry to Hong Kong
as Liz Ferrers
No Trees in the Street
as Hetty
1958
Bachelor of Hearts
as Ann Wainwright
The Moonraker
as Anne Wyndham
Ice Cold in Alex
as Sister Diana Murdoch
1957
The Birthday Present
as Jean Scott
No Time for Tears
as Nurse Margaret Collier
Woman in a Dressing Gown
as Georgie Harlow
1956
My Teenage Daughter
as Janet Carr