Sylvia Syms
Known for: Acting
Born: January 6, 1934
Died: January 27, 2023
Place of birth: Woolwich, London, England, UK
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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Filmography
59 movies · 57 TV shows, newest first
7.8
Gentleman Jack
2019
NR
Together
2018
NR
Bette and Joan
20176.2
Talking Pictures
2013
4.4
Run For Your Wife
2012
6.0
Playhouse Presents
2012
4.3
Booked Out
2012
7.8
Case Histories
2011
NR
The Long Lonely Walk
2010
6.1
Bunny and the Bull
2009
7.0
Collision
2009
5.0
The Week We Went To War
2009
6.3
Is Anybody There?
2009
7.0
Above Suspicion
20094.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
20074.0
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
6.9
The Queen
2006
5.2
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
5.7
Child of Mine
2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
7.3
New Tricks
2004
6.7
Blue Murder
2003
5.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
6.3
What a Girl Wants
2003
6.7
Doctor Zhivago
2002
9.0
Born and Bred
2002
7.0
The Jury
2002
6.8
Judge John Deed
2001
6.5
At Home with the Braithwaites
20007.0
Mavis and the Mermaid
2000
5.8
Holby City
1999
6.3
Neville's Island
1998
4.0
Food of Love
1997
7.0
Original Sin
1997
6.4
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
8.0
Half the Picture
1996
6.0
Ghosts
1995
7.5
The Glass Virgin
1995
7.3
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995NR
Dancing
1995
5.3
Staggered
1994
5.0
Dirty Weekend
1993
7.0
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
6.5
Peak Practice
1993
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
7.3
Mulberry
1992
6.5
Shining Through
1992
4.0
The Laughter of God
19914.1
Pebble Mill
1991
6.7
Thatcher: The Final Days
1991
8.4
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
6.3
Shirley Valentine
1989
5.4
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
NR
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
1989
7.0
Mr. H Is Late
1988
4.3
Intimate Contact
1987
6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987NR
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
6.2
Casualty
1986
5.5
Absolute Beginners
1986
4.0
Time for Murder
1985
7.6
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
7.0
Miss Marple
1984
6.0
Countdown
1982
7.9
It's Your Move
1982
5.3
Wogan
1982
7.7
Nancy Astor
1982
7.0
There Goes The Bride
1980
3.9
Give Us Tomorrow
1978
6.2
The Tamarind Seed
1974
6.0
Asylum
1972
6.3
The Adventurer
1972
7.3
Paul Temple
1969
7.7
Strange Report
1969
6.2
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
4.2
The Desperados
1969
7.2
The Fiction Makers
1968
6.5
Hostile Witness
1968NR
The Root of All Evil?
1968
5.6
Danger Route
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
7.5
Half Hour Story
1967
7.2
Bat Out of Hell
1966
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
6.7
The Big Job
1965
6.7
Operation Crossbow
1965
5.9
East of Sudan
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
1963
7.4
The World Ten Times Over
1963
7.9
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
8.2
The Human Jungle
1963
7.4
The Saint
1962
5.7
The Quare Fellow
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.4
Victim
1961
6.3
Flame in the Streets
1961
4.8
Amazons of Rome
1961
6.6
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
7.3
Danger Man
1960
6.8
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960
5.3
Expresso Bongo
1959
5.6
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959
5.8
No Trees in the Street
1959
5.9
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
6.9
The Moonraker
1958
7.3
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
7.3
The Birthday Present
1957
6.0
No Time for Tears
19577.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
6.3
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
6.3
My Teenage Daughter
19567.0
Television Playhouse
1955
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950