Person Details
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Aliases: Sylvia Sims , Silvia Syms , Sylvia May Laura Syms
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Woolwich, London, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 44
TV Involvements: 20
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Doctor Who
(1963) Mrs. PritchardAgatha Christie's Marple
(2004) Lavinia PinkertonHolby City
(1999) Margaret LarkinThe Saint
(1962) Jeannine RogerPeak Practice
(1993) Isabel de GinesCasualty
(1986) Mrs. BullockHeartbeat
(1992) Peggy TattonGentleman Jack
(2019) Mrs RawsonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mrs Rawson | |
| 2018 | N/A | |
| 2017 | Self - Presenter | |
| 2013 | Narrator | |
| 2012 | Hip Operation Woman | |
| Alice | ||
| Mrs Nicholls | ||
| 2010 | Mrs. Didcott | |
| 2009 | Hotelier | |
| Joyce Thompson | ||
| N/A | ||
| Lilian | ||
| 2007 | N/A | |
| 2006 | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | |
| 2005 | Belle Rosen | |
| Alice | ||
| 2004 | Lavinia Pinkerton | |
| 2003 | Peggy Gaumont | |
| Mrs. Bartz | ||
| Princess Charlotte | ||
| 2002 | Madame Fleury | |
| Elsie Beamish | ||
| 2001 | N/A | |
| 2000 | Marion Riley | |
| Gioga | ||
| 1999 | Margaret Larkin | |
| 1998 | Mrs. Campness | |
| 1997 | Mrs. Harvey-Brown | |
| Esme Carling | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| Margaret Thatcher | ||
| 1995 | Lady Constance | |
| 1994 | Margaret | |
| 1993 | Mrs. Crosby | |
| Isabel de Gines | ||
| 1992 | N/A | |
| Peggy Tatton | ||
| Springtime | ||
| Linda's Mother | ||
| 1991 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Margaret Thatcher | ||
| 1989 | Mrs Pritchard | |
| Headmistress | ||
| Rebecca Huntley-Pike | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1987 | N/A | |
| 1986 | Bunny Tyrill | |
| Mrs. Bullock | ||
| Cynthia Eve | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| The Wife | ||
| Self | ||
| Nanaire Langthorne | ||
| 1980 | Ursula Westerby | |
| 1978 | Wendy Hammond | |
| 1974 | Margaret Stephenson | |
| 1972 | Ruth | |
| 1971 | Cashier | |
| 1969 | N/A | |
| Mrs. Ransome | ||
| Laura | ||
| 1968 | Joyce Darling | |
| Sheila Larkin | ||
| 1967 | Barbara Canning | |
| 1966 | N/A | |
| 1965 | N/A | |
| Constance Babington Smith | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Myrtle Robbins | ||
| 1964 | Miss Woodville | |
| 1963 | Mrs. Pritchard | |
| Billa | ||
| Delia Pinner | ||
| 1962 | Arlene | |
| Amos Klein | ||
| Lady Anne Yearley | ||
| Jeannine Roger | ||
| Kathleen | ||
| Self | ||
| 1961 | Laura Farr | |
| Kathie Palmer | ||
| Clelia | ||
| 1960 | Kay O’Neill | |
| Sister Mitya | ||
| 1959 | Maisie King | |
| Liz Ferrers | ||
| Hetty | ||
| 1958 | Ann Wainwright | |
| Anne Wyndham | ||
| Sister Diana Murdoch | ||
| 1957 | Jean Scott | |
| Nurse Margaret Collier | ||
| Georgie Harlow | ||
| 1956 | Janet Carr | |
| 1952 | Telephone Operator (Uncredited) | |
| 1951 | Ms. Quimby (Uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |