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Sylvia May Laura Syms, is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), No Trees in the Street (1959), Victim (1961), and The Tamarind Seed (1974). In 2006 she portrayed the role of The Queen Mother in the Stephen Frears movie The Queen, about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the few days after that, leading up to the funeral. She remains active in films, television and theatre.
Birth Name
Sylvia May Laura Syms
Born
Saturday, 06 January 1934
Died
Friday, 27 January 2023
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Billie | Self - Singer & Friend | 2020 |
| Gentleman Jack | Mrs Rawson | 2019 |
| Together | Rosemary | 2018 |
| Run for Your Wife | Hip operation woman | 2012 |
| Playhouse Presents | Alice | 2012 |
| Booked Out | Mrs Nicholls / Mrs. Nicholls | 2012 |
| Case Histories | Binky Rain | 2011 |
| Bouquet of Barbed Wire | Nellie Manson | 2010 |
| Rev. | Joan | 2010 |
| The Long Lonely Walk | Mrs. Didcott | 2010 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Billie | Self - Singer & Friend | 2020 |
| Gentleman Jack | Mrs Rawson | 2019 |
| Together | Rosemary | 2018 |
| Run for Your Wife | Hip operation woman | 2012 |
| Playhouse Presents | Alice | 2012 |
| Booked Out | Mrs Nicholls / Mrs. Nicholls | 2012 |
| Case Histories | Binky Rain | 2011 |
| Bouquet of Barbed Wire | Nellie Manson | 2010 |
| Rev. | Joan | 2010 |
| The Long Lonely Walk | Mrs. Didcott | 2010 |
| The Many Faces of... | Sylvia Gibbons / Self | 2009 |
| Bunny and the Bull | Hotelier | 2009 |
| Collision | Joyce Thompson | 2009 |
| Is Anybody There? | Lilian | 2009 |
| Missing | Mrs. Hall | 2009 |
| Above Suspicion | Mrs. Hedges | 2009 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| The Queen | Queen Mother / Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | 2006 |
| The Agatha Christie Code | Self | 2005 |
| Child of Mine | Alice | 2005 |
| The Poseidon Adventure | Belle Rosen | 2005 |
| Marple | Lavinia Pinkerton | 2004 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Self | 2004 |
| Blue Murder | Peggy Gaumont | 2003 |
| I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Mrs. Bartz | 2003 |
| What a Girl Wants | Princess Charlotte | 2003 |
| New Tricks | Beatrice | 2003 |
| Doctor Zhivago | Madame Fleury | 2002 |
| Born and Bred | Elizabeth Grimshaw | 2002 |
| The Jury | Elsie Beamish | 2002 |
| Judge John Deed | Rose Hussein | 2001 |
| Doctors | Niamh Tyler / Kay Knight / Dorothy Holland | 2000 |
| At Home with the Braithwaites | Marion Riley | 2000 |
| Mavis and the Mermaid | Gioga | 2000 |
| Loose Women | Herself | 1999 |
| Holby City | Margaret Larkin | 1999 |
| Food of Love | Mrs Harvey-Brown / Mrs. Harvey-Brown | 1998 |
| Neville's Island | Mrs. Campness / Mrs Champness | 1998 |
| Where the Heart Is | Essie Crayford | 1997 |
| Original Sin | Esme Carling | 1997 |
| The House of Angelo | Alice Angelo | 1997 |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | Maisie Barron | 1996 |
| Empire of the Censors | Self | 1995 |
| Ghosts | Mrs. Eversley | 1995 |
| The Glass Virgin | Lady Constance | 1995 |
| Kavanagh QC | Claudia | 1995 |
| Staggered | Margaret | 1994 |
| A Dirty Weekend | Mrs. Crosby | 1993 |
| Peak Practice | Isabel de Gines | 1993 |
| Natural Lies | Harriet | 1992 |
| Heartbeat | Peggy Tatton | 1992 |
| Mulberry | Springtime | 1992 |
| Shining Through | Linda's Mother | 1992 |
| Thatcher: The Final Days | Margaret Thatcher | 1991 |
| Masterchef | Self | 1990 |
| Shirley Valentine | Headmistress | 1989 |
| A Chorus of Disapproval | Rebecca Huntley-Pike | 1989 |
| May to December | Dollie | 1989 |
