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).
TV Shows(52)
Gentleman Jack
Mrs Rawson
2019
Talking Pictures
Narrator
2013
Playhouse Presents
Alice
2012
Case Histories
Binky Rain
2011
Collision
Joyce Thompson
2009
The Week We Went To War
2009
Above Suspicion
Mrs. Hedges
2009
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Agatha Christie's Marple
Lavinia Pinkerton
2004
New Tricks
Beatrice
2004
Blue Murder
Peggy Gaumont
2003
Doctor Zhivago
Madame Fleury
2002
Born and Bred
Elizabeth Grimshaw
2002
The Jury
Elsie Beamish
2002
Judge John Deed
Rose Hussein
2001
At Home with the Braithwaites
Marion Riley
2000
Holby City
Margaret Larkin
1999
Original Sin
Esme Carling
1997
Dalziel & Pascoe
Maisie Barron
1996
Ghosts
Mrs Eversley
1995
The Glass Virgin
Lady Constance
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
Claudia
1995
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self
1993
Peak Practice
Isabel de Gines
1993
Heartbeat
Peggy Tatton
1992
Mulberry
Springtime
1992
Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
Self
1989
Intimate Contact
Annie Stanhope
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Stephen's mother
1987
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
Casualty
Bunny Tyrill
1986
Time for Murder
Vivien Scott-Forbes
1985
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Mrs. Easterbrook
1985
Countdown
1982
Wogan
Self
1982
Nancy Astor
Nanaire Langhorne
1982
The Adventurer
Karen Ballard
1972
Paul Temple
1969
Strange Report
Carol Webber
1969
ITV Playhouse
Carlotta Forcelli
1967
Bat Out of Hell
1966
Doctor Who
Mrs. Pritchard
1963
The Human Jungle
Margo
1963
The Saint
Arlene
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Danger Man
Paula Glover
1960
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Armchair Theatre
Kay McCone
1956
Television Playhouse
Deborah Grayson
1955
Sunday Night Theatre
Janet Towne
1950
Movies(59)
Together
2018
Bette and Joan
Self - Presenter
2017
Run For Your Wife
Hip Operation Woman
2012
Booked Out
Mrs Nicholls
2012
The Long Lonely Walk
Mrs. Didcott
2010
Bunny and the Bull
Hotelier
2009
Is Anybody There?
Lilian
2009
The Making of 'The Queen'
Self
2007
The Queen
Queen Mother
2006
The Poseidon Adventure
Belle Rosen
2005
Child of Mine
Alice
2005
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Mrs. Bartz
2003
What a Girl Wants
Princess Charlotte
2003
Mavis and the Mermaid
Gioga
2000
Neville's Island
Mrs. Campness
1998
Food of Love
Mrs. Harvey-Brown
1997
Half the Picture
Margaret Thatcher
1996
Dancing
1995
Staggered
Margaret
1994
Dirty Weekend
Mrs. Crosby
1993
Shining Through
Linda's Mother
1992
The Laughter of God
Diana
1991
Thatcher: The Final Days
Margaret Thatcher
1991
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Mrs Pritchard
1989
Shirley Valentine
Headmistress
1989
A Chorus of Disapproval
Rebecca Huntley-Pike
1989
Mr. H Is Late
1988
Absolute Beginners
Cynthia Eve
1986
It's Your Move
The Wife
1982
There Goes The Bride
Ursula Westerby
1980
Give Us Tomorrow
Wendy Hammond
1978
The Tamarind Seed
Margaret Stephenson
1974
Asylum
Ruth
1972
Run Wild, Run Free
Mrs. Ransome
1969
The Desperados
Laura
1969
The Fiction Makers
Joyce Darling
1968
Hostile Witness
Sheila Larkin
1968
Danger Route
Barbara Canning
1967
The Big Job
Myrtle Robbins
1965
Operation Crossbow
Constance Babington Smith
1965
East of Sudan
Miss Woodville
1964
The World Ten Times Over
Billa
1963
The Punch and Judy Man
Delia Pinner
1963
The Quare Fellow
Kathleen
1962
Victim
Laura Farr
1961
Flame in the Streets
Kathie Palmer
1961
Amazons of Rome
Clelia
1961
The World of Suzie Wong
Kay O’Neill
1960
Conspiracy of Hearts
Sister Mitya
1960
Expresso Bongo
Maisie King
1959
Ferry to Hong Kong
Liz Ferrers
1959
No Trees in the Street
Hetty
1959
Bachelor of Hearts
Ann Wainwright
1958
The Moonraker
Anne Wyndham
1958
Ice Cold in Alex
Sister Diana Murdoch
1958
The Birthday Present
Jean Scott
1957
No Time for Tears
Nurse Margaret Collier
1957
Woman in a Dressing Gown
Georgie Harlow
1957
My Teenage Daughter
Janet Carr
1956