Sylvia Syms

Jan 06, 1934 - Jan 27, 2023 (89 years old) in 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).

Known For

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Doctor Who

Mrs. Pritchard

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Holby City

Margaret Larkin

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Peak Practice

Isabel de Gines

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Heartbeat

Peggy Tatton

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Television Playhouse

Deborah Grayson

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Dalziel & Pascoe

Maisie Barron

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Casualty

Bunny Tyrill

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The Saint

Arlene

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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Stephen's mother

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Agatha Christie's Marple

Lavinia Pinkerton

Credits

Gentleman Jack 2019

Mrs Rawson

★ 7.8
Together 2018

★ NR
Bette and Joan 2017

Self - Presenter

★ NR
Talking Pictures 2013

Narrator

★ 5
Run For Your Wife 2012

Hip Operation Woman

★ 4.2
Playhouse Presents 2012

Alice

★ 6
Booked Out 2012

Mrs Nicholls

★ 5.5
Case Histories 2011

Binky Rain

★ 7.8
The Long Lonely Walk 2010

Mrs. Didcott

★ NR
Bunny and the Bull 2009

Hotelier

★ 6.1
Collision 2009

Joyce Thompson

★ 7
Is Anybody There? 2009

Lilian

★ 6.2
Above Suspicion 2009

Mrs. Hedges

★ 6.8
The Queen 2006

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

★ 6.9
The Poseidon Adventure 2005

Belle Rosen

★ 5.2
Child of Mine 2005

Alice

★ 5.8
Agatha Christie's Marple 2004

Lavinia Pinkerton

★ 7.6
New Tricks 2004

Beatrice

★ 7.3
Blue Murder 2003

Peggy Gaumont

★ 6.6
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 2003

Mrs. Bartz

★ 5.4
What a Girl Wants 2003

Princess Charlotte

★ 6.3
Doctor Zhivago 2002

Madame Fleury

★ 6.6
Born and Bred 2002

Elizabeth Grimshaw

★ 8.5
The Jury 2002

Elsie Beamish

★ 6.4
Judge John Deed 2001

Rose Hussein

★ 6.6
At Home with the Braithwaites 2000

Marion Riley

★ 6.8
Mavis and the Mermaid 2000

Gioga

★ NR
Holby City 1999

Margaret Larkin

★ 5.7
Neville's Island 1998

Mrs. Campness

★ 5.6
Food of Love 1997

Mrs. Harvey-Brown

★ 3.5
Original Sin 1997

Esme Carling

★ 7
Dalziel & Pascoe 1996

Maisie Barron

★ 6.4
Half the Picture 1996

Margaret Thatcher

★ NR
The Glass Virgin 1995

Lady Constance

★ 7.3
Kavanagh Q.C. 1995

Claudia

★ 7
Staggered 1994

Margaret

★ 5.3
Dirty Weekend 1993

Mrs. Crosby

★ 5.2
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties 1993

Self

★ NR
Peak Practice 1993

Isabel de Gines

★ 6.1
Natural Lies 1992

★ NR
Heartbeat 1992

Peggy Tatton

★ 7
Mulberry 1992

Springtime

★ 7.2
Shining Through 1992

Linda's Mother

★ 6.5
The Laughter of God 1991

★ NR
Thatcher: The Final Days 1991

Margaret Thatcher

★ 6.5
Doctor Who: Ghost Light 1989

Mrs Pritchard

★ 8.7
Shirley Valentine 1989

Headmistress

★ 6.3
A Chorus of Disapproval 1989

Rebecca Huntley-Pike

★ 5.2
Elstree: Britain's Hollywood 1989

Self

★ NR
Mr. H Is Late 1988

★ 7
Intimate Contact 1987

Annie Stanhope

★ 2
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 1987

Stephen's mother

★ 6.2
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures 1986

★ NR
Casualty 1986

Bunny Tyrill

★ 6
Absolute Beginners 1986

Cynthia Eve

★ 5.5
Time for Murder 1985

Viven Scott-Forbes

★ 4
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced 1985

Mrs. Easterbrook

★ 7.2
Miss Marple 1984

Mrs. Easterbrook

★ 8.2
Countdown 1982

★ 5.8
It's Your Move 1982

The Wife

★ 8.2
Nancy Astor 1982

Nanaire Langthorne

★ 7.5
There Goes The Bride 1980

Ursula Westerby

★ NR
Give Us Tomorrow 1978

Wendy Hammond

★ 4.8
The Tamarind Seed 1974

Margaret Stephenson

★ 6.2
Asylum 1972

Ruth

★ 6
The Adventurer 1972

Karen Ballard

★ 5.5
Paul Temple 1969

★ 5.5
Strange Report 1969

Carol Webber

★ 6.5
Run Wild, Run Free 1969

Mrs. Ransome

★ 6
The Desperados 1969

Laura

★ 4.1
The Fiction Makers 1968

Joyce Darling

★ 7.2
Hostile Witness 1968

Sheila Larkin

★ 6.2
Danger Route 1967

Barbara Canning

★ 6.1
Bat Out of Hell 1966

★ 6.3
Operation Crossbow 1965

Constance Babington Smith

★ 6.7
The Big Job 1965

Myrtle Robbins

★ 6.7
East of Sudan 1964

Miss Woodville

★ 5.3
Doctor Who 1963

Mrs. Pritchard

★ 7.9
The World Ten Times Over 1963

Billa

★ 7
The Punch and Judy Man 1963

Delia Pinner

★ 7.8
The Human Jungle 1963

Margo

★ 8.2
The Saint 1962

Arlene

★ 7.3
The Quare Fellow 1962

Kathleen

★ 5.8
Victim 1961

Laura Farr

★ 7.5
Flame in the Streets 1961

Kathie Palmer

★ 5.8
Amazons of Rome 1961

Clelia

★ 4.5
The World of Suzie Wong 1960

Kay O’Neill

★ 6.4
Danger Man 1960

Paula Glover

★ 7.2
Conspiracy of Hearts 1960

Sister Mitya

★ 6.7
Expresso Bongo 1959

Maisie King

★ 5.4
Ferry to Hong Kong 1959

Liz Ferrers

★ 5.5
No Trees in the Street 1959

Hetty

★ 5.8
Bachelor of Hearts 1958

Ann Wainwright

★ 5.6
The Moonraker 1958

Anne Wyndham

★ 6.8
Ice Cold in Alex 1958

Sister Diana Murdoch

★ 7.3
The Birthday Present 1957

Jean Scott

★ 7.1
No Time for Tears 1957

Nurse Margaret Collier

★ 5
Woman in a Dressing Gown 1957

Georgie Harlow

★ 6.4
Armchair Theatre 1956

Kay McCone

★ 5.8
My Teenage Daughter 1956

Janet Carr

★ 6
Television Playhouse 1955

Deborah Grayson

★ NR

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