Sylvia 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).

Known For

Doctor Who

The Mike Douglas Show

Casualty

Casualty

Holby City

Agatha Christie's Marple

New Tricks

Heartbeat

All Movies (59)

• Together2018
• Bette and Joan2017 · as Self - Presenter
• Run For Your Wife2012 · as Hip Operation Woman
• Booked Out2012 · as Mrs Nicholls
• The Long Lonely Walk2010 · as Mrs. Didcott
• Bunny and the Bull2009 · as Hotelier
• Is Anybody There?2009 · as Lilian
• The Making of 'The Queen'2007 · as Self
• The Queen2006 · as Queen Mother
• The Poseidon Adventure2005 · as Belle Rosen
• Child of Mine2005 · as Alice
• I'll Sleep When I'm Dead2003 · as Mrs. Bartz
• What a Girl Wants2003 · as Princess Charlotte
• Mavis and the Mermaid2000 · as Gioga
• Neville's Island1998 · as Mrs. Campness
• Food of Love1997 · as Mrs. Harvey-Brown
• Half the Picture1996 · as Margaret Thatcher
• Dancing1995
• Staggered1994 · as Margaret
• Dirty Weekend1993 · as Mrs. Crosby
• Shining Through1992 · as Linda's Mother
• The Laughter of God1991 · as Diana
• Thatcher: The Final Days1991 · as Margaret Thatcher
• Doctor Who: Ghost Light1989 · as Mrs Pritchard
• Shirley Valentine1989 · as Headmistress
• A Chorus of Disapproval1989 · as Rebecca Huntley-Pike
• Mr. H Is Late1988
• Absolute Beginners1986 · as Cynthia Eve
• It's Your Move1982 · as The Wife
• There Goes The Bride1980 · as Ursula Westerby
• Give Us Tomorrow1978 · as Wendy Hammond
• The Tamarind Seed1974 · as Margaret Stephenson
• Asylum1972 · as Ruth
• Run Wild, Run Free1969 · as Mrs. Ransome
• The Desperados1969 · as Laura
• The Fiction Makers1968 · as Joyce Darling
• Hostile Witness1968 · as Sheila Larkin
• Danger Route1967 · as Barbara Canning
• The Big Job1965 · as Myrtle Robbins
• Operation Crossbow1965 · as Constance Babington Smith
• East of Sudan1964 · as Miss Woodville
• The World Ten Times Over1963 · as Billa
• The Punch and Judy Man1963 · as Delia Pinner
• The Quare Fellow1962 · as Kathleen
• Victim1961 · as Laura Farr
• Flame in the Streets1961 · as Kathie Palmer
• Amazons of Rome1961 · as Clelia
• The World of Suzie Wong1960 · as Kay O’Neill
• Conspiracy of Hearts1960 · as Sister Mitya
• Expresso Bongo1959 · as Maisie King
• Ferry to Hong Kong1959 · as Liz Ferrers
• No Trees in the Street1959 · as Hetty
• Bachelor of Hearts1958 · as Ann Wainwright
• The Moonraker1958 · as Anne Wyndham
• Ice Cold in Alex1958 · as Sister Diana Murdoch
• The Birthday Present1957 · as Jean Scott
• No Time for Tears1957 · as Nurse Margaret Collier
• Woman in a Dressing Gown1957 · as Georgie Harlow
• My Teenage Daughter1956 · as Janet Carr

All TV Shows (65)

• Gentleman Jack2019 · as Mrs Rawson
• Talking Pictures2013 · as Narrator
• Playhouse Presents2012 · as Alice
• Case Histories2011 · as Binky Rain
• Collision2009 · as Joyce Thompson
• The Week We Went To War2009
• Above Suspicion2009 · as Mrs Hedges
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Lavinia Pinkerton
• New Tricks2004 · as Beatrice
• Blue Murder2003 · as Peggy Gaumont
• Doctor Zhivago2002 · as Madame Fleury
• Born and Bred2002 · as Elizabeth Grimshaw
• The Jury2002 · as Elsie Beamish
• Judge John Deed2001 · as Rose Hussein
• At Home with the Braithwaites2000 · as Marion Riley
• Holby City1999 · as Margaret Larkin
• Original Sin1997 · as Esme Carling
• Ghosts1995 · as Mrs Eversley
• The Glass Virgin1995 · as Lady Constance
• Kavanagh Q.C.1995 · as Claudia
• Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties1993 · as Self
• Peak Practice1993 · as Isabel de Gines
• Heartbeat1992 · as Peggy Tatton
• Mulberry1992 · as Springtime
• Pebble Mill1991 · as Self
• Elstree: Britain's Hollywood1989 · as Self
• Intimate Contact1987 · as Annie Stanhope
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Lilian Crown
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Stephen's mother
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Mrs. Whalby
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Mrs. Thorn
• Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures1986
• Casualty1986 · as Bunny Tyrill
• Casualty1986 · as Mrs. Bullock
• Time for Murder1985 · as Vivien Scott-Forbes
• Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced1985 · as Mrs. Easterbrook
• Screen Two1985 · as Diana
• Screen Two1985 · as Margaret Thatcher
• Countdown1982
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• Nancy Astor1982 · as Nanaire Langhorne
• The Adventurer1972 · as Karen Ballard
• Paul Temple1969
• Strange Report1969 · as Carol Webber
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Carlotta Forcelli
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Frances
• Half Hour Story1967 · as Flora Halliwell-Holmes
• Bat Out of Hell1966 · as Diana Stewart
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Judy Marriott
• Doctor Who1963 · as Mrs. Pritchard
• The Human Jungle1963 · as Margo
• The Saint1962 · as Arlene
• The Saint1962 · as Lady Anne Yearley
• The Saint1962 · as Amos Klein
• The Saint1962 · as Jeannine Roger
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Danger Man1960 · as Paula Glover
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Kay McCone
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mary Fleming
• Television Playhouse1955 · as Deborah Grayson
• Television Playhouse1955 · as Hilary
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Janet Towne