Sylvia Syms
Actor
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).
Filmography
The Queen
as Queen Mother 2006
Shining Through
as Linda's Mother 1992
Asylum
as Ruth 1972
Victim
as Laura Farr 1961
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
as Mrs. Bartz 2003
The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle Rosen 2005
Operation Crossbow
as Constance Babington Smith 1965
Shirley Valentine
as Headmistress 1989
Ice Cold in Alex
as Sister Diana Murdoch 1958
Is Anybody There?
as Lilian 2009
Bunny and the Bull
as Hotelier 2009
Absolute Beginners
as Cynthia Eve 1986
The Tamarind Seed
as Margaret Stephenson 1974
The World of Suzie Wong
as Kay O’Neill 1960
The Big Job
as Myrtle Robbins 1965
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Rebecca Huntley-Pike 1989