Sylvia Syms
Acting
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).
Known for
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tvGentleman Jack
2019
Mrs Rawson
movieBette and Joan
2017
Self - Presenter
tvTalking Pictures
2013
Narrator
movieRun For Your Wife
2012
Hip Operation Woman
movieBooked Out
2012
Mrs Nicholls
tvCase Histories
2011
Binky Rain
movieThe Long Lonely Walk
2010
Mrs. Didcott
movieBunny and the Bull
2009
Hotelier
tvCollision
2009
Joyce Thompson
tvAbove Suspicion
2009
Mrs Hedges
movieThe Queen
2006
Queen Mother
movieThe Poseidon Adventure
2005
Belle Rosen
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Lavinia Pinkerton
tvNew Tricks
2004
Beatrice
tvBlue Murder
2003
Peggy Gaumont
movieI'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
Mrs. Bartz
movieWhat a Girl Wants
2003
Princess Charlotte
tvDoctor Zhivago
2002
Madame Fleury
tvBorn and Bred
2002
Elizabeth Grimshaw
tvThe Jury
2002
Elsie Beamish
tvJudge John Deed
2001
Rose Hussein
tvAt Home with the Braithwaites
2000
Marion Riley
tvHolby City
1999
Margaret Larkin
movieNeville's Island
1998
Mrs. Campness
movieFood of Love
1997
Mrs. Harvey-Brown
tvOriginal Sin
1997
Esme Carling
movieHalf the Picture
1996
Margaret Thatcher
tvGhosts
1995
Mrs Eversley
tvThe Glass Virgin
1995
Lady Constance
tvKavanagh Q.C.
1995
Claudia
movieStaggered
1994
Margaret
movieDirty Weekend
1993
Mrs. Crosby
tvPeak Practice
1993
Isabel de Gines
tvHeartbeat
1992
Peggy Tatton
tvMulberry
1992
Springtime
movieShining Through
1992
Linda's Mother
movieThatcher: The Final Days
1991
Margaret Thatcher
movieDoctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
Mrs Pritchard
movieShirley Valentine
1989
Headmistress
movieA Chorus of Disapproval
1989
Rebecca Huntley-Pike
tvIntimate Contact
1987
Annie Stanhope
tvThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Lilian Crown / Stephen's mother / Mrs. Whalby / Mrs. Thorn
tvCasualty
1986
Bunny Tyrill / Mrs. Bullock
movieAbsolute Beginners
1986
Cynthia Eve
tvTime for Murder
1985
Vivien Scott-Forbes
tvMiss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
Mrs. Easterbrook
tvScreen Two
1985
Diana / Margaret Thatcher
movieIt's Your Move
1982
The Wife
tvWogan
1982
Self
tvNancy Astor
1982
Nanaire Langhorne
movieThere Goes The Bride
1980
Ursula Westerby
movieGive Us Tomorrow
1978
Wendy Hammond
movieThe Tamarind Seed
1974
Margaret Stephenson
movieAsylum
1972
Ruth
tvThe Adventurer
1972
Karen Ballard
tvStrange Report
1969
Carol Webber
movieRun Wild, Run Free
1969
Mrs. Ransome
movieThe Fiction Makers
1968
Joyce Darling
movieHostile Witness
1968
Sheila Larkin
movieDanger Route
1967
Barbara Canning
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Carlotta Forcelli / Frances
tvHalf Hour Story
1967
Flora Halliwell-Holmes
tvBat Out of Hell
1966
Diana Stewart
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Judy Marriott
movieThe Big Job
1965
Myrtle Robbins
movieOperation Crossbow
1965
Constance Babington Smith
movieEast of Sudan
1964
Miss Woodville
tvDoctor Who
1963
Mrs. Pritchard
movieThe Punch and Judy Man
1963
Delia Pinner
tvThe Saint
1962
Arlene / Lady Anne Yearley / Amos Klein / Jeannine Roger
movieThe Quare Fellow
1962
Kathleen
movieVictim
1961
Laura Farr
movieFlame in the Streets
1961
Kathie Palmer
movieAmazons of Rome
1961
Clelia
movieThe World of Suzie Wong
1960
Kay O’Neill
tvDanger Man
1960
Paula Glover
movieConspiracy of Hearts
1960
Sister Mitya
movieExpresso Bongo
1959
Maisie King
movieFerry to Hong Kong
1959
Liz Ferrers
movieBachelor of Hearts
1958
Ann Wainwright
movieThe Moonraker
1958
Anne Wyndham
movieIce Cold in Alex
1958
Sister Diana Murdoch
movieThe Birthday Present
1957
Jean Scott
movieNo Time for Tears
1957
Nurse Margaret Collier
movieWoman in a Dressing Gown
1957
Georgie Harlow
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Kay McCone / Mary Fleming
movieMy Teenage Daughter
1956
Janet Carr
Television Playhouse
1955
Deborah Grayson / Hilary
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950
Janet Towne