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