
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).
Awards & recognition
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2007
Filmography42 titles

Doctor Who

Gentleman Jack

Case Histories

Agatha Christie's Marple

The Glass Virgin

The Saint

Victim

Danger Man

New Tricks

Kavanagh QC

Ice Cold in Alex

Heartbeat

The Fiction Makers

Collision

The Queen

The Jury

Above Suspicion

Blue Murder

Doctor Zhivago

Operation Crossbow

The World of Suzie Wong

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Shining Through

At Home with the Braithwaites

Dalziel and Pascoe

Hostile Witness

What a Girl Wants

Shirley Valentine

Flame in the Streets

Casualty

The Tamarind Seed

Bunny and the Bull

Asylum

Child of Mine

Danger Route

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Absolute Beginners

Expresso Bongo

The Poseidon Adventure

Amazons of Rome

The Desperados

Give Us Tomorrow