Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Female

Birthday

1934-01-06

Day of Death

2023-01-27 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Woolwich, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Sylvia Sims

Silvia Syms

Sylvia May Laura Syms

Sylvia Syms

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).

Known For

Victim

Victim

Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex

It's Your Move

It's Your Move

The Birthday Present

The Birthday Present

The Fiction Makers

The Fiction Makers

The Punch and Judy Man

The Punch and Judy Man

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Acting

The Queen

2006

The Queen

as

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Asylum

1972

Asylum

as

Ruth

Operation Crossbow

1965

Operation Crossbow

as

Constance Babington Smith

Victim

1961

Victim

as

Laura Farr

Ice Cold in Alex

1958

Ice Cold in Alex

as

Sister Diana Murdoch

The Big Job

1965

The Big Job

as

Myrtle Robbins

Shirley Valentine

1989

Shirley Valentine

as

Headmistress

Dirty Weekend

1993

Dirty Weekend

as

Mrs. Crosby

Booked Out

2012

Booked Out

as

Mrs Nicholls

Bette and Joan

2017

Bette and Joan

as

Self - Presenter

Danger Route

1967

Danger Route

as

Barbara Canning

Ferry to Hong Kong

1959

Ferry to Hong Kong

as

Liz Ferrers

It's Your Move

1982

It's Your Move

as

The Wife

Run Wild, Run Free

1969

Run Wild, Run Free

as

Mrs. Ransome

Hostile Witness

1968

Hostile Witness

as

Sheila Larkin

Expresso Bongo

1959

Expresso Bongo

as

Maisie King

Amazons of Rome

1961

Amazons of Rome

as

Clelia

The Quare Fellow

1962

The Quare Fellow

as

Kathleen

Half the Picture

1996

Half the Picture

as

Margaret Thatcher

Conspiracy of Hearts

1960

Conspiracy of Hearts

as

Sister Mitya

The World Ten Times Over

1963

The World Ten Times Over

as

Billa

Give Us Tomorrow

1978

Give Us Tomorrow

as

Wendy Hammond

No Trees in the Street

1959

No Trees in the Street

as

Hetty

The Long Lonely Walk

2010

The Long Lonely Walk

as

Mrs. Didcott

Flame in the Streets

1961

Flame in the Streets

as

Kathie Palmer

The Moonraker

1958

The Moonraker

as

Anne Wyndham

East of Sudan

1964

East of Sudan

as

Miss Woodville

Mavis and the Mermaid

2000

Mavis and the Mermaid

as

Gioga

Child of Mine

2005

Child of Mine

as

Alice

Run For Your Wife

2012

Run For Your Wife

as

Hip Operation Woman

Woman in a Dressing Gown

1957

Woman in a Dressing Gown

as

Georgie Harlow

The Desperados

1969

The Desperados

as

Laura

My Teenage Daughter

1956

My Teenage Daughter

as

Janet Carr

The Birthday Present

1957

The Birthday Present

as

Jean Scott

What a Girl Wants

2003

What a Girl Wants

as

Princess Charlotte

There Goes The Bride

1980

There Goes The Bride

as

Ursula Westerby

Natural Lies

1992

Natural Lies

as

The Laughter of God

1991

The Laughter of God

as

Diana

A Chorus of Disapproval

1989

A Chorus of Disapproval

as

Rebecca Huntley-Pike

The Tamarind Seed

1974

The Tamarind Seed

as

Margaret Stephenson

No Time for Tears

1957

No Time for Tears

as

Nurse Margaret Collier

Staggered

1994

Staggered

as

Margaret

Bunny and the Bull

2009

Bunny and the Bull

as

Hotelier

The Fiction Makers

1968

The Fiction Makers

as

Joyce Darling

Is Anybody There?

2009

Is Anybody There?

as

Lilian

Absolute Beginners

1986

Absolute Beginners

as

Cynthia Eve

Mr. H Is Late

1988

Mr. H Is Late

as

Neville's Island

1998

Neville's Island

as

Mrs. Campness

The Punch and Judy Man

1963

The Punch and Judy Man

as

Delia Pinner

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

1989

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

as

Mrs Pritchard

Shining Through

1992

Shining Through

as

Linda's Mother

Food of Love

1997

Food of Love

as

Mrs. Harvey-Brown

Together

2018

Together

as

The Poseidon Adventure

2005

The Poseidon Adventure

as

Belle Rosen

The World of Suzie Wong

1960

The World of Suzie Wong

as

Kay O’Neill

Thatcher: The Final Days

1991

Thatcher: The Final Days

as

Margaret Thatcher

Bachelor of Hearts

1958

Bachelor of Hearts

as

Ann Wainwright

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

2003

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

as

Mrs. Bartz

Dancing

1995

Dancing

as

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as

Mrs. Pritchard

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

as

Self

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Peggy Tatton

Countdown

Countdown

as

Dalziel & Pascoe

Dalziel & Pascoe

as

Maisie Barron

The Saint

The Saint

as

Arlene

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple

as

Lavinia Pinkerton

Judge John Deed

Judge John Deed

as

Rose Hussein

The Jury

The Jury

as

Elsie Beamish

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as

Self

Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill

as

Self

Bat Out of Hell

Bat Out of Hell

as

Original Sin

Original Sin

as

Esme Carling

Paul Temple

Paul Temple

as

The Week We Went To War

The Week We Went To War

as

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

as

Isabel de Gines

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

as

Mrs. Hedges

Playhouse Presents

Playhouse Presents

as

Alice

Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures

as

Narrator

Blue Murder

Blue Murder

as

Peggy Gaumont

The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle

as

Margo

Collision

Collision

as

Joyce Thompson

At Home with the Braithwaites

At Home with the Braithwaites

as

Marion Riley

Intimate Contact

Intimate Contact

as

Annie Stanhope

Holby City

Holby City

as

Margaret Larkin

Casualty

Casualty

as

Bunny Tyrill

Casualty

Casualty

as

Mrs. Bullock

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

as

Self

Wogan

Wogan

as

Self

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as

Lilian Crown

Case Histories

Case Histories

as

Binky Rain

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as

Stephen's mother

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as

Mrs. Thorn

New Tricks

New Tricks

as

Beatrice

Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.

as

Claudia

Born and Bred

Born and Bred

as

Elizabeth Grimshaw

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as

Mrs. Whalby

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

as

Mrs. Easterbrook

Danger Man

Danger Man

as

Paula Glover

Strange Report

Strange Report

as

Carol Webber

The Adventurer

The Adventurer

as

Karen Ballard

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as

Self

The Glass Virgin

The Glass Virgin

as

Lady Constance

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

as

Kay McCone

Television Playhouse

Television Playhouse

as

Hilary

Television Playhouse

Television Playhouse

as

Deborah Grayson

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

as

Mary Fleming

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

as

Madame Fleury

Nancy Astor

Nancy Astor

as

Nanaire Langthorne

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

as

Self

The Saint

The Saint

as

Lady Anne Yearley

The Saint

The Saint

as

Amos Klein

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

as

Time for Murder

Time for Murder

as

Viven Scott-Forbes

Gentleman Jack

Gentleman Jack

as

Mrs Rawson

The Saint

The Saint

as

Jeannine Roger

Mulberry

Mulberry

as

Springtime

Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

Elstree: Britain's Hollywood

as

Self

Production

Crew

Directing