6.3
Movie
Acting
Sylvia Syms
- Born
- Died
- (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Woolwich, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 117 titles
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).
Signature work
Known For
6.3
Movie
6.9
Movie
The Queen
7.9
TV
Doctor Who
6.5
Movie
Shining Through
6.1
Movie
Asylum
7.9
TV
Gentleman Jack
7.5
Movie
Victim
7.8
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
7.4
TV
The Saint
5.5
Movie
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
5.2
Movie
The Poseidon Adventure
6.7
Movie
Operation Crossbow
6.3
Movie
Shirley Valentine
7.3
Movie
Ice Cold in Alex
6.2
TV
Casualty
6.3
Movie
Is Anybody There?
6.1
Movie
Bunny and the Bull
5.5
Movie
Absolute Beginners
Acting credits 117
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Gentleman Jack TV | Mrs Rawson (1 ep) |
| 2018 | Together Film | |
| 2017 | Bette and Joan Film | Self - Presenter |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures TV | Narrator (34 ep) |
| 2012 | Run For Your Wife Film | Hip Operation Woman |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents TV | Alice (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Booked Out Film | Mrs Nicholls |
| 2011 | Case Histories TV | Binky Rain (2 ep) |
| 2010 | The Long Lonely Walk Film | Mrs. Didcott |
| 2009 | Bunny and the Bull Film | Hotelier |
| 2009 | Collision TV | Joyce Thompson (5 ep) |
| 2009 | The Week We Went To War TV | (2 ep) |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There? Film | Lilian |
| 2009 | Above Suspicion TV | Mrs Hedges (2 ep) |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2007 | The Making of 'The Queen' Film | Self |
| 2006 | The Queen Film | Queen Mother |
| 2005 | The Poseidon Adventure Film | Belle Rosen |
| 2005 | Child of Mine Film | Alice |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple TV | Lavinia Pinkerton (1 ep) |
| 2004 | New Tricks TV | Beatrice (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Blue Murder TV | Peggy Gaumont (1 ep) |
| 2003 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Film | Mrs. Bartz |
| 2003 | What a Girl Wants Film | Princess Charlotte |
| 2002 | Doctor Zhivago TV | Madame Fleury (3 ep) |
| 2002 | Born and Bred TV | Elizabeth Grimshaw (1 ep) |
| 2002 | The Jury TV | Elsie Beamish (6 ep) |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed TV | Rose Hussein (2 ep) |
| 2000 | At Home with the Braithwaites TV | Marion Riley (20 ep) |
| 2000 | Mavis and the Mermaid Film | Gioga |
| 1999 | Holby City TV | Margaret Larkin (1 ep) |
| 1998 | Neville's Island Film | Mrs. Campness |
| 1997 | Food of Love Film | Mrs. Harvey-Brown |
| 1997 | Original Sin TV | Esme Carling (3 ep) |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe TV | Maisie Barron (2 ep) |
| 1996 | Half the Picture Film | Margaret Thatcher |
| 1995 | Ghosts TV | Mrs Eversley (1 ep) |
| 1995 | The Glass Virgin TV | Lady Constance (2 ep) |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. TV | Claudia (1 ep) |
| 1995 | Dancing Film | |
| 1994 | Staggered Film | Margaret |
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend Film | Mrs. Crosby |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Peak Practice TV | Isabel de Gines (15 ep) |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Peggy Tatton (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Mulberry TV | Springtime (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Shining Through Film | Linda's Mother |
| 1991 | The Laughter of God Film | Diana |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1991 | Thatcher: The Final Days Film | Margaret Thatcher |
| 1989 | Doctor Who: Ghost Light Film | Mrs Pritchard |
| 1989 | Shirley Valentine Film | Headmistress |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval Film | Rebecca Huntley-Pike |
| 1989 | Elstree: Britain's Hollywood TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Mr. H Is Late Film | |
| 1987 | Intimate Contact TV | Annie Stanhope (2 ep) |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries TV | Stephen's mother, Mrs. Whalby, Mrs. Thorn, Lilian Crown (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures TV | (2 ep) |
| 1986 | Casualty TV | Bunny Tyrill, Mrs. Bullock (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Absolute Beginners Film | Cynthia Eve |