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Sylvia Syms

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Sylvia Syms

Born January 6, 1934 in Woolwich, London, England, UKDied January 27, 202357 films

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).

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Victim posterFirst watchVictim19617.5as Laura FarrA web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Queen poster6.9The Queen2006What a Girl Wants poster6.3What a Girl Wants2003Shining Through poster6.5Shining Through1992Ice Cold in Alex poster7.3Ice Cold in Alex1958Operation Crossbow poster6.7Operation Crossbow1965Asylum poster6.0Asylum1972Shirley Valentine poster6.3Shirley Valentine1989Is Anybody There? poster6.3Is Anybody There?2009

Filmography

57 films as actor
  1. 2018Together
  2. 2012Run For Your WifeHip Operation Woman
  3. 2012Booked OutMrs Nicholls
  4. 2010The Long Lonely WalkMrs. Didcott
  5. 2009Bunny and the BullHotelier
  6. 2009Is Anybody There?Lilian
  7. 2006The QueenQueen Mother
  8. 2005The Poseidon AdventureBelle Rosen
  9. 2005Child of MineAlice
  10. 2003I'll Sleep When I'm DeadMrs. Bartz
  11. 2003What a Girl WantsPrincess Charlotte
  12. 2000Mavis and the MermaidGioga
  13. 1998Neville's IslandMrs. Campness
  14. 1997Food of LoveMrs. Harvey-Brown
  15. 1996Half the PictureMargaret Thatcher
  16. 1995Dancing
  17. 1994StaggeredMargaret
  18. 1993Dirty WeekendMrs. Crosby
  19. 1992Shining ThroughLinda's Mother
  20. 1991The Laughter of GodDiana
  21. 1991Thatcher: The Final DaysMargaret Thatcher
  22. 1989Doctor Who: Ghost LightMrs Pritchard
  23. 1989Shirley ValentineHeadmistress
  24. 1989A Chorus of DisapprovalRebecca Huntley-Pike
  25. 1988Mr. H Is Late
  26. 1986Absolute BeginnersCynthia Eve
  27. 1982It's Your MoveThe Wife
  28. 1980There Goes The BrideUrsula Westerby
  29. 1978Give Us TomorrowWendy Hammond
  30. 1974The Tamarind SeedMargaret Stephenson
  31. 1972AsylumRuth
  32. 1969Run Wild, Run FreeMrs. Ransome
  33. 1969The DesperadosLaura
  34. 1968The Fiction MakersJoyce Darling
  35. 1968Hostile WitnessSheila Larkin
  36. 1967Danger RouteBarbara Canning
  37. 1965The Big JobMyrtle Robbins
  38. 1965Operation CrossbowConstance Babington Smith
  39. 1964East of SudanMiss Woodville
  40. 1963The World Ten Times OverBilla
  41. 1963The Punch and Judy ManDelia Pinner
  42. 1962The Quare FellowKathleen
  43. 1961VictimLaura Farr
  44. 1961Flame in the StreetsKathie Palmer
  45. 1961Amazons of RomeClelia
  46. 1960The World of Suzie WongKay O’Neill
  47. 1960Conspiracy of HeartsSister Mitya
  48. 1959Expresso BongoMaisie King
  49. 1959Ferry to Hong KongLiz Ferrers
  50. 1959No Trees in the StreetHetty
  51. 1958Bachelor of HeartsAnn Wainwright
  52. 1958The MoonrakerAnne Wyndham
  53. 1958Ice Cold in AlexSister Diana Murdoch
  54. 1957The Birthday PresentJean Scott
  55. 1957No Time for TearsNurse Margaret Collier
  56. 1957Woman in a Dressing GownGeorgie Harlow
  57. 1956My Teenage DaughterJanet Carr