1934Born, Woolwich
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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
What a Girl WantsPrincess Charlotte
The QueenQueen Mother
Shining ThroughLinda's Mother
AsylumRuth
Gentleman JackMrs Rawson2019Gentleman JackMrs Rawson · 1 episodeShow
2018TogetherMovie
2013Talking PicturesNarrator · 34 episodesShow
2012Run For Your WifeHip Operation WomanMovie
2012Playhouse PresentsAlice · 1 episodeShow
2012Booked OutMrs NichollsMovie
2011Case HistoriesBinky Rain · 2 episodesShow
2010The Long Lonely WalkMrs. DidcottMovie
2009Bunny and the BullHotelierMovie
2009CollisionJoyce Thompson · 5 episodesShow
2009Is Anybody There?LilianMovie
2009Above SuspicionMrs Hedges · 2 episodesShow
2006The QueenQueen MotherMovie
2005The Poseidon AdventureBelle RosenMovie
2005Child of MineAliceMovie
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleLavinia Pinkerton · 1 episodeShow
2004New TricksBeatrice · 1 episodeShow
2003Blue MurderPeggy Gaumont · 1 episodeShow
2003I'll Sleep When I'm DeadMrs. BartzMovie
2003What a Girl WantsPrincess CharlotteMovie
2002Doctor ZhivagoMadame Fleury · 3 episodesShow
2002Born and BredElizabeth Grimshaw · 1 episodeShow
2002The JuryElsie Beamish · 6 episodesShow
2001Judge John DeedRose Hussein · 2 episodesShow
2000At Home with the BraithwaitesMarion Riley · 20 episodesShow
2000Mavis and the MermaidGiogaMovie
1999Holby CityMargaret Larkin · 1 episodeShow
1998Neville's IslandMrs. CampnessMovie
1997Food of LoveMrs. Harvey-BrownMovie
1997Original SinEsme Carling · 3 episodesShow
1996Dalziel and PascoeMaisie Barron · 2 episodesShow
1996Half the PictureMargaret ThatcherMovie
1995GhostsMrs Eversley · 1 episodeShow
1995The Glass VirginLady Constance · 2 episodesShow
1995Kavanagh Q.C.Claudia · 1 episodeShow
1995DancingMovie
1994StaggeredMargaretMovie
1993Dirty WeekendMrs. CrosbyMovie
1993Peak PracticeIsabel de Gines · 15 episodesShow
1992HeartbeatPeggy Tatton · 1 episodeShow
1992MulberrySpringtime · 1 episodeShow
1992Shining ThroughLinda's MotherMovie
1991The Laughter of GodDianaMovie
1991Thatcher: The Final DaysMargaret ThatcherMovie
1989Doctor Who: Ghost LightMrs PritchardMovie
1989Shirley ValentineHeadmistressMovie
1989A Chorus of DisapprovalRebecca Huntley-PikeMovie
1988Mr. H Is LateMovie
1987Intimate ContactAnnie Stanhope · 2 episodesShow
1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesStephen's mother, Mrs. Whalby, Mrs. Thorn, Lilian Crown · 2 episodesShow
1986Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures2 episodesShow
1986Absolute BeginnersCynthia EveMovie
1985Time for MurderVivien Scott-Forbes · 1 episodeShow
1985Miss Marple: A Murder Is AnnouncedMrs. Easterbrook · 3 episodesShow
1985Screen TwoDiana, Margaret Thatcher · 1 episodeShow
1984Miss MarpleMrs. Easterbrook · 1 episodeShow
1982It's Your MoveThe WifeMovie
1982Nancy AstorNanaire Langhorne · 3 episodesShow
1980There Goes The BrideUrsula WesterbyMovie
1978Give Us TomorrowWendy HammondMovie
1975Comedy PremiereVerity Martin · 1 episodeShow
1974The Tamarind SeedMargaret StephensonMovie
1972AsylumRuthMovie
1972The AdventurerKaren Ballard · 1 episodeShow
1969Paul Temple1 episodeShow
1969Strange ReportCarol Webber · 1 episodeShow
1969Run Wild, Run FreeMrs. RansomeMovie
1969The DesperadosLauraMovie
1968The Fiction MakersJoyce DarlingMovie
1968Hostile WitnessSheila LarkinMovie
1968The Root of All Evil?Elizabeth Glover · 1 episodeShow
1967Danger RouteBarbara CanningMovie
1967ITV PlayhouseCarlotta Forcelli, Frances · 1 episodeShow
1967Half Hour StoryFlora Halliwell-Holmes · 1 episodeShow
1966Bat Out of HellDiana Stewart · 5 episodesShow
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreJudy Marriott · 1 episodeShow
1965The Big JobMyrtle RobbinsMovie
1965Operation CrossbowConstance Babington SmithMovie
1964East of SudanMiss WoodvilleMovie
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