Biography
Sylvia Syms
Acting
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). In total, there are 117 recognized credits in film and tele…
Career works
117
Movies
59
Series
58
Career average
6.4/10
Birth date
01/06/1934
Place of birth
Woolwich, London, England, UK
Date of death
01/27/2023
Filmography highlights
Movies
Together
2018
Bette and Joan
2017
Run For Your Wife
2012 · 4.4
Booked Out
2012 · 4.3
The Long Lonely Walk
2010
Bunny and the Bull
2009 · 6.1
Is Anybody There?
2009 · 6.3
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The Making of 'The Queen'
2007 · 4.0
The Queen
2006 · 6.9
The Poseidon Adventure
2005 · 5.2
Child of Mine
2005 · 5.7
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003 · 5.5
What a Girl Wants
2003 · 6.3
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Mavis and the Mermaid
2000 · 7.0
Neville's Island
1998 · 6.3
Series
Gentleman Jack
2019 · 7.9
Talking Pictures
2013 · 6.2
Playhouse Presents
2012 · 6.0
Case Histories
2011 · 7.8
Collision
2009 · 7.0
The Week We Went To War
2009 · 5.0
Above Suspicion
2009 · 7.0
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The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · 4.5
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · 7.8
New Tricks
2004 · 7.3
Blue Murder
2003 · 6.7
Doctor Zhivago
2002 · 6.7
Born and Bred
2002 · 9.0
The Jury
2002 · 7.1
Judge John Deed
2001 · 6.8