Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

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...

Known For

What a Girl Wants

as Princess Charlotte

The Queen

as Queen Mother

Shining Through

as Linda's Mother

Cast Credits

Run For Your Wife

as Hip Operation Woman

Booked Out

as Mrs Nicholls

The Long Lonely Walk

as Mrs. Didcott

The Queen

as Queen Mother

What a Girl Wants

as Princess Charlotte

Neville's Island

as Mrs. Campness

Food of Love

as Mrs. Harvey-Brown

Half the Picture

as Margaret Thatcher

Staggered

as Margaret

Dirty Weekend

as Mrs. Crosby

Shining Through

as Linda's Mother

Thatcher: The Final Days

as Margaret Thatcher

Doctor Who: Ghost Light

as Mrs Pritchard

Shirley Valentine

as Headmistress

A Chorus of Disapproval

as Rebecca Huntley-Pike

Absolute Beginners

as Cynthia Eve

It's Your Move

as The Wife

There Goes The Bride

as Ursula Westerby

Give Us Tomorrow

as Wendy Hammond

The Tamarind Seed

as Margaret Stephenson