Acting · Woolwich, London, England, UK · Born January 6, 1934
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).
TVGentleman Jack
2019
as Mrs Rawson
MovieTogether
2018
MovieBette and Joan
2017
as Self - Presenter
TVTalking Pictures
2013
as Narrator
MovieRun For Your Wife
2012
as Hip Operation Woman
TVPlayhouse Presents
2012
as Alice
MovieBooked Out
2012
as Mrs Nicholls
TVCase Histories
2011
as Binky Rain
MovieThe Long Lonely Walk
2010
as Mrs. Didcott
MovieBunny and the Bull
2009
as Hotelier
TVCollision
2009
as Joyce Thompson
TVThe Week We Went To War
2009
MovieIs Anybody There?
2009
as Lilian
TVAbove Suspicion
2009
as Mrs Hedges
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
MovieThe Queen
2006
as Queen Mother
MovieThe Poseidon Adventure
2005
as Belle Rosen
MovieChild of Mine
2005
as Alice
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Lavinia Pinkerton
TVNew Tricks
2004
as Beatrice
TVBlue Murder
2003
as Peggy Gaumont
MovieI'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
as Mrs. Bartz
MovieWhat a Girl Wants
2003
as Princess Charlotte
TVDoctor Zhivago
2002
as Madame Fleury
TVBorn and Bred
2002
as Elizabeth Grimshaw
TVThe Jury
2002
as Elsie Beamish
TVJudge John Deed
2001
as Rose Hussein
TVAt Home with the Braithwaites
2000
as Marion Riley
Mavis and the Mermaid
2000
as Gioga
TVHolby City
1999
as Margaret Larkin
MovieNeville's Island
1998
as Mrs. Campness
MovieFood of Love
1997
as Mrs. Harvey-Brown
TVOriginal Sin
1997
as Esme Carling
MovieHalf the Picture
1996
as Margaret Thatcher
TVGhosts
1995
as Mrs Eversley
TVThe Glass Virgin
1995
as Lady Constance
TVKavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Claudia
Dancing
1995
MovieStaggered
1994
as Margaret
MovieDirty Weekend
1993
as Mrs. Crosby
TVHollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
TVPeak Practice
1993
as Isabel de Gines
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Peggy Tatton
TVMulberry
1992
as Springtime
MovieShining Through
1992
as Linda's Mother
MovieThe Laughter of God
1991
as Diana
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
MovieThatcher: The Final Days
1991
as Margaret Thatcher
MovieDoctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
as Mrs Pritchard
MovieShirley Valentine
1989
as Headmistress
MovieA Chorus of Disapproval
1989
as Rebecca Huntley-Pike
TVElstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989
as Self
MovieMr. H Is Late
1988
TVIntimate Contact
1987
as Annie Stanhope
TVThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Stephen's mother
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
TVCasualty
1986
as Bunny Tyrill
MovieAbsolute Beginners
1986
as Cynthia Eve
TVTime for Murder
1985
as Vivien Scott-Forbes
TVMiss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
as Mrs. Easterbrook
TVScreen Two
1985
as Diana
TVCountdown
1982
MovieIt's Your Move
1982
as The Wife
TVWogan
1982
as Self
TVNancy Astor
1982
as Nanaire Langhorne
MovieThere Goes The Bride
1980
as Ursula Westerby
MovieGive Us Tomorrow
1978
as Wendy Hammond
MovieThe Tamarind Seed
1974
as Margaret Stephenson
MovieAsylum
1972
as Ruth
TVThe Adventurer
1972
as Karen Ballard
TVPaul Temple
1969
TVStrange Report
1969
as Carol Webber
MovieRun Wild, Run Free
1969
as Mrs. Ransome
MovieThe Desperados
1969
as Laura
MovieThe Fiction Makers
1968
as Joyce Darling
MovieHostile Witness
1968
as Sheila Larkin
The Root of All Evil?
1968
as Elizabeth Glover
MovieDanger Route
1967
as Barbara Canning
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Carlotta Forcelli
TVHalf Hour Story
1967
as Flora Halliwell-Holmes
TVBat Out of Hell
1966
as Diana Stewart
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Judy Marriott
MovieThe Big Job
1965
as Myrtle Robbins
MovieOperation Crossbow
1965
as Constance Babington Smith
MovieEast of Sudan
1964
as Miss Woodville
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Mrs. Pritchard
MovieThe World Ten Times Over
1963
as Billa
MovieThe Punch and Judy Man
1963
as Delia Pinner
TVThe Human Jungle
1963
as Margo
TVThe Saint
1962
as Arlene
MovieThe Quare Fellow
1962
as Kathleen
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MovieVictim
1961
as Laura Farr
MovieFlame in the Streets
1961
as Kathie Palmer
MovieAmazons of Rome
1961
as Clelia
MovieThe World of Suzie Wong
1960
as Kay O’Neill
TVDanger Man
1960
as Paula Glover
MovieConspiracy of Hearts
1960
as Sister Mitya
MovieExpresso Bongo
1959
as Maisie King
MovieFerry to Hong Kong
1959
as Liz Ferrers
MovieNo Trees in the Street
1959
as Hetty
MovieBachelor of Hearts
1958
as Ann Wainwright
MovieThe Moonraker
1958
as Anne Wyndham
MovieIce Cold in Alex
1958
as Sister Diana Murdoch
MovieThe Birthday Present
1957
as Jean Scott
MovieNo Time for Tears
1957
as Nurse Margaret Collier
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MovieWoman in a Dressing Gown
1957
as Georgie Harlow
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Kay McCone
MovieMy Teenage Daughter
1956
as Janet Carr
Television Playhouse
1955
as Deborah Grayson
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Janet Towne
