Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1934-01-06
- Day of Death2023-01-27 (89 years)
- Place of BirthWoolwich, London, England, UK
- Also Known AsSylvia SimsSilvia SymsSylvia 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2019
Gentleman Jack
As: Mrs Rawson
- 2013
Talking Pictures
As: Narrator
- 2012
Run For Your Wife
As: Hip Operation Woman
- 2012
Playhouse Presents
As: Alice
- 2012
Booked Out
As: Mrs Nicholls
- 2011
Case Histories
As: Binky Rain
- 2010
The Long Lonely Walk
As: Mrs. Didcott
- 2009
Bunny and the Bull
As: Hotelier
2009Collision
As: Joyce Thompson
2009Is Anybody There?
As: Lilian
2009Above Suspicion
As: Mrs. Hedges
- 2006
The Queen
As: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
2005The Poseidon Adventure
As: Belle Rosen
2005Child of Mine
As: Alice
2004Agatha Christie's Marple
As: Lavinia Pinkerton
2004New Tricks
As: Beatrice
2003Blue Murder
As: Peggy Gaumont
2003I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
As: Mrs. Bartz
- 2003
What a Girl Wants
As: Princess Charlotte
2002Doctor Zhivago
As: Madame Fleury
2002Born and Bred
As: Elizabeth Grimshaw
2002The Jury
As: Elsie Beamish
2001Judge John Deed
As: Rose Hussein
2000At Home with the Braithwaites
As: Marion Riley
1999Holby City
As: Margaret Larkin
1998Neville's Island
As: Mrs. Campness
1997Food of Love
As: Mrs. Harvey-Brown
1997Original Sin
As: Esme Carling
1996Dalziel & Pascoe
As: Maisie Barron
1996Half the Picture
As: Margaret Thatcher
1995The Glass Virgin
As: Lady Constance
1995Kavanagh Q.C.
As: Claudia
1994Staggered
As: Margaret
1993Dirty Weekend
As: Mrs. Crosby
1993Peak Practice
As: Isabel de Gines
1992Heartbeat
As: Peggy Tatton
1992Mulberry
As: Springtime
- 1992
Shining Through
As: Linda's Mother
1991The Laughter of God
As: Diana
1991Thatcher: The Final Days
As: Margaret Thatcher
1989Doctor Who: Ghost Light
As: Mrs Pritchard
1989Shirley Valentine
As: Headmistress
1989A Chorus of Disapproval
As: Rebecca Huntley-Pike
1987Intimate Contact
As: Annie Stanhope
1987The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
As: Stephen's mother
- 1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
As: Mrs. Whalby
- 1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
As: Mrs. Thorn
- 1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
As: Lilian Crown
1986Casualty
As: Bunny Tyrill
- 1986
Casualty
As: Mrs. Bullock
1986Absolute Beginners
As: Cynthia Eve
1985Time for Murder
As: Viven Scott-Forbes
1985Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
As: Mrs. Easterbrook
1982It's Your Move
As: The Wife
1982Nancy Astor
As: Nanaire Langthorne
1980There Goes The Bride
As: Ursula Westerby
1978Give Us Tomorrow
As: Wendy Hammond
1974The Tamarind Seed
As: Margaret Stephenson
- 1972
Asylum
As: Ruth
1972The Adventurer
As: Karen Ballard
1969Strange Report
As: Carol Webber
1969Run Wild, Run Free
As: Mrs. Ransome
1969The Desperados
As: Laura
1968The Fiction Makers
As: Joyce Darling
1968Hostile Witness
As: Sheila Larkin
1967Danger Route
As: Barbara Canning
1965Operation Crossbow
As: Constance Babington Smith
1965The Big Job
As: Myrtle Robbins
1964East of Sudan
As: Miss Woodville
1963Doctor Who
As: Mrs. Pritchard
1963The World Ten Times Over
As: Billa
1963The Punch and Judy Man
As: Delia Pinner
1963The Human Jungle
As: Margo
1962The Saint
As: Arlene
- 1962
The Saint
As: Lady Anne Yearley
- 1962
The Saint
As: Amos Klein
- 1962
The Saint
As: Jeannine Roger
1962The Quare Fellow
As: Kathleen
- 1961
Victim
As: Laura Farr
1961Flame in the Streets
As: Kathie Palmer
1961Amazons of Rome
As: Clelia
1960The World of Suzie Wong
As: Kay O’Neill
1960Danger Man
As: Paula Glover
1960Conspiracy of Hearts
As: Sister Mitya
1959Expresso Bongo
As: Maisie King
1959Ferry to Hong Kong
As: Liz Ferrers
1959No Trees in the Street
As: Hetty
1958Bachelor of Hearts
As: Ann Wainwright
1958The Moonraker
As: Anne Wyndham
1958Ice Cold in Alex
As: Sister Diana Murdoch
1957The Birthday Present
As: Jean Scott
1957No Time for Tears
As: Nurse Margaret Collier
1957Woman in a Dressing Gown
As: Georgie Harlow
1956Armchair Theatre
As: Kay McCone
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
As: Mary Fleming
1956My Teenage Daughter
As: Janet Carr