Sylvia Syms
Known for
Sylvia Syms is a durable British actress whose name has been turning up in credits for decades. Elsewhere on the filmography sits 'The Queen'. The early stretch of the career is the part least seen today. Whatever else appears, drama runs right through the filmography. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. Playing Princess Charlotte in 'What a Girl Wants' put her in front of the widest audience of the career.
Sylvia Syms
48 Movies
40 Series
Sylvia Syms is a durable British actress whose name has been turning up in credits for decades. Elsewhere on the filmography sits 'The Queen'. The early stretch of the career is the part least seen today. Whatever else appears, drama runs right through the filmography. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. Playing Princess Charlotte in 'What a Girl Wants' put her in front of the widest audience of the career.
Movies
Plays Princess Charlotte
What a Girl Wants
2003
Plays Queen Mother
The Queen
2006
Plays Linda's Mother
Shining Through
1992
Plays Constance Babington Smith
Operation Crossbow
1965
Plays Ruth
Asylum
1972
Plays Mrs. Bartz
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
Plays Sister Diana Murdoch
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
Plays Kay O’Neill
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
Plays Cynthia Eve
Absolute Beginners
1986
Plays Liz Ferrers
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959
Plays Headmistress
Shirley Valentine
1989
Plays Alice
Child of Mine
2005
Plays Laura Farr
Victim
1961
Plays Rebecca Huntley-Pike
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
Plays Mrs. Ransome
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
Plays The Wife
It's Your Move
1982
Plays Hip Operation Woman
Run For Your Wife
2012
Plays Billa
The World Ten Times Over
1963
Plays Margaret Stephenson
The Tamarind Seed
1974
Plays Clelia
Amazons of Rome
1961
Plays Mrs. Harvey-Brown
Food of Love
1997
Plays Hetty
No Trees in the Street
1959
Plays Lilian
Is Anybody There?
2009
Plays Joyce Darling
The Fiction Makers
1968
Plays Delia Pinner
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
Plays Wendy Hammond
Give Us Tomorrow
1978
Plays Hotelier
Bunny and the Bull
2009
Plays Sheila Larkin
Hostile Witness
1968
Plays Georgie Harlow
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957
Plays Mrs Nicholls
Booked Out
2012
Plays Anne Wyndham
The Moonraker
1958
Plays Laura
The Desperados
1969
Plays Nurse Margaret Collier
No Time for Tears
1957
Plays Myrtle Robbins
The Big Job
1965
Plays Janet Carr
My Teenage Daughter
1956
Plays Kathie Palmer
Flame in the Streets
1961
Plays Mrs Pritchard
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
Plays Maisie King
Expresso Bongo
1959
Plays Kathleen
The Quare Fellow
1962
Plays Mrs. Crosby
Dirty Weekend
1993
Plays Ann Wainwright
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
Plays Margaret
Staggered
1994
Plays Barbara Canning
Danger Route
1967
Plays Sister Mitya
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960
Plays Jean Scott
The Birthday Present
1957
Plays Miss Woodville
East of Sudan
1964
TV Shows
Plays Marion Riley
At Home with the Braithwaites
2000
Plays Isabel de Gines
Peak Practice
1993
Plays Elsie Beamish
The Jury
2002
Plays Diana Stewart
Bat Out of Hell
1966
Plays Joyce Thompson
Collision
2009
Plays Stephen's mother
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Plays Arlene
The Saint
1962
Plays Esme Carling
Original Sin
1997
Plays Madame Fleury
Doctor Zhivago
2002
Plays Nanaire Langhorne
Nancy Astor
1982
Plays Mrs. Easterbrook
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
Plays Mrs. Pritchard
Doctor Who
1963
Plays Annie Stanhope
Intimate Contact
1987
Plays Binky Rain
Case Histories
2011
Plays Lady Constance
The Glass Virgin
1995
Plays Mrs Hedges
Above Suspicion
2009
Plays Rose Hussein
Judge John Deed
2001
Plays Kay McCone
Armchair Theatre
1956
Plays Carlotta Forcelli
ITV Playhouse
1967
Plays Diana
Screen Two
1985
Plays Maisie Barron
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Plays Lavinia Pinkerton
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Plays Mrs Rawson
Gentleman Jack
2019
Plays Elizabeth Grimshaw
Born and Bred
2002
Plays Carol Webber
Strange Report
1969
Plays Springtime
Mulberry
1992
Plays Vivien Scott-Forbes
Time for Murder
1985
Plays Mrs. Easterbrook
Miss Marple
1984
Plays Flora Halliwell-Holmes
Half Hour Story
1967
Plays Mrs Eversley
Ghosts
1995
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Run For Your Wife
Full Filmography
Gentleman Jack
Mrs Rawson · 1 episode
2019–
TV
Run For Your Wife
Hip Operation Woman
2012
Film
Playhouse Presents
Alice · 1 episode
2012–
TV
Booked Out
Mrs Nicholls
2012
Film
Case Histories
Binky Rain · 2 episodes
2011–
TV
The Long Lonely Walk
Mrs. Didcott
2010
Film
Bunny and the Bull
Hotelier
2009
Film
Collision
Joyce Thompson · 5 episodes
2009–
TV
Is Anybody There?
Lilian
2009
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Sylvia Syms still alive?
Sylvia Syms passed away on January 27, 2023 at age 89.
What are the most famous roles of Sylvia Syms?
Sylvia Syms is best known for roles in What a Girl Wants, The Queen, Shining Through.
How many movies has Sylvia Syms been in?
Over a 67-year career (since 1956), Sylvia Syms has appeared in 48 movies and 40 TV shows.
What was Sylvia Syms's first movie?
The career of Sylvia Syms began with My Teenage Daughter (1956).
What is Sylvia Syms's most recent movie or series?
Sylvia Syms's most recent release is Gentleman Jack, which premiered on May 19, 2019.
What TV shows has Sylvia Syms appeared in?
On television, Sylvia Syms has appeared in Doctor Who, Gentleman Jack, Agatha Christie's Marple, The Saint.
Sylvia Syms
1934-01-06 · 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).