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London-born Sylvia Syms hit major film appeal at a relatively young age. Born on January 6, 1934, she was educated at convent schools before receiving dramatic training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. A repertory player by the time she was discovered for films by the British star Anna Neagle and her director/husband Herbert Wilcox... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (124 titles)
2012 A Cake for Mabel (short) (completed)
Aunt Bridget
 
2012 Run for Your Wife
Hip op woman
 
2012 Booked Out
Mrs. Nicholls
 
2011 Rev. (TV series)
Joan
Episode #2.6 (2011) … Joan
Episode #2.3 (2011) … Joan
 
2011 Case Histories (TV series)
Binky Rain
Episode #1.2 (2011) … Binky Rain
Episode #1.1 (2011) … Binky Rain
 
2010 Bouquet of Barbed Wire (TV series)
Nellie Manson
Episode #1.1 (2010) … Nellie Manson
 
2007-2010 EastEnders (TV series)
Olive / Olive Woodhouse
Episode dated 20 July 2010 (2010) … Olive Woodhouse
Episode dated 5 March 2009 (2009) … Olive
Episode dated 25 June 2007 (2007) … Olive
Episode dated 17 April 2007 (2007) … Olive
 
2004-2010 Doctors (TV series)
Dorothy Holland / Kay Knight / Niamh Tyler
Lady Luck (2010) … Niamh Tyler
Fiddler on the Roof (2006) … Kay Knight
Granny's Little Helper (2004) … Dorothy Holland
 
2010 Missing (TV series)
Mrs Hall
Episode #2.2 (2010) … Mrs Hall
 
2007-2010 Casualty (TV series)
Bunny Tyrill / Mrs Bullock
An Ugly Truth (2010) … Mrs Bullock
Sweet Charity (2007) … Bunny Tyrill
 
2010 Above Suspicion 2: The Red Dahlia (TV series)
Mrs. Hedges
Episode #1.3 (2010) … Mrs. Hedges
Episode #1.2 (2010) … Mrs. Hedges
 
2010 The Long Lonely Walk (short)
Mrs. Didcott
 
2009 Collision (TV mini-series)
Joyce Thompson
Episode #1.4 (2009) … Joyce Thompson
Episode #1.5 (2009) … Joyce Thompson
Episode #1.1 (2009) … Joyce Thompson
Episode #1.2 (2009) … Joyce Thompson
Episode #1.3 (2009) … Joyce Thompson
 
2009 Blue Murder (TV series)
Peggy Gaumont
Tooth and Claw (2009) … Peggy Gaumont (as Sylvia Sims)
 
2009 Bunny and the Bull
Hotelier
 
2008 Is Anybody There?
Lilian
 
2008 New Tricks (TV series)
Beatrice
Communal Living (2008) … Beatrice
 
2006 Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Maisie Barron
The Cave Woman: Part 2 (2006) … Maisie Barron
The Cave Woman: Part 1 (2006) … Maisie Barron
 
2006 Judge John Deed (TV series)
Rose Hussein
Heart of Darkness (2006) … Rose Hussein
Silent Killer (2006) … Rose Hussein
 
2005 Child of Mine (TV movie)
Alice
 
2005 The Poseidon Adventure (TV movie)
Belle Rosen
 
2005 Family Affairs (TV series)
Ros Lawson
Episode #1.2224 (2005) … Ros Lawson
 
2004 Born and Bred (TV series)
Elizabeth Grimshaw
No Regrets (2004) … Elizabeth Grimshaw
 
2004 Mavis and the Mermaid (short)
Gioga
 
2003 Where the Heart Is (TV series)
Essie Crayford
Not Waving But Drowning (2003) … Essie Crayford
 
2003 I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Mrs. Bartz
 
2000-2003 At Home with the Braithwaites (TV series)
Marion Riley
Episode #4.6 (2003) … Marion Riley
Episode #4.1 (2003) … Marion Riley
Episode #3.1 (2002) … Marion Riley
Episode #2.1 (2001) … Marion Riley
Episode #1.6 (2000) … Marion Riley
 
2002 Doctor Zhivago (TV movie)
Madame Fleury
 
2002 Holby City (TV series)
Margaret Larkin
Pills and Frills (2002) … Margaret Larkin
 
2002 Deep Down (short)
Vera
 
2002 The Jury (TV mini-series)
Elsie Beamish
Episode #1.6 (2002) … Elsie Beamish
Episode #1.5 (2002) … Elsie Beamish
Episode #1.4 (2002) … Elsie Beamish
Episode #1.3 (2002) … Elsie Beamish
Episode #1.2 (2002) … Elsie Beamish
 
1989-1998 Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV series)
Lilian Crown / Mrs. Thorn / Mrs. Whalby / …
The Orchard Walls (1998) … Mrs. Thorn
Master of the Moor: Part 2 (1994) … Mrs. Whalby
Master of the Moor: Part 1 (1994) … Stephen's mother
A Sleeping Life: Part Three (1989) … Lilian Crown
A Sleeping Life: Part Two (1989) … Lilian Crown
 
1998 Heartbeat (TV series)
Peggy Tatton
Where There's a Will (1998) … Peggy Tatton
 
1998 Neville's Island (TV movie)
Mrs. Campness
 
1997 Food of Love
Mrs Harvey-Brown
 
1997 Original Sin (TV series)
Esme Carling
Episode #1.3 (1997) … Esme Carling
Episode #1.2 (1997) … Esme Carling
Episode #1.1 (1997) … Esme Carling
 
1997 The House of Angelo
Alice Angelo
 
1996 Kavanagh QC (TV series)
Claudia
A Sense of Loss (1996) … Claudia
 
1996 Half the Picture (TV movie)
Margaret Thatcher
 
1993-1995 Peak Practice (TV series)
Isabel de Gines
Losing Out (1995) … Isabel de Gines
Coming Out (1995) … Isabel de Gines
Tender (1995) … Isabel de Gines
Light at the End of the Tunnel (1995) … Isabel de Gines
Happy Ever After (1994) … Isabel de Gines
 
1995 The Chemistry Lesson (TV movie)
Mrs. Eversley
 
1995 The Glass Virgin (TV mini-series)
Lady Constance
Episode #1.2 (1995) … Lady Constance
Episode #1.1 (1995) … Lady Constance
 
1994 Staggered
Margaret
 
1993 Dirty Weekend
Mrs. Crosby
 
1993 Mulberry (TV series)
Springtime
Springtime (1993) … Springtime
 
1992 Natural Lies (TV series)
Harriet
Episode #1.2 (1992) … Harriet
 
1992 Shining Through
Linda's Mother
 
1991 Screen Two (TV series)
Diana
The Laughter of God (1991) … Diana
 
1990 May to December (TV series)
Dollie
My Funny Valentine (1990) … Dollie
No Other Love (1990) … Dollie
 
1989 Doctor Who (TV series)
Mrs. Pritchard
 
1989 Shirley Valentine
Headmistress
 
1989 A Chorus of Disapproval
Rebecca Huntley-Pike
 
1988 Rockliffe's Folly (TV series)
Adella Simcox
Nine-Tenths of the Law (1988) … Adella Simcox
 
1988 Mr. H Is Late (TV short)
Lady with poodle
 
1987 Intimate Contact (TV movie)
Annie Stanhope
 
1986 Absolute Beginners
Cynthia Eve
 
1985 The Murders at Lynch Cross (TV movie)
Vivien Scott-Forbes
 
1985 Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (TV movie)
Mrs Easterbrook
 
1982 It's Your Move (TV short)
The wife
 
1982 Masterpiece Theatre: Nancy Astor (TV mini-series)
Nanaire Langthorne
 
1980 There Goes the Bride
Ursula Westerby
 
1978 Give Us Tomorrow
Wendy Hammond
 
1977 I'm Bob, He's Dickie (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (1977)
 
1976 Jackanory Playhouse (TV series)
Queen Clarissa
The Sleeping Princess (1976) … Queen Clarissa
 
1975 Comedy Premiere (TV series)
Verity Martin
The Truth About Verity (1975) … Verity Martin
 
1974 The Tamarind Seed
Margaret Stephenson
 
1973 The Movie Quiz (TV series)
Syms-Team Captain
Episode dated 2 July 1973 (1973) … Syms-Team Captain
 
1972 All Star Comedy Carnival (TV movie)
Contestant
 
1972/I Asylum
Ruth (segment 1 "Frozen Fear")
 
1972 My Good Woman (TV series)
Sylvia Gibbons
 
1972 The Adventurer (TV series)
Karen Ballard
Skeleton in the Cupboard (1972) … Karen Ballard
 
1971 Paul Temple (TV series)
Ann Molyneux
The Guilty Must Die (1971) … Ann Molyneux
 
1971 Boswell's Life of Johnson (TV movie)
Mrs Hester Thrale
 
1970 Brian Rix Presents: Clutterbuck (TV movie)
Deborah Pomfret
 
1969-1970 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Frances
The Bridesmaid (1970) … Frances
Romans and Friends (1969)
 
1970 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Judy Marriott
The Chief Whip Sends His Compliments (1970) … Judy Marriott
 
1969 Strange Report (TV series)
Carol Webber
Report 1021: Shrapnel - The Wish in the Dream (1969) … Carol Webber
 
1969 Run Wild, Run Free
Mrs. Ransome
 
1969 The Desperados
Laura Galt (David's wife)
 
1969 It's Your Move (short)
The Wife
 
1964-1968 The Saint (TV series)
Amos Klein / Joyce Darling / Anne Yearley / …
The Fiction Makers: Part 2 (1968) … Joyce Darling/Amos Klein
The Fiction Makers: Part 1 (1968) … Joyce Darling/Amos Klein
The Best Laid Schemes (1968) … Arlene Flemming
Jeannine (1964) … Jeannine Roger
The Noble Sportsman (1964) … Anne Yearley
 
1968 The Fiction Makers
Joyce Darling/Amos Klein
 
1968 Hostile Witness
Sheila Larkin
 
1968 The Root of All Evil? (TV series)
Elizabeth Glover
Money for Change (1968) … Elizabeth Glover
 
1967 Danger Route
Barbara Canning
 
1967 Half Hour Story (TV series)
Flora Halliwell-Holmes
Wedlock (1967) … Flora Halliwell-Holmes
 
1967 Armchair Thriller (TV series)
Mary Fleming
Depart in Terror (1967) … Mary Fleming
 
1966 Bat Out of Hell (TV series)
Diana Stewart
Episode #1.5 (1966) … Diana Stewart
Episode #1.4 (1966) … Diana Stewart
Episode #1.3 (1966) … Diana Stewart
Episode #1.2 (1966) … Diana Stewart
Episode #1.1 (1966) … Diana Stewart
 
1966 The Baron (TV series)
Cathy Dorne
Farewell to Yesterday (1966) … Cathy Dorne
 
1965 The Big Job
Myrtle Robbins
 
1965 Secret Agent (TV series)
Paula Glover
It's Up to the Lady (1965) … Paula Glover
 
1964 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Kay McCone
Something to Declare (1964) … Kay McCone
 
1964 East of Sudan
Miss Woodville
 
1964 The Human Jungle (TV series)
Margo
Success Machine (1964) … Margo
 
1963 The World Ten Times Over
Billa
 
1963 Suspense (TV series)
Miranda Taylor
Miranda and a Salesman (1963) … Miranda Taylor
 
1963 The Punch and Judy Man
Delia Pinner
 
1962 The Quare Fellow
Kathleen
 
1961 Victim
Laura
 
1961 Flame in the Streets
Kathie Palmer
 
1961 Amazons of Rome
Clelia
 
1960 The World of Suzie Wong
Kay O'Neill
 
1960 Conspiracy of Hearts
Sister Mitya
 
1959 After Hours (TV series)
Episode #2.10 (1959)
 
1959 Ferry to Hong Kong
Liz Ferrers
 
1959 No Trees in the Street
Hetty
 
1958 Bachelor of Hearts
Ann Wainwright
 
1958 Ice Cold in Alex
Sister Murdoch/Sister Diana Murdoch
 
1958 The Moonraker
Anne Wyndham
 
1957 The Birthday Present
Jean Scott
 
1957 No Time for Tears
Nurse Margaret Collier
 
1956 Teenage Bad Girl
Janet Carr
 
1956 London Playhouse (TV series)
Maria
The House in Athens (1956) … Maria
 
1955 Life with the Lyons (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (1955)
 
1955 The Romantic Young Lady (TV movie)
Rosaria
 
1955 Terminus (TV series)
Sheila Bayton
The Driving Seat (1955) … Sheila Bayton
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary) (performer: "You Can Look at the Goods but Don't Touch" - uncredited)
 
1959 Expresso Bongo (performer: "You Can Look at the Goods but Don't Touch" - uncredited)
 
1958 She Gods of Shark Reef (performer: "Nearer My Love to You")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010 Small Talk (short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (44 titles)
2013 Fifties British War Films: Days of Glory (TV documentary)
Herself (as Sylvia Syms OBE)
 
2012 The Unforgettable Leslie Crowther (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2011 This Week (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 7 July 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2009 The Many Faces of June Whitfield (TV documentary)
Herself (as Sylvia Syms OBE)
 
2009 The Week We Went to War (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #1.5 (2009) … Herself
Episode #1.4 (2009) … Herself
Episode #1.3 (2009) … Herself
Episode #1.2 (2009) … Herself
Episode #1.1 (2009) … Herself
 
2009 Loose Women (TV series)
Herself
Episode #13.161 (2009) … Herself
 
2009 Movie Connections (TV series documentary)
Herself
Shirley Valentine (2009) … Herself
 
2008 Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: The 60s Revealed (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #1.2 (2008) … Herself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film (2007) … Herself (as Sylvia Syms OBE)
Magic, Murder and Monsters: The Story of British Horror and Fantasy (2007) … Herself (as Sylvia Syms OBE)
Hardship, Humour and Heroes: The Story of British Realism (2007) … Herself (as Sylvia Syms OBE)
Longing, Loving and Leg-Overs: The Story of British Romance (2007) … Herself (as Sylvia Syms OBE)
 
2005 The Agatha Christie Code (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Unknown Hancock (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Singing from the Heart: The Story of Treorchy Male Choir (video documentary)
Herself
 
2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Hell's Kitchen (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.4 (2004) … Herself (uncredited)
 
2004 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 19 April 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2002 The Silver Screen: Ray Milland (TV movie)
Herself
 
2002 The Heaven and Earth Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 21 July 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2001 Arena (TV series documentary)
Herself
The Private Dirk Bogarde: Part One (2001) … Herself
The Private Dirk Bogarde: Part Two (2001) … Herself (also archive footage)
 
2000 Legends (TV series documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
Dirk Bogarde (2000) … Herself - Interviewee (also archive footage)
 
1997 Masterchef (TV series)
Herself
Episode #8.5 (1997) … Herself
 
1993 Hollywood U.K. (TV series documentary)
Herself - Contributor
A Very British Picture (1993) … Herself - Contributor
 
1992 The Trouble with the Fifties (TV documentary)
Herself - Guest
 
1991 An Invitation to Remember (TV series)
Herself
Sylvia Syms (1991) … Herself
 
1989 That's Showbusiness (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1989)
 
1989 Elstree Britain's Hollywood (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1988-1989 Countdown (TV series)
Herself
Episode #17.22 (1989) … Herself
Episode #17.21 (1989) … Herself
Episode #17.20 (1989) … Herself
Episode #17.19 (1989) … Herself
Episode #17.18 (1989) … Herself
 
1985-1989 Wogan (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 27 January 1989 (1989) … Herself
Episode dated 27 September 1985 (1985) … Herself
 
1984 Movie Memories (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode #4.4 (1984) … Herself - Guest
 
1973-1982 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode dated 7 June 1982 (1982) … Herself - Guest
Episode dated 6 August 1973 (1973) … Herself - Guest
 
1977 Whose Baby? (TV series)
Herself - Panellist
Episode dated 12 November 1977 (1977) … Herself - Panellist
Episode dated 26 January 1977 (1977) … Herself - Panellist
Episode dated 19 January 1977 (1977) … Herself - Panellist
 
1976 The Sweepstakes Game (TV series)
Herself - Panellist
Episode #1.5 (1976) … Herself - Panellist
 
1976 Those Wonderful TV Times (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.1 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 The Elstree Story (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1975 The Golden Shot (TV series)
Herself
Episode #6.27 (1975) … Herself
 
1972 Saturday Variety (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 20 May 1972 (1972) … Herself
Episode #1.5 (1972) … Herself
 
1968-1970 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 16 April 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 9 April 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 22 January 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 15 January 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 6 November 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.12 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Tennis Elbow Foot Game (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.5 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 11 April 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1964 Don't Say a Word (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode #2.9 (1964) … Herself - Guest
 
1962-1963 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.99 (1963) … Herself
Episode #1.95 (1963) … Herself
Episode #1.23 (1962) … Herself (as Sylvia Sims)
 
1962 It's a Square World (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode #4.6 (1962) … Herself - Guest
 
1962 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 24 February 1962 (1962) … Herself (as Sylvia Sims)
 
1958-1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.176 (1959) … Herself
Episode #2.128 (1959) … Herself
Episode #2.21 (1958) … Herself
Episode #1.251 (1958) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2004 Light in Dark Places (video documentary short)
Mrs. Pritchard
 
1998-2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1995 Empire of the Censors (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1953) Stage: Appeared in Henrik Ibsen's play, "A Doll's House", at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England, with Mai Zetterling, Mogens Wieth, Rosalie Crutchley and George Rose in the cast. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | 2 Articles  | 6 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Sylvia Syms OBE | Sylvia Sims
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Mother of actress Beatie Edney and Benjamin Edney. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn