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 Tamarind Seed (1974).
What a Girl Wants
as Princess CharlotteAn American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead...
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Shining Through
as Linda's MotherSpirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of...
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The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle RosenA cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of...
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The Queen
as Elizabeth Bowes-LyonThe Queen is an intimate behind the scenes glimpse at the interaction between HM Elizabeth II...
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Shirley Valentine
as HeadmistressWondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine...
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Victim
as Laura FarrA web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic...
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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
as Mrs. BartzWill Graham is a former London crime boss who has left his former life to live as a recluse in...
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Asylum
as RuthA young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing...
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Operation Crossbow
as Constance Babington SmithAllied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets...
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Is Anybody There?
as LilianA young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
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The Desperados
as LauraA Confederate and his sons become postwar marauders and face another son who left them, in Texas.
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Ice Cold in Alex
as Sister Diana MurdochA group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of...
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The World of Suzie Wong
as Kay O’NeillA Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.
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Absolute Beginners
as Cynthia EveA musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old...
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Hostile Witness
as Sheila LarkinSimon Crawford is a barrister whose daughter is killed in a hit-and-run accident. When his...
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Bunny and the Bull
as HotelierA young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and...
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The Tamarind Seed
as Margaret StephensonDuring a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian...
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Amazons of Rome
as CleliaMarching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers...
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Run Wild, Run Free
as Mrs. RansomeA young boy, unable to speak, befriends a wild colt with blue eyes and a falcon named "Lady".
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Conspiracy of Hearts
as Sister MityaIn wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment...
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A Chorus of Disapproval
as Rebecca Huntley-PikeGuy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics society as...
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The Quare Fellow
as KathleenThomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and...
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Flame in the Streets
as Kathie PalmerFlame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions...
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East of Sudan
as Miss WoodvilleA British soldier escapes from 1880s Khartoum and goes down the Nile river with a fellow...
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The Birthday Present
as Jean ScottReturning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a...
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Expresso Bongo
as Maisie KingA seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
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The Big Job
as Myrtle RobbinsA gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be...
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It's Your Move
as The WifeA silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who...
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The Moonraker
as Anne WyndhamAfter the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's...
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Danger Route
as Barbara CanningJonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work,...
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Woman in a Dressing Gown
as Georgie HarlowA married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was...
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Ferry to Hong Kong
as Liz FerrersMark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong...
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Run For Your Wife
as Hip Operation WomanJohn Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with...
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No Time for Tears
as Nurse Margaret CollierNo Time for Tears is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of the challenges faced by all those who...
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The Punch and Judy Man
as Delia PinnerWalter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of...
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Dirty Weekend
as Mrs. CrosbyShortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and...
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Bachelor of Hearts
as Ann WainwrightA German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.
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Staggered
as MargaretVery much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on...
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The Long Lonely Walk
as Mrs. DidcottIn all walks of life, there are challenges that lie ahead.
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Doctor Who: Ghost Light
as Mrs PritchardThe Doctor takes Ace on an initiative test to a strange Victorian old house where she is forced...
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The Fiction Makers
as Joyce DarlingSimon Templar is hired by a friend in the book publishing trade to protect one of his stars, a...
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Mr. H Is Late
as uncreditedA team of inept undertakers attempt to get a coffin to a funeral on time. An undertaker is in...
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No Trees in the Street
as HettyBased on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when...
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Thatcher: The Final Days
as Margaret ThatcherThe re-creation of events leading up to Margaret Thatcher's defeat as party leader and Britain's...
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Child of Mine
as AliceA child psychologist adopted two girls whose mother was murdered, but when one begins acting...
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There Goes The Bride
as Ursula WesterbyA nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a...
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Together
as uncreditedAn elderly couple face separation when one of them is admitted to a care home.
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Give Us Tomorrow
as Wendy HammondMasked intruders take the family of a bank manager hostage in order to rob his bank.
