Sylvia Syms
Known for 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
What a Girl Wants
2003
as Princess Charlotte
The Queen
2006
as Queen Mother
Shining Through
1992
as Linda's Mother
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
as Belle Rosen
Asylum
1972
as Ruth
Operation Crossbow
1965
as Constance Babington Smith
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as Sister Diana Murdoch
The Tamarind Seed
1974
as Margaret Stephenson
Shirley Valentine
1989
as Headmistress
Absolute Beginners
1986
as Cynthia Eve
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959
as Liz Ferrers
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
as Kay O’Neill
Is Anybody There?
2009
as Lilian
Victim
1961
as Laura Farr
The Moonraker
1958
as Anne Wyndham
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
as Mrs. Bartz
Bunny and the Bull
2009
as Hotelier
The Big Job
1965
as Myrtle Robbins
Dirty Weekend
1993
as Mrs. Crosby
Staggered
1994
as Margaret