Sylvia Syms

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).

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Filmography

2019

Gentleman Jack
Gentleman Jack
as Mrs Rawson
TV - Released: 4/22/2019

2018

Together
Together
Movie - Released: 6/22/2018

2017

Bette and Joan
Bette and Joan
as Self - Presenter
Movie - Released: 1/1/2017

2013

Talking Pictures
Talking Pictures
as Narrator
TV - Released: 1/5/2013

2012

Booked Out
Booked Out
as Mrs Nicholls
Movie - Released: 3/12/2012
Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife
as Hip Operation Woman
Movie - Released: 5/16/2012
Playhouse Presents
Playhouse Presents
as Alice
TV - Released: 4/12/2012

2011

Case Histories
Case Histories
as Binky Rain
TV - Released: 6/5/2011

2010

The Long Lonely Walk
The Long Lonely Walk
as Mrs. Didcott
Movie - Released: 3/17/2010

2009

Bunny and the Bull
Bunny and the Bull
as Hotelier
Movie - Released: 11/27/2009
Is Anybody There?
Is Anybody There?
as Lilian
Movie - Released: 4/17/2009
The Week We Went To War
The Week We Went To War
TV - Released: 9/7/2009
Above Suspicion
Above Suspicion
as Mrs. Hedges
TV - Released: 1/4/2009
Collision
Collision
as Joyce Thompson
TV - Released: 11/9/2009

2007

TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/3/2007

2006

The Queen
The Queen
as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Movie - Released: 9/15/2006

2005

Child of Mine
Child of Mine
as Alice
Movie - Released: 11/13/2005
The Poseidon Adventure
The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle Rosen
Movie - Released: 11/20/2005

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lavinia Pinkerton
TV - Released: 12/12/2004
New Tricks
New Tricks
as Beatrice
TV - Released: 1/1/2004

2003

What a Girl Wants
What a Girl Wants
as Princess Charlotte
Movie - Released: 3/27/2003
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
as Mrs. Bartz
Movie - Released: 5/14/2003
Blue Murder
Blue Murder
as Peggy Gaumont
TV - Released: 5/18/2003

2002

The Jury
The Jury
as Elsie Beamish
TV - Released: 2/17/2002
Born and Bred
Born and Bred
as Elizabeth Grimshaw
TV - Released: 4/21/2002
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago
as Madame Fleury
TV - Released: 11/24/2002

2001

Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed
as Rose Hussein
TV - Released: 11/26/2001

2000

Movie
Mavis and the Mermaid
as Gioga
Movie - Released: 1/1/2000
At Home with the Braithwaites
At Home with the Braithwaites
as Marion Riley
TV - Released: 1/20/2000

1999

Holby City
Holby City
as Margaret Larkin
TV - Released: 1/12/1999

1998

Neville's Island
Neville's Island
as Mrs. Campness
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998

1997

Food of Love
Food of Love
as Mrs. Harvey-Brown
Movie - Released: 10/19/1997
Original Sin
Original Sin
as Esme Carling
TV - Released: 3/20/1997

1996

Half the Picture
Half the Picture
as Margaret Thatcher
Movie - Released: 2/18/1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
Dalziel & Pascoe
as Maisie Barron
TV - Released: 3/16/1996

1995

Kavanagh Q.C.
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Claudia
TV - Released: 1/3/1995
The Glass Virgin
The Glass Virgin
as Lady Constance
TV - Released: 1/6/1995

1994

Staggered
Staggered
as Margaret
Movie - Released: 7/8/1994

1993

Dirty Weekend
Dirty Weekend
as Mrs. Crosby
Movie - Released: 10/29/1993
Peak Practice
Peak Practice
as Isabel de Gines
TV - Released: 5/10/1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
as Self
TV - Released: 9/5/1993

1992

Movie
Natural Lies
Movie - Released: 5/31/1992
Shining Through
Shining Through
as Linda's Mother
Movie - Released: 1/31/1992
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
as Peggy Tatton
TV - Released: 4/10/1992
Mulberry
Mulberry
as Springtime
TV - Released: 2/24/1992

1991

Movie
The Laughter of God
Movie - Released: 11/10/1991
Thatcher: The Final Days
Thatcher: The Final Days
as Margaret Thatcher
Movie - Released: 9/11/1991
TV
Pebble Mill
as Self
TV - Released: 10/14/1991

1989

Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine
as Headmistress
Movie - Released: 8/30/1989
A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Rebecca Huntley-Pike
Movie - Released: 8/18/1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
as Mrs Pritchard
Movie - Released: 10/18/1989
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
as Self
TV - Released: 4/7/1989

1988

Mr. H Is Late
Mr. H Is Late
Movie - Released: 2/15/1988

1987

Intimate Contact
Intimate Contact
as Annie Stanhope
TV - Released: 10/5/1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Stephen's mother
TV - Released: 8/2/1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Mrs. Whalby
TV - Released: 8/2/1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Mrs. Thorn
TV - Released: 8/2/1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Lilian Crown
TV - Released: 8/2/1987

1986

Absolute Beginners
Absolute Beginners
as Cynthia Eve
Movie - Released: 4/4/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as Bunny Tyrill
TV - Released: 9/6/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as Mrs. Bullock
TV - Released: 9/6/1986