| Rockliffe's Folly | Adella Simcox | 1988 |
| Mr. H Is Late | Lady with poodle | 1988 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Lilian Crown / Stephen's mother / Mrs. Whalby / Mrs. Thorn | 1987 |
| Intimate Contact | Annie Stanhope | 1987 |
| Casualty | Mrs Bullock / Bunny Tyrill | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self - Singer | 1986 |
| Absolute Beginners | Cynthia Eve | 1986 |
| Time for Murder | Vivien Scott-Forbes | 1985 |
| A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars | 1985 | |
| Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced | Mrs. Easterbrook | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Margaret Thatcher / Diana | 1985 |
| Nancy Astor | Nanaire Langhorne | 1982 |
| There Goes the Bride | Ursula Westerby | 1980 |
| Blankety Blank | Herself | 1978 |
| Give Us a Clue | Self - Panellist | 1979 |
| Give Us Tomorrow | Wendy Hammond | 1978 |
| The Sweepstakes Game | Self - Panellist | 1976 |
| Those Wonderful TV Times | Self | 1976 |
| Tell Me Another | Self | 1976 |
| Arena | Herself / Self | 1975 |
| Celebrity Squares | Self | 1975 |
| The Tamarind Seed | Margaret Stephenson | 1974 |
| The Adventurer | Karen Ballard | 1972 |
| Asylum | Ruth / Ruth (segment "Frozen Fear") | 1972 |
| My Good Woman | Sylvia Gibbons | 1972 |
| Paul Temple | Ann Molyneux | 1969 |
| Strange Report | Carol Webber | 1969 |
| Run Wild, Run Free | Mrs. Ransome | 1969 |
| The Desperados | Laura / Laura (his wife) | 1969 |
| The Fiction-Makers | Joyce Darling / Amos Klein | 1968 |
| Hostile Witness | Sheila Larkin | 1968 |
| Danger Route | Barbara Canning | 1967 |
| ITV Playhouse | Carlotta Forcelli / Frances | 1967 |
| The Golden Shot | Self | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Bat Out of Hell | Diana Stewart | 1966 |
| The Baron | Cathy Dorne | 1966 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Judy Marriott | 1965 |
| Operation Crossbow | Flight Officer Constance Babington Smith / Constance Babington Smith | 1965 |
| The Love Goddesses | Self / (archive footage) | 1965 |
| The Big Job | Myrtle Robbins | 1965 |
| Secret Agent | Paula Glover | 1964 |
| East of Sudan | Miss Woodville | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | Mrs. Pritchard | 1963 |
| The World Ten Times Over | Billa | 1963 |
| Love Story | Julie | 1963 |
| The Punch and Judy Man | Delia Pinner | 1963 |
| The Human Jungle | Margo | 1963 |
| The Saint | Amos Klein / Arlene / Jeannine Roger / Lady Anne Yearley | 1962 |
| The Quare Fellow | Kathleen | 1962 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Herself | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress | 1961 |
| Victim | Laura Farr / Laura | 1961 |
| Flame in the Streets | Kathie Palmer | 1961 |
| Amazons of Rome | Clelia | 1961 |
| The World of Suzie Wong | Kay O'Neill / Kay O’Neill | 1960 |
| It's a Square World | Self - Guest | 1960 |
| Conspiracy of Hearts | Sister Mitya | 1960 |
| Expresso Bongo | Maisie King | 1959 |
| Ferry to Hong Kong | Liz Ferrers | 1959 |
| No Trees in the Street | Hetty | 1959 |
| Bachelor of Hearts | Ann Wainwright | 1958 |
| Ice Cold in Alex | Sister Diana Murdoch | 1958 |
| The Moonraker | Anne Wyndham | 1958 |
| The Birthday Present | Jean Scott | 1957 |
| No Time for Tears | Nurse Margaret Collier | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| Woman in a Dressing Gown | Georgie / Georgie Harlow | 1957 |
| Six-Five Special | Star Spotlight Subject | 1957 |
| Armchair Theatre | Mary Fleming / Kay McCone | 1956 |
| Teenage Bad Girl | Janet Carr | 1956 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Hilary / Deborah Grayson | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