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My Teenage Daughter
as Janet CarrMagazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and...
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The World Ten Times Over
as BillaEarly 1960s realist drama following a day in the lives of two London flatmates. Sylvia Syms and...
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Neville's Island
as Mrs. CampnessComedy about 4 middle aged businessmen on a team building exercise in the lake district
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Booked Out
as Mrs NichollsAilidh (Mirren Burke) has two loves in this world: spying on her neighbours and writing graphic...
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Half The Picture
as Margaret ThatcherA dramatized account of the Scott Inquiry about the sales of arms to Iraq.
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Food of Love
as Mrs. Harvey-BrownA group of ex-university students reunite to perform a Shakespeare play in a quaint English village.
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Bette and Joan
as Self - PresenterSylvia Syms looks through the BBC archives to tell the story of one of Hollywood's greatest ever...
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Doctor Who
as Mrs. PritchardThe adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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Agatha Christie's Marple
as Lavinia PinkertonThe adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St...
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The Saint
as ArleneSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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The Saint
as Lady Anne YearleySimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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The Saint
as Amos KleinSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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The Saint
as Jeannine RogerSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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Casualty
as Bunny TyrillDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Casualty
as Mrs. BullockDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Stephen's motherThe Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television...
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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Mrs. WhalbyThe Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television...
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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Mrs. ThornThe Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television...
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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Lilian CrownThe Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television...
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Holby City
as Margaret LarkinDrama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the...
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Peak Practice
as Isabel de GinesPeak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...
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The Merv Griffin Show
as SelfThe Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...
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Wogan
as SelfChat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable...
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New Tricks
as BeatriceNew Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...
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Heartbeat
as Peggy TattonSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Dalziel & Pascoe
as Maisie BarronBritish crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...
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Danger Man
as Paula GloverDanger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again...
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Judge John Deed
as Rose HusseinJudge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association...
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Blue Murder
as Peggy GaumontBlue Murder is a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from...
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Kavanagh Q.C.
as ClaudiaJames Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling...
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Gentleman Jack
as Mrs RawsonHalifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home,...
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Miss Marple
as Mrs. EasterbrookMiss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English...
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The Human Jungle
as MargoThe Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the...
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Above Suspicion
as Mrs. HedgesAbove Suspicion is a British TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The...
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Doctor Zhivago
as Madame FleuryYoung and beautiful Lara is loved by three men: a revolutionary, a mogul, and a doctor. Their...
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The Adventurer
as Karen BallardThe Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran...
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Case Histories
as Binky RainCase Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels...
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Born and Bred
as Elizabeth GrimshawBorn and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005....
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Playhouse Presents
as AlicePlayhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts....
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Paul Temple
as uncreditedPaul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple,...
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Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
as Mrs. EasterbrookAn advertisement announcing the time and place of a forthcoming murder appears among the ads of...
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Strange Report
as Carol WebberStrange Report is a British television Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist,...
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The Jury
as Elsie BeamishThe Jury is a British television serial broadcast in 2002. The series was the first ever to be...
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Time for Murder
as Viven Scott-ForbesWritten by six of Britain's finest writers (including Fay Weldon, Antonia Fraser, and Michael...
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Talking Pictures
as NarratorA look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to...
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Collision
as Joyce ThompsonThe story of a major road accident and a group of people who have never met, but who all share...
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At Home with the Braithwaites
as Marion RileyAt Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written...
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The Glass Virgin
as Lady ConstanceIn 19th century England, wealthy young Annabella Lagrange lives a comfortable and secluded life...
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Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
as SelfFive programmes that trace a remarkable decade in British film-making through interviews with...
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Countdown
as uncreditedThe clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.
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Original Sin
as Esme CarlingCommander Adam Dalgliesh is consulted by one of his literary heroes when Peverell Press staff...
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Intimate Contact
as Annie StanhopeA self-satisfied, upper-middle-class husband discovers that his marital infidelities have caused...
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Nancy Astor
as Nanