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

The Queen

as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Doctor Who

as Mrs. Pritchard

Shining Through

as Linda's Mother

Gentleman Jack

as Mrs Rawson

Asylum

as Ruth

Victim

as Laura Farr

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Lavinia Pinkerton

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

as Mrs. Bartz

The Saint

as Arlene