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