
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/6/1934
Place of Birth
Woolwich, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Sylvia SimsSilvia SymsSylvia May Laura Syms
Sylvia Syms
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).
Known For

What a Girl Wants
as Princess Charlotte

Shining Through
as Linda's Mother

The Queen
as Queen Mother

Victim
as Laura Farr

Absolute Beginners
as Cynthia Eve

Operation Crossbow
as Constance Babington Smith

Asylum
as Ruth

The Desperados
as Laura

Staggered
as Margaret

The Moonraker
as Anne Wyndham

Hostile Witness
as Sheila Larkin

Together
Unknown Role

The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle Rosen

Dirty Weekend
as Mrs. Crosby

Shirley Valentine
as Headmistress

Ice Cold in Alex
as Sister Diana Murdoch

The World of Suzie Wong
as Kay O’Neill

Danger Route
as Barbara Canning

The Tamarind Seed
as Margaret Stephenson

Bunny and the Bull
as Hotelier