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).
Acted in 100
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Together
Movie
- 2012
Run For Your Wife
Hip Operation Woman
Booked Out
Mrs Nicholls
- 2011
- 2010
The Long Lonely Walk
Mrs. Didcott
2000s
- 2009
Bunny and the Bull
Hotelier
Collision
Joyce Thompson · 5 episodes
The Week We Went To War
TV
Is Anybody There?
Lilian
- 2006
- 2005
Child of Mine
Alice
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
Doctor Zhivago
Madame Fleury · 3 episodes
- 2001
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Neville's Island
Mrs. Campness
- 1997
Food of Love
Mrs. Harvey-Brown
Original Sin
Esme Carling · 3 episodes
- 1996
Half the Picture
Margaret Thatcher
- 1995
Ghosts
Mrs Eversley · 1 episode
The Glass Virgin
Lady Constance · 2 episodes
- 1994
Staggered
Margaret
- 1993
- 1992
Mulberry
Springtime · 1 episode
- 1991
The Laughter of God
Diana
Thatcher: The Final Days
Margaret Thatcher
1980s
- 1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
Mrs Pritchard
A Chorus of Disapproval
Rebecca Huntley-Pike
- 1988
Mr. H Is Late
Movie
- 1987
Intimate Contact
Annie Stanhope · 2 episodes
- 1986
Absolute Beginners
Cynthia Eve
- 1985
Time for Murder
Vivien Scott-Forbes · 1 episode
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Mrs. Easterbrook · 3 episodes
- 1984
Miss Marple
Mrs. Easterbrook · 1 episode
- 1982
It's Your Move
The Wife
Nancy Astor
Nanaire Langhorne · 3 episodes
- 1980
There Goes The Bride
Ursula Westerby
1970s
- 1978
- 1974
- 1972
1960s
- 1969
Strange Report
Carol Webber · 1 episode
The Desperados
Laura
- 1968
Hostile Witness
Sheila Larkin
- 1967
Danger Route
Barbara Canning
Half Hour Story
Flora Halliwell-Holmes · 1 episode
- 1966
Bat Out of Hell
Diana Stewart · 5 episodes
- 1965
The Big Job
Myrtle Robbins
- 1964
East of Sudan
Miss Woodville
- 1963
The World Ten Times Over
Billa
The Punch and Judy Man
Delia Pinner
- 1962
The Quare Fellow
Kathleen
- 1961
Flame in the Streets
Kathie Palmer
Amazons of Rome
Clelia
- 1960
Conspiracy of Hearts
Sister Mitya
1950s
- 1959
Expresso Bongo
Maisie King
Ferry to Hong Kong
Liz Ferrers
No Trees in the Street
Hetty
- 1958
Bachelor of Hearts
Ann Wainwright
The Moonraker
Anne Wyndham
Ice Cold in Alex
Sister Diana Murdoch
- 1957
The Birthday Present
Jean Scott
No Time for Tears
Nurse Margaret Collier
Woman in a Dressing Gown
Georgie Harlow
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Kay McCone, Mary Fleming · 1 episode
My Teenage Daughter
Janet Carr
- 1950
Appearances8
2010s
- 2017
Bette and Joan
Self - Presenter
- 2013
1990s
- 1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self · 1 episode
1980s
- 1989
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
Self · 1 episode
- 1982
