Acting credits
100
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sylvia Syms
Acting
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Movies: 56Series: 44
TMDB ID: 15736
IMDb ID: nm0843401
Known for: Acting
Born: January 6, 1934
Died: January 27, 2023
Age: 89
Place of birth: Woolwich, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2019
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q291443
Also known as
Sylvia Sims • Silvia Syms • Sylvia May Laura Syms
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sylvia Syms.
Together
2018 Movie
Bette and Joan
as Self - Presenter
2017 Movie
4.4
Run For Your Wife
as Hip Operation Woman
2012 Movie
4.3
Booked Out
as Mrs Nicholls
2012 Movie
The Long Lonely Walk
as Mrs. Didcott
2010 Movie
6.0
Bunny and the Bull
as Hotelier
2009 Movie
6.3
Is Anybody There?
as Lilian
2009 Movie
6.9
The Queen
as Queen Mother
2006 Movie
5.2
The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle Rosen
2005 Movie
5.7
Child of Mine
as Alice
2005 Movie
5.4
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
as Mrs. Bartz
2003 Movie
6.3
What a Girl Wants
as Princess Charlotte
2003 Movie
5.7
Neville's Island
as Mrs. Campness
1998 Movie
3.0
Food of Love
as Mrs. Harvey-Brown
1997 Movie
Half the Picture
as Margaret Thatcher
1996 Movie
5.2
Staggered
as Margaret
1994 Movie
4.7
Dirty Weekend
as Mrs. Crosby
1993 Movie
6.5
Shining Through
as Linda's Mother
1992 Movie
1.0
The Laughter of God
as Diana
1991 Movie
6.5
Thatcher: The Final Days
as Margaret Thatcher
1991 Movie
8.4
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
as Mrs Pritchard
1989 Movie
6.3
Shirley Valentine
as Headmistress
1989 Movie
5.3
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Rebecca Huntley-Pike
1989 Movie
6.6
Mr. H Is Late
1988 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sylvia Syms.
7.8
Gentleman Jack
as Mrs Rawson • 1 eps
2019 Series
5.8
Talking Pictures
as Narrator • 34 eps
2013 Series
6.0
Playhouse Presents
as Alice • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.8
Case Histories
as Binky Rain • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.0
Collision
as Joyce Thompson • 5 eps
2009 Series
5.0
The Week We Went To War
2 eps
2009 Series
6.8
Above Suspicion
as Mrs. Hedges • 2 eps
2009 Series
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lavinia Pinkerton • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.4
New Tricks
as Beatrice • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.7
Blue Murder
as Peggy Gaumont • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.6
Doctor Zhivago
as Madame Fleury • 3 eps
2002 Series
8.5
Born and Bred
as Elizabeth Grimshaw • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.8
The Jury
as Elsie Beamish • 6 eps
2002 Series
6.7
Judge John Deed
as Rose Hussein • 2 eps
2001 Series
6.4
At Home with the Braithwaites
as Marion Riley • 26 eps
2000 Series
5.7
Holby City
as Margaret Larkin • 1 eps
1999 Series
6.7
Original Sin
as Esme Carling • 3 eps
1997 Series
6.3
Dalziel & Pascoe
as Maisie Barron • 2 eps
1996 Series
7.3
The Glass Virgin
as Lady Constance • 2 eps
1995 Series
7.0
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Claudia • 1 eps
1995 Series
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
as Self • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.1
Peak Practice
as Isabel de Gines • 15 eps
1993 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Peggy Tatton • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.2
Mulberry
as Springtime • 1 eps
1992 Series