Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

Acting

Birthday

1934/01/06

Day of death

2023/01/27 (89 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Woolwich, London, England, UK

Also know 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).

Acting
The Queen
6.9

(2006) The Queen

as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Asylum
6.0

(1972) Asylum

as Ruth

Operation Crossbow
6.7

(1965) Operation Crossbow

as Constance Babington Smith

Victim
7.5

(1961) Victim

as Laura Farr

Ice Cold in Alex
7.3

(1958) Ice Cold in Alex

as Sister Diana Murdoch

The Big Job
6.7

(1965) The Big Job

as Myrtle Robbins

Shirley Valentine
6.3

(1989) Shirley Valentine

as Headmistress

Dirty Weekend
5.5

(1993) Dirty Weekend

as Mrs. Crosby

Booked Out
5.5

(2012) Booked Out

as Mrs Nicholls

Bette and Joan
0.0

(2017) Bette and Joan

as Self - Presenter

Danger Route
5.9

(1967) Danger Route

as Barbara Canning

Ferry to Hong Kong
5.5

(1959) Ferry to Hong Kong

as Liz Ferrers

It's Your Move
8.2

(1982) It's Your Move

as The Wife

Run Wild, Run Free
6.0

(1969) Run Wild, Run Free

as Mrs. Ransome

Hostile Witness
6.2

(1968) Hostile Witness

as Sheila Larkin

Expresso Bongo
5.4

(1959) Expresso Bongo

as Maisie King

Le vergini di Roma
4.5

(1961) Amazons of Rome

as Clelia

The Quare Fellow
5.8

(1962) The Quare Fellow

as Kathleen

Half the Picture
0.0

(1996) Half the Picture

as Margaret Thatcher

Conspiracy of Hearts
6.7

(1960) Conspiracy of Hearts

as Sister Mitya

The World Ten Times Over
7.0

(1963) The World Ten Times Over

as Billa

Give Us Tomorrow
4.8

(1978) Give Us Tomorrow

as Wendy Hammond

No Trees in the Street
5.8

(1959) No Trees in the Street

as Hetty

The Long Lonely Walk
0.0

(2010) The Long Lonely Walk

as Mrs. Didcott

Flame in the Streets
5.8

(1961) Flame in the Streets

as Kathie Palmer

The Moonraker
6.7

(1958) The Moonraker

as Anne Wyndham

East of Sudan
5.3

(1964) East of Sudan

as Miss Woodville

0.0

(2000) Mavis and the Mermaid

as Gioga

Child of Mine
5.8

(2005) Child of Mine

as Alice

Run For Your Wife
4.2

(2012) Run For Your Wife

as Hip Operation Woman

Woman in a Dressing Gown
6.4

(1957) Woman in a Dressing Gown

as Georgie Harlow

The Desperados
4.1

(1969) The Desperados

as Laura

My Teenage Daughter
6.0

(1956) My Teenage Daughter

as Janet Carr

The Birthday Present
7.1

(1957) The Birthday Present

as Jean Scott

What a Girl Wants
6.3

(2003) What a Girl Wants

as Princess Charlotte

There Goes The Bride
0.0

(1980) There Goes The Bride

as Ursula Westerby

0.0

(1992) Natural Lies

as ---

0.0

(1991) The Laughter of God

as ---

A Chorus of Disapproval
5.2

(1989) A Chorus of Disapproval

as Rebecca Huntley-Pike

The Tamarind Seed
6.2

(1974) The Tamarind Seed

as Margaret Stephenson

No Time for Tears
5.0

(1957) No Time for Tears

as Nurse Margaret Collier

Staggered
5.3

(1994) Staggered

as Margaret

Bunny and the Bull
6.1

(2009) Bunny and the Bull

as Hotelier

The Fiction Makers
7.2

(1968) The Fiction Makers

as Joyce Darling

Is Anybody There?
6.2

(2009) Is Anybody There?

