ACTOR · FROM WOOLWICH, UK
Sylvia Syms
1934–2023104 credits since 1950
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ABOUT SYLVIA
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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Born6 January 1934
Died27 January 2023
BirthplaceWoolwich, UK
Known forActing
On Cineora56 of 104 titles
Known for
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SeriesCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 56
- Average IMDb
- 6.6
- Highest rated
- Doctor WhoIMDb 8.4
- Working since
- 1950
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2010s
8 titles · IMDb 6.2 on average
Seriesas Mrs Rawson · 1 episode
as Narrator · 34 episodes
Movieas Hip Operation Woman
as Alice · 1 episode
as Mrs Nicholls
Seriesas Binky Rain · 2 episodes
as Mrs. Didcott
The 2000s
18 titles · IMDb 6.9 on averageMovieas Hotelier
Seriesas Joyce Thompson · 5 episodes
Movieas Lilian
Seriesas Mrs Hedges · 2 episodes
Movieas Queen Mother
Movieas Belle Rosen
Movieas Alice
Seriesas Lavinia Pinkerton · 1 episode
The 1990s
18 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average
Seriesas Margaret Larkin · 1 episode
as Mrs. Campness
as Mrs. Harvey-Brown
as Esme Carling · 3 episodes
Seriesas Maisie Barron · 2 episodes
as Margaret Thatcher
as Mrs Eversley · 1 episode
as Lady Constance · 2 episodes
The 1980s
15 titles · IMDb 6.6 on average
as Mrs Pritchard
Movieas Headmistress
Movieas Rebecca Huntley-Pike
as Annie Stanhope · 2 episodes
Seriesas Lilian Crown · 2 episodes
Seriesas Bunny Tyrill · 1 episode
Movieas Cynthia Eve
The 1970s
5 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average
as Wendy Hammond
Comedy Premiere
Not on Cineoraas Verity Martin · 1 episode
Movieas Margaret Stephenson
Movieas Ruth
as Karen Ballard · 1 episode
The 1960s
27 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average
1 episode
as Carol Webber · 1 episode
as Mrs. Ransome
Movieas Laura
Movieas Joyce Darling
Movieas Sheila Larkin
The Root of All Evil?
Not on Cineoraas Elizabeth Glover · 1 episode
Movieas Barbara Canning
The 1950s
13 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average
Movieas Maisie King
Movieas Liz Ferrers
Movieas Hetty
as Ann Wainwright
Movieas Anne Wyndham
Movieas Sister Diana Murdoch
as Jean Scott
as Nurse Margaret Collier
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Sylvia’s titles.
Anthony QuayleIce Cold in Alex, Operation Crossbow and 2 more
Anna ChancellorWhat a Girl Wants, Kavanagh Q.C. and 1 more
John MillsIce Cold in Alex, Operation Crossbow and 1 more
Peter DavisonDoctor Who, Gentleman Jack and 1 more
J. Lee ThompsonDirector · Ice Cold in Alex, Woman in a Dressing Gown and 1 more
Roy Ward BakerDirector · Asylum, The Fiction Makers and 1 more
Gilbert TaylorCinematographer · Ice Cold in Alex, The Punch and Judy Man and 1 more
