Sylvia Syms

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Sylvia Syms

Acting January 6, 1934

Woolwich, London, England, UK

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 m…

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What a Girl Wants

What a Girl Wants

6.3 2003 Movie
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
The Queen

The Queen

6.9 2006 Movie
Holby City

Holby City

5.8 1999 TV Show
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8 1962 TV Show
Wogan

Wogan

5.3 1982 TV Show
Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

7.8 2004 TV Show
The Saint

The Saint

7.4 1962 TV Show
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

7.2 1992 TV Show
Peak Practice

Peak Practice

6.5 1993 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    Gentleman Jack

    TV show Mrs Rawson

  2. 2018
    Together

    Movie

  3. 2017
    Bette and Joan

    Movie Self - Presenter

  4. 2013
    Talking Pictures

    TV show Narrator

  5. 2012
    Run For Your Wife

    Movie Hip Operation Woman

  6. 2012
    Playhouse Presents

    TV show Alice

  7. 2012
    Booked Out

    Movie Mrs Nicholls

  8. 2011
    Case Histories

    TV show Binky Rain

  9. 2010
    The Long Lonely Walk

    Movie Mrs. Didcott

  10. 2009
    Bunny and the Bull

    Movie Hotelier

  11. 2009
    Collision

    TV show Joyce Thompson

  12. 2009
    The Week We Went To War

    TV show

  13. 2009
    Is Anybody There?

    Movie Lilian

  14. 2009
    Above Suspicion

    TV show Mrs Hedges

  15. 2007
    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    TV show Self

  16. 2007
    The Making of 'The Queen'

    Movie Self

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  1. 2006
    The Queen

    Movie Queen Mother

  2. 2005
    The Poseidon Adventure

    Movie Belle Rosen

  3. 2005
    Child of Mine

    Movie Alice

  4. 2004
    Agatha Christie's Marple

    TV show Lavinia Pinkerton

  5. 2004
    New Tricks

    TV show Beatrice

  6. 2003
    Blue Murder

    TV show Peggy Gaumont

  7. 2003
    I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

    Movie Mrs. Bartz

  8. 2003
    What a Girl Wants

    Movie Princess Charlotte

  9. 2002
    Doctor Zhivago

    TV show Madame Fleury

  10. 2002
    Born and Bred

    TV show Elizabeth Grimshaw

  11. 2002
    The Jury

    TV show Elsie Beamish

  12. 2001
    Judge John Deed

    TV show Rose Hussein

  13. 2000
    At Home with the Braithwaites

    TV show Marion Riley

  14. 2000
    Mavis and the Mermaid

    Movie Gioga

  15. 1999
    Holby City

    TV show Margaret Larkin

  16. 1998
    Neville's Island

    Movie Mrs. Campness

  17. 1997
    Food of Love

    Movie Mrs. Harvey-Brown

  18. 1997
    Original Sin

    TV show Esme Carling

  19. 1996
    Dalziel and Pascoe

    TV show Maisie Barron

  20. 1996
    Half the Picture

    Movie Margaret Thatcher

  21. 1995
    Ghosts

    TV show Mrs Eversley

  22. 1995
    The Glass Virgin

    TV show Lady Constance

  23. 1995
    Kavanagh Q.C.

    TV show Claudia

  24. 1995
    Dancing

    Movie