Sylvia Syms
Known for Acting
Biography
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
Operation Crossbow
1965
as Constance Babington Smith
Child of Mine
2005
as Alice
Asylum
1972
as Ruth
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
as Mrs. Bartz
Food of Love
1997
as Mrs. Harvey-Brown
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
as Mrs. Ransome
Bunny and the Bull
2009
as Hotelier
Shirley Valentine
1989
as Headmistress
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Hip Operation Woman
Absolute Beginners
1986
as Cynthia Eve
The Desperados
1969
as Laura
The Tamarind Seed
1974
as Margaret Stephenson
Danger Route
1967
as Barbara Canning
Neville's Island
1998
as Mrs. Campness
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as Sister Diana Murdoch
Expresso Bongo
1959
as Maisie King