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Sylvia Syms
Born: 1934-01-06 in 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).
Rated Filmography (53)
Sorted by Score8.4
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
1989
8.0
Half the Picture
1996
7.9
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
7.9
It's Your Move
1982
7.5
Victim
1961
7.4
The World Ten Times Over
1963
7.3
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
7.3
The Birthday Present
1957
7.2
The Fiction Makers
1968
7.0
There Goes The Bride
1980
7.0
Mr. H Is Late
1988
6.9
The Queen
2006
6.9
The Moonraker
1958
6.8
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960
6.7
The Big Job
1965
6.7
Operation Crossbow
1965
6.7
Thatcher: The Final Days
1991
6.6
The World of Suzie Wong
1960
6.5
Hostile Witness
1968
6.5
Shining Through
1992
6.3
Shirley Valentine
1989
6.3
What a Girl Wants
2003
6.3
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957
6.3
Is Anybody There?
2009
6.3
Neville's Island
1998
6.3
Flame in the Streets
1961
6.3
My Teenage Daughter
1956
6.2
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
6.2
The Tamarind Seed
1974
6.1
Bunny and the Bull
2009
6.0
Asylum
1972
6.0
No Time for Tears
1957
5.9
East of Sudan
1964
5.9
Bachelor of Hearts
1958
5.8
No Trees in the Street
1959
5.7
Child of Mine
2005
5.7
The Quare Fellow
1962
5.6
Ferry to Hong Kong
1959
5.6
Danger Route
1967
5.5
Absolute Beginners
1986
5.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
5.4
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
5.3
Staggered
1994
5.3
Expresso Bongo
1959
5.2
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
5.0
Dirty Weekend
1993
4.8
Amazons of Rome
1961
4.4
Run For Your Wife
2012
4.3
Booked Out
2012
4.2
The Desperados
1969
4.0
The Laughter of God
1991
4.0
Food of Love
1997
3.9
Give Us Tomorrow
1978