Sylvia Syms
Acting
Born January 6, 1934 · Woolwich, London, England, UK
Died January 27, 2023
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
Run For Your Wife
2012 · Hip Operation Woman
Bunny and the Bull
2009 · Hotelier
Is Anybody There?
2009 · Lilian
The Queen
2006 · Queen Mother
Child of Mine
2005 · Alice
The Poseidon Adventure
2005 · Belle Rosen
What a Girl Wants
2003 · Princess Charlotte
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003 · Mrs. Bartz
Staggered
1994 · Margaret
Dirty Weekend
1993 · Mrs. Crosby
Shining Through
1992 · Linda's Mother
Shirley Valentine
1989 · Headmistress
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989 · Rebecca Huntley-Pike
Absolute Beginners
1986 · Cynthia Eve
The Tamarind Seed
1974 · Margaret Stephenson
Asylum
1972 · Ruth
The Desperados
1969 · Laura
Hostile Witness
1968 · Sheila Larkin
The Fiction Makers
1968 · Joyce Darling
Danger Route
1967 · Barbara Canning
Operation Crossbow
1965 · Constance Babington Smith
The Big Job
1965 · Myrtle Robbins
The Punch and Judy Man
1963 · Delia Pinner
The Quare Fellow
1962 · Kathleen
Victim
1961 · Laura Farr
Flame in the Streets
1961 · Kathie Palmer
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960 · Sister Mitya
The World of Suzie Wong
1960 · Kay O’Neill
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959 · Liz Ferrers
Expresso Bongo
1959 · Maisie King
No Trees in the Street
1959 · Hetty
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 · Sister Diana Murdoch
The Moonraker
1958 · Anne Wyndham
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957 · Georgie Harlow