1985

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
as Mrs. Easterbrook
TV - Released: 2/28/1985
Time for Murder
Time for Murder
as Viven Scott-Forbes
TV - Released: 11/9/1985

1984

Miss Marple
Miss Marple
as Mrs. Easterbrook
TV - Released: 12/26/1984

1982

It's Your Move
It's Your Move
as The Wife
Movie - Released: 10/18/1982
Countdown
Countdown
TV - Released: 11/2/1982
Wogan
Wogan
as Self
TV - Released: 5/4/1982
Nancy Astor
Nancy Astor
as Nanaire Langthorne
TV - Released: 2/10/1982

1980

There Goes The Bride
There Goes The Bride
as Ursula Westerby
Movie - Released: 7/7/1980

1978

Give Us Tomorrow
Give Us Tomorrow
as Wendy Hammond
Movie - Released: 11/30/1978

1974

The Tamarind Seed
The Tamarind Seed
as Margaret Stephenson
Movie - Released: 7/11/1974

1972

Asylum
Asylum
as Ruth
Movie - Released: 11/17/1972
The Adventurer
The Adventurer
as Karen Ballard
TV - Released: 9/29/1972

1969

Run Wild, Run Free
Run Wild, Run Free
as Mrs. Ransome
Movie - Released: 3/28/1969
The Desperados
The Desperados
as Laura
Movie - Released: 2/28/1969
Paul Temple
Paul Temple
TV - Released: 11/23/1969
Strange Report
Strange Report
as Carol Webber
TV - Released: 9/21/1969

1968

Hostile Witness
Hostile Witness
as Sheila Larkin
Movie - Released: 11/1/1968
The Fiction Makers
The Fiction Makers
as Joyce Darling
Movie - Released: 12/8/1968

1967

Danger Route
Danger Route
as Barbara Canning
Movie - Released: 10/1/1967

1966

Bat Out of Hell
Bat Out of Hell
TV - Released: 11/26/1966

1965

Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow
as Constance Babington Smith
Movie - Released: 4/1/1965
The Big Job
The Big Job
as Myrtle Robbins
Movie - Released: 1/1/1965

1964

East of Sudan
East of Sudan
as Miss Woodville
Movie - Released: 8/16/1964

1963

The World Ten Times Over
The World Ten Times Over
as Billa
Movie - Released: 10/31/1963
The Punch and Judy Man
The Punch and Judy Man
as Delia Pinner
Movie - Released: 4/8/1963
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Mrs. Pritchard
TV - Released: 11/23/1963
The Human Jungle
The Human Jungle
as Margo
TV - Released: 3/30/1963

1962

The Quare Fellow
The Quare Fellow
as Kathleen
Movie - Released: 10/2/1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Saint
The Saint
as Arlene
TV - Released: 10/4/1962
The Saint
The Saint
as Lady Anne Yearley
TV - Released: 10/4/1962
The Saint
The Saint
as Amos Klein
TV - Released: 10/4/1962
The Saint
The Saint
as Jeannine Roger
TV - Released: 10/4/1962

1961

Victim
Victim
as Laura Farr
Movie - Released: 8/1/1961
Amazons of Rome
Amazons of Rome
as Clelia
Movie - Released: 3/24/1961
Flame in the Streets
Flame in the Streets
as Kathie Palmer
Movie - Released: 6/19/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

Conspiracy of Hearts
Conspiracy of Hearts
as Sister Mitya
Movie - Released: 4/7/1960
The World of Suzie Wong
The World of Suzie Wong
as Kay O’Neill
Movie - Released: 11/10/1960
Danger Man
Danger Man
as Paula Glover
TV - Released: 9/11/1960

1959

Ferry to Hong Kong
Ferry to Hong Kong
as Liz Ferrers
Movie - Released: 10/29/1959
Expresso Bongo
Expresso Bongo
as Maisie King
Movie - Released: 12/1/1959
No Trees in the Street
No Trees in the Street
as Hetty
Movie - Released: 3/3/1959

1958

Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex
as Sister Diana Murdoch
Movie - Released: 6/24/1958
The Moonraker
The Moonraker
as Anne Wyndham
Movie - Released: 8/2/1958
Bachelor of Hearts
Bachelor of Hearts
as Ann Wainwright
Movie - Released: 12/12/1958

1957

Woman in a Dressing Gown
Woman in a Dressing Gown
as Georgie Harlow
Movie - Released: 7/3/1957
The Birthday Present
The Birthday Present
as Jean Scott
Movie - Released: 10/31/1957
No Time for Tears
No Time for Tears
as Nurse Margaret Collier
Movie - Released: 10/4/1957
TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
TV - Released: 7/29/1957

1956

My Teenage Daughter
My Teenage Daughter
as Janet Carr
Movie - Released: 6/20/1956
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre
as Kay McCone
TV - Released: 7/8/1956
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre
as Mary Fleming
TV - Released: 7/8/1956

1955

TV
Television Playhouse
as Deborah Grayson
TV - Released: 9/24/1955
TV
Television Playhouse
as Hilary
TV - Released: 9/24/1955