
Sylvia Syms
ActingAlso Known As
Sylvia Sims, Silvia Syms, Sylvia May Laura 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).
Movies
(59 total)
What a Girl Wants
as Princess Charlotte

The Queen
as Queen Mother

Shining Through
as Linda's Mother

Asylum
as Ruth

Victim
as Laura Farr

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
as Mrs. Bartz

The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle Rosen

Operation Crossbow
as Constance Babington Smith

Shirley Valentine
as Headmistress

Ice Cold in Alex
as Sister Diana Murdoch

Is Anybody There?
as Lilian

Bunny and the Bull
as Hotelier

Absolute Beginners
as Cynthia Eve

The Tamarind Seed
as Margaret Stephenson

The World of Suzie Wong
as Kay O’Neill

The Big Job
as Myrtle Robbins

A Chorus of Disapproval
as Rebecca Huntley-Pike

Danger Route
as Barbara Canning

The Desperados
as Laura

Conspiracy of Hearts
as Sister Mitya
TV Shows
(58 total)
Doctor Who
as Mrs. Pritchard

Gentleman Jack
as Mrs Rawson

Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lavinia Pinkerton

The Saint
as Arlene

The Saint
as Lady Anne Yearley

The Saint
as Amos Klein

The Saint
as Jeannine Roger

Casualty
as Bunny Tyrill

Casualty
as Mrs. Bullock

Doctor Zhivago
as Madame Fleury

New Tricks
as Beatrice

Holby City
as Margaret Larkin

Case Histories
as Binky Rain

Collision
as Joyce Thompson

Heartbeat
as Peggy Tatton

Above Suspicion
as Mrs. Hedges

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
as Mrs. Easterbrook

Dalziel & Pascoe
as Maisie Barron

Danger Man
as Paula Glover