as Lilian

Absolute Beginners
5.5

(1986) Absolute Beginners

as Cynthia Eve

Neville's Island
5.6

(1998) Neville's Island

as Mrs. Campness

Mr. H Is Late
7.0

(1988) Mr. H Is Late

as ---

The Punch and Judy Man
7.8

(1963) The Punch and Judy Man

as Delia Pinner

Doctor Who: Ghost Light
8.7

(1989) Doctor Who: Ghost Light

as Mrs Pritchard

Shining Through
6.5

(1992) Shining Through

as Linda's Mother

Food of Love
3.5

(1997) Food of Love

as Mrs. Harvey-Brown

Together
0.0

(2018) Together

as ---

The Poseidon Adventure
5.2

(2005) The Poseidon Adventure

as Belle Rosen

The World of Suzie Wong
6.4

(1960) The World of Suzie Wong

as Kay O’Neill

Thatcher: The Final Days
6.5

(1991) Thatcher: The Final Days

as Margaret Thatcher

Bachelor of Hearts
5.6

(1958) Bachelor of Hearts

as Ann Wainwright

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
5.4

(2003) I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

as Mrs. Bartz

Doctor Who
7.9

(1963) Doctor Who

as Mrs. Pritchard

The Merv Griffin Show
5.6

(1962) The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Heartbeat
7.0

(1992) Heartbeat

as Peggy Tatton

Countdown
5.8

(1982) Countdown

as ---

Dalziel & Pascoe
6.4

(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe

as Maisie Barron

The Saint
7.3

(1962) The Saint

as Arlene

Agatha Christie's Marple
7.6

(2004) Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lavinia Pinkerton

Judge John Deed
6.6

(2001) Judge John Deed

as Rose Hussein

The Jury
6.4

(2002) The Jury

as Elsie Beamish

3.7

(2007) The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

3.1

(1991) Pebble Mill

as Self

Bat Out of Hell
6.3

(1966) Bat Out of Hell

as ---

Original Sin
7.0

(1997) Original Sin

as Esme Carling

Paul Temple
5.5

(1969) Paul Temple

as ---

The Week We Went To War
5.0

(2009) The Week We Went To War

as ---

Peak Practice
6.1

(1993) Peak Practice

as Isabel de Gines

Above Suspicion
7.0

(2009) Above Suspicion

as Mrs. Hedges

Playhouse Presents
6.0

(2012) Playhouse Presents

as Alice

Talking Pictures
5.0

(2013) Talking Pictures

as Narrator

Blue Murder
6.6

(2003) Blue Murder

as Peggy Gaumont

The Human Jungle
8.2

(1963) The Human Jungle

as Margo

Collision
7.0

(2009) Collision

as Joyce Thompson

At Home with the Braithwaites
6.8

(2000) At Home with the Braithwaites

as Marion Riley

Intimate Contact
2.0

(1987) Intimate Contact

as Annie Stanhope

Holby City
5.7

(1999) Holby City

as Margaret Larkin

Casualty
6.0

(1986) Casualty

as Bunny Tyrill

Casualty
6.0

(1986) Casualty

as Mrs. Bullock

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
0.0

(1993) Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

as Self

Wogan
4.5

(1982) Wogan

as Self

Case Histories
7.8

(2011) Case Histories

as Binky Rain

Kavanagh Q.C.
7.0

(1995) Kavanagh Q.C.

as Claudia

New Tricks
7.4

(2004) New Tricks

as Beatrice

Born and Bred
8.5

(2002) Born and Bred

as Elizabeth Grimshaw

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
6.2

(1987) The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Stephen's mother

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
6.2

(1987) The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Mrs. Whalby

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
6.2

(1987) The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Mrs. Thorn

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
6.2

(1987) The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Lilian Crown

Danger Man
7.2

(1960) Danger Man

as Paula Glover

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
7.2

(1985) Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

as Mrs. Easterbrook

The Adventurer
5.5

(1972) The Adventurer

as Karen Ballard

Strange Report
6.0

(1969) Strange Report

as Carol Webber

6.5

(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

The Glass Virgin
7.3

(1995) The Glass Virgin

as Lady Constance

Armchair Theatre
5.8

(1956) Armchair Theatre

as Kay McCone

0.0

(1955) Television Playhouse

as Deborah Grayson

0.0

(1955) Television Playhouse

as Hilary

Armchair Theatre
5.8

(1956) Armchair Theatre

as Mary Fleming

Doctor Zhivago
6.6

(2002) Doctor Zhivago

as Madame Fleury

Nancy Astor
7.5

(1982) Nancy Astor

as Nanaire Langthorne

The Mike Douglas Show
5.1

(1961) The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Saint
7.3

(1962) The Saint

as Lady Anne Yearley

The Saint
7.3

(1962) The Saint

as Amos Klein

0.0

(1986) Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

as ---

Time for Murder
4.0

(1985) Time for Murder

as Viven Scott-Forbes

Gentleman Jack
7.8

(2019) Gentleman Jack

as Mrs Rawson

Miss Marple
8.2

(1984) Miss Marple

as Mrs. Easterbrook

The Saint
7.3

(1962) The Saint

as Jeannine Roger

Mulberry
7.2

(1992) Mulberry

as Springtime

Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
0.0

(1989) Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

as Self