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Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

Birthday: 1934-01-06 | Place of Birth: 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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2017
Bette and Joan

as    Self - Presenter

2012
Booked Out

as    Mrs Nicholls

2010
The Long Lonely Walk

as    Mrs. Didcott

2009
Bunny and the Bull

as    Hotelier

2009
Collision

as    Joyce Thompson

2009
Is Anybody There?

as    Lilian

2006
The Queen

as    Queen Mother

2005
The Poseidon Adventure

as    Belle Rosen

2004
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

as    Mrs. Bartz

2003
What a Girl Wants

as    Princess Charlotte

2002
Doctor Zhivago

as    Madame Fleury

2000
At Home with the Braithwaites

as    Marion Riley

1998
Neville's Island

as    Mrs. Campness

1997
Original Sin

as    Esme Carling

1997
Food of Love

as    Mrs. Harvey-Brown

1996
Half the Picture

as    Margaret Thatcher

1995
The Glass Virgin

as    Lady Constance

1994
Staggered

as    Margaret

1991
Thatcher: The Final Days

as    Margaret Thatcher

1989
Shirley Valentine

as    Headmistress

1989
Doctor Who: Ghost Light

as    Mrs Pritchard

1989
A Chorus of Disapproval

as    Rebecca Huntley-Pike

1987
Intimate Contact

as    Annie Stanhope

1985
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

as    Mrs. Easterbrook