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Sylvia Syms
Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

ActingBorn January 6, 1934Died January 27, 2023 (age 89)Woolwich, London, England, UK

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).

Filmography

2019
Gentleman Jack

as Mrs Rawson

TV
2018Movie
2017
Bette and Joan

as Self - Presenter

Movie
2013
Talking Pictures

as Narrator

TV
2012
Run For Your Wife

as Hip Operation Woman

Movie
2012TV
2012
Booked Out

as Mrs Nicholls

Movie
2011
Case Histories

as Binky Rain

TV
2010
The Long Lonely Walk

as Mrs. Didcott

Movie
2009Movie
2009
Collision

as Joyce Thompson

TV
2009Movie
2009
Above Suspicion

as Mrs Hedges

TV
2006
The Queen

as Queen Mother

Movie
2005Movie
2005Movie
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lavinia Pinkerton

TV
2004
New Tricks

as Beatrice

TV
2003
Blue Murder

as Peggy Gaumont

TV
2003Movie
2003
What a Girl Wants

as Princess Charlotte

Movie
2002
Doctor Zhivago

as Madame Fleury

TV
2002
Born and Bred

as Elizabeth Grimshaw

TV
2002
The Jury

as Elsie Beamish

TV
2001
Judge John Deed

as Rose Hussein

TV
2000TV
2000Movie
1999
Holby City

as Margaret Larkin

TV
1998
Neville's Island

as Mrs. Campness

Movie
1997
Food of Love

as Mrs. Harvey-Brown

Movie
1997
Original Sin

as Esme Carling

TV
1996
Half the Picture

as Margaret Thatcher

Movie
1995
Ghosts

as Mrs Eversley

TV
1995
The Glass Virgin

as Lady Constance

TV
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.

as Claudia

TV
1995Movie
1994
Staggered

as Margaret

Movie
1993
Dirty Weekend

as Mrs. Crosby

Movie
1993
Peak Practice

as Isabel de Gines

TV
1992
Heartbeat

as Peggy Tatton

TV
1992
Mulberry

as Springtime

TV
1992
Shining Through

as Linda's Mother

Movie
1991Movie
1991TV
1991
Thatcher: The Final Days

as Margaret Thatcher

Movie
1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light

as Mrs Pritchard

Movie
1989
Shirley Valentine

as Headmistress

Movie
1989
A Chorus of Disapproval

as Rebecca Huntley-Pike

Movie
1988Movie
1987
Intimate Contact

as Annie Stanhope

TV
1987TV
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Stephen's mother

TV
1987TV
1987TV
1986
Casualty

as Bunny Tyrill

TV
1986
Casualty

as Mrs. Bullock

TV
1986
Absolute Beginners

as Cynthia Eve

Movie
1985
Time for Murder

as Vivien Scott-Forbes

TV
1985TV
1985
Screen Two

as Diana

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Margaret Thatcher

TV
1982TV
1982
It's Your Move

as The Wife

Movie
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1982
Nancy Astor

as Nanaire Langhorne

TV
1980
There Goes The Bride

as Ursula Westerby

Movie
1978
Give Us Tomorrow

as Wendy Hammond

Movie
1974
The Tamarind Seed

as Margaret Stephenson

Movie
1972
Asylum

as Ruth

Movie
1972
The Adventurer

as Karen Ballard

TV
1969
Strange Report

as Carol Webber

TV
1969
Run Wild, Run Free

as Mrs. Ransome

Movie
1969Movie
1968
The Fiction Makers

as Joyce Darling

Movie
1968
Hostile Witness

as Sheila Larkin

Movie
1967
Danger Route

as Barbara Canning

Movie
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Carlotta Forcelli

TV
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Frances

TV
1967
Half Hour Story

as Flora Halliwell-Holmes

TV
1966
Bat Out of Hell

as Diana Stewart

TV
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Judy Marriott

TV
1965
The Big Job

as Myrtle Robbins

Movie
1965
Operation Crossbow

as Constance Babington Smith

Movie
1964
East of Sudan

as Miss Woodville

Movie
1963
Doctor Who

as Mrs. Pritchard

TV
1963Movie
1963
The Punch and Judy Man

as Delia Pinner

Movie
1963TV
1962
The Saint

as Arlene

TV
1962
The Saint

as Lady Anne Yearley

TV
1962
The Saint

as Amos Klein

TV
1962
The Saint

as Jeannine Roger

TV
1962
The Quare Fellow

as Kathleen

Movie
1961
Victim

as Laura Farr

Movie
1961
Flame in the Streets

as Kathie Palmer

Movie
1961Movie
1960
The World of Suzie Wong

as Kay O’Neill

Movie
1960
Danger Man

as Paula Glover

TV
1960
Conspiracy of Hearts

as Sister Mitya

Movie
1959
Expresso Bongo

as Maisie King

Movie
1959
Ferry to Hong Kong

as Liz Ferrers

Movie
1959Movie
1958
Bachelor of Hearts

as Ann Wainwright

Movie
1958
The Moonraker

as Anne Wyndham

Movie
1958
Ice Cold in Alex

as Sister Diana Murdoch

Movie
1957Movie
1957
No Time for Tears

as Nurse Margaret Collier

Movie
1957
Woman in a Dressing Gown

as Georgie Harlow

Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Kay McCone

TV
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Mary Fleming

TV
1956
My Teenage Daughter

as Janet Carr

Movie
1955
Television Playhouse

as Deborah Grayson

TV
1955TV
1950
Sunday Night Theatre

as Janet Towne

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 6, 1934
Day of DeathJanuary 27, 2023
Place of BirthWoolwich, London, England, UK
Popularity0.9