Sylvia Syms
Acting
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Acting Credits
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).
Known For
Filmography
Gentleman Jack
2019
as Mrs Rawson
Together
2018
Bette and Joan
2017
as Self - Presenter
Talking Pictures
2013
as Narrator
Booked Out
2012
as Mrs Nicholls
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Hip Operation Woman
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Alice
Case Histories
2011
as Binky Rain
The Long Lonely Walk
2010
as Mrs. Didcott
Bunny and the Bull
2009
as Hotelier
Is Anybody There?
2009
as Lilian
The Week We Went To War
2009
Collision
2009
as Joyce Thompson
Above Suspicion
2009
as Mrs Hedges
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
The Queen
2006
as Queen Mother
Child of Mine
2005
as Alice
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
as Belle Rosen
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Lavinia Pinkerton
New Tricks
2004
as Beatrice
What a Girl Wants
2003
as Princess Charlotte
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
as Mrs. Bartz
Blue Murder
2003
as Peggy Gaumont
The Jury
2002
as Elsie Beamish
Born and Bred
2002
as Elizabeth Grimshaw
Doctor Zhivago
2002
as Madame Fleury
Judge John Deed
2001
as Rose Hussein
Mavis and the Mermaid
2000
as Gioga
At Home with the Braithwaites
2000
as Marion Riley
Holby City
1999
as Margaret Larkin
Neville's Island
1998
as Mrs. Campness
Food of Love
1997
as Mrs. Harvey-Brown
Original Sin
1997
as Esme Carling
Half the Picture
1996
as Margaret Thatcher
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Maisie Barron
Dancing
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Claudia
The Glass Virgin
1995
as Lady Constance
Ghosts
1995
as Mrs Eversley
Staggered
1994
as Margaret
Dirty Weekend
1993
as Mrs. Crosby
Peak Practice
1993
as Isabel de Gines
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
Shining Through
1992
as Linda's Mother
Heartbeat
1992
as Peggy Tatton
Mulberry
1992
as Springtime
The Laughter of God
1991
as Diana
Thatcher: The Final Days
1991
as Margaret Thatcher
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
Shirley Valentine
1989
as Headmistress
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
as Rebecca Huntley-Pike
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
as Mrs Pritchard
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989
as Self
Mr. H Is Late
1988
Intimate Contact
1987
as Annie Stanhope
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Lilian Crown
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Stephen's mother
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Mrs. Thorn
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Mrs. Whalby
Absolute Beginners
1986
as Cynthia Eve
Casualty
1986
as Bunny Tyrill
Casualty
1986
as Mrs. Bullock
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
as Mrs. Easterbrook
Time for Murder
1985
as Vivien Scott-Forbes
Screen Two
1985
as Diana
Screen Two
1985
as Margaret Thatcher
Miss Marple
1984
as Mrs. Easterbrook
It's Your Move
1982
as The Wife
Countdown
1982
Wogan
1982
as Self
Nancy Astor
1982
as Nanaire Langhorne
There Goes The Bride
1980
as Ursula Westerby
Give Us Tomorrow
1978
as Wendy Hammond
Comedy Premiere
1975
as Verity Martin
The Tamarind Seed
1974
as Margaret Stephenson
Asylum
1972
as Ruth
The Adventurer
1972
as Karen Ballard
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
as Mrs. Ransome
The Desperados
1969
as Laura
Paul Temple
1969
Strange Report
1969
as Carol Webber
Hostile Witness
1968
as Sheila Larkin
The Fiction Makers
1968
as Joyce Darling
The Root of All Evil?
1968
as Elizabeth Glover
Danger Route
1967
as Barbara Canning
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Carlotta Forcelli
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Frances
Half Hour Story
1967
as Flora Halliwell-Holmes
Bat Out of Hell
1966
as Diana Stewart
Operation Crossbow
1965
as Constance Babington Smith
The Big Job
1965
as Myrtle Robbins
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Judy Marriott
East of Sudan
1964
as Miss Woodville
The World Ten Times Over
1963
as Billa
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
as Delia Pinner
Doctor Who
1963
as Mrs. Pritchard
The Human Jungle
1963
as Margo
The Quare Fellow
1962
as Kathleen
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Saint
1962
as Arlene
The Saint
1962
as Lady Anne Yearley
The Saint
1962
as Amos Klein
The Saint
1962
as Jeannine Roger
Victim
1961
as Laura Farr
Amazons of Rome
1961
as Clelia
Flame in the Streets
1961
as Kathie Palmer
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960
as Sister Mitya
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
as Kay O’Neill
Danger Man
1960
as Paula Glover
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959
as Liz Ferrers
Expresso Bongo
1959
as Maisie King
No Trees in the Street
1959
as Hetty
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as Sister Diana Murdoch
The Moonraker
1958
as Anne Wyndham
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
as Ann Wainwright
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957
as Georgie Harlow
The Birthday Present
1957
as Jean Scott
No Time for Tears
1957
as Nurse Margaret Collier
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
My Teenage Daughter
1956
as Janet Carr
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Kay McCone
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mary Fleming
Television Playhouse
1955
as Hilary
Television Playhouse
1955
as Deborah Grayson
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Janet Towne