Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

Acting

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).

Filmography

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Gentleman Jack ★ 7.8 Gentleman Jack 2019 Together Together 2018 Bette and Joan Bette and Joan 2017 Talking Pictures ★ 6.2 Talking Pictures 2013 Run For Your Wife ★ 4.4 Run For Your Wife 2012 Playhouse Presents ★ 6.0 Playhouse Presents 2012 Booked Out ★ 4.3 Booked Out 2012 Case Histories ★ 7.8 Case Histories 2011 The Long Lonely Walk The Long Lonely Walk 2010 Bunny and the Bull ★ 6.1 Bunny and the Bull 2009 Collision ★ 7.0 Collision 2009 The Week We Went To War ★ 5.0 The Week We Went To War 2009 Is Anybody There? ★ 6.3 Is Anybody There? 2009 Above Suspicion ★ 6.9 Above Suspicion 2009 The Alan Titchmarsh Show ★ 4.5 The Alan Titchmarsh Show 2007 The Making of 'The Queen' ★ 4.0 The Making of 'The Queen' 2007 The Queen ★ 7.0 The Queen 2006 The Poseidon Adventure ★ 5.2 The Poseidon Adventure 2005 Child of Mine ★ 5.7 Child of Mine 2005 Agatha Christie's Marple ★ 7.8 Agatha Christie's Marple 2004 New Tricks ★ 7.3 New Tricks 2004 Blue Murder ★ 6.7 Blue Murder 2003 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead ★ 5.5 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 2003 What a Girl Wants ★ 6.3 What a Girl Wants 2003 Doctor Zhivago ★ 6.7 Doctor Zhivago 2002 Born and Bred ★ 9.0 Born and Bred 2002 The Jury ★ 7.3 The Jury 2002 Judge John Deed ★ 6.8 Judge John Deed 2001 At Home with the Braithwaites ★ 6.5 At Home with the Braithwaites 2000 Mavis and the Mermaid ★ 7.0 Mavis and the Mermaid 2000 Holby City ★ 5.8 Holby City 1999 Neville's Island ★ 6.3 Neville's Island 1998 Food of Love ★ 4.0 Food of Love 1997 Original Sin ★ 7.0 Original Sin 1997 Half the Picture ★ 8.0 Half the Picture 1996 Ghosts ★ 6.0 Ghosts 1995 The Glass Virgin ★ 7.5 The Glass Virgin 1995 Kavanagh Q.C. ★ 7.3 Kavanagh Q.C. 1995 Dancing Dancing 1995 Staggered ★ 5.3 Staggered 1994 Dirty Weekend ★ 5.0 Dirty Weekend 1993 Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties ★ 7.0 Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties 1993 Peak Practice ★ 6.5 Peak Practice 1993 Heartbeat ★ 7.2 Heartbeat 1992 Mulberry ★ 7.3 Mulberry 1992 Shining Through ★ 6.5 Shining Through 1992 The Laughter of God ★ 4.0 The Laughter of God 1991 Pebble Mill ★ 4.1 Pebble Mill 1991 Thatcher: The Final Days ★ 6.7 Thatcher: The Final Days 1991 Doctor Who: Ghost Light ★ 8.4 Doctor Who: Ghost Light 1989 Shirley Valentine ★ 6.3 Shirley Valentine 1989 A Chorus of Disapproval ★ 5.4 A Chorus of Disapproval 1989 Elstree: Britain's Hollywood Elstree: Britain's Hollywood 1989 Mr. H Is Late ★ 7.0 Mr. H Is Late 1988 Intimate Contact ★ 4.3 Intimate Contact 1987 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries ★ 6.6 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 1987 Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures 1986 Casualty ★ 6.2 Casualty 1986 Absolute Beginners ★ 5.5 Absolute Beginners 1986 Time for Murder ★ 4.0 Time for Murder 1985 Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced ★ 7.5 Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced 1985 Screen Two ★ 7.1 Screen Two 1985 Countdown ★ 6.1 Countdown 1982 It's Your Move ★ 7.9 It's Your Move 1982 Wogan ★ 5.3 Wogan 1982 Nancy Astor ★ 7.7 Nancy Astor 1982 There Goes The Bride ★ 7.0 There Goes The Bride 1980 Give Us Tomorrow ★ 3.9 Give Us Tomorrow 1978 The Tamarind Seed ★ 6.2 The Tamarind Seed 1974 Asylum ★ 6.0 Asylum 1972 The Adventurer ★ 6.2 The Adventurer 1972 Paul Temple ★ 7.3 Paul Temple 1969 Strange Report ★ 7.7 Strange Report 1969 Run Wild, Run Free ★ 6.3 Run Wild, Run Free 1969 The Desperados ★ 4.2 The Desperados 1969 The Fiction Makers ★ 7.2 The Fiction Makers 1968 Hostile Witness ★ 6.4 Hostile Witness 1968 Danger Route ★ 5.6 Danger Route 1967 ITV Playhouse ★ 7.0 ITV Playhouse 1967 Half Hour Story ★ 7.5 Half Hour Story 1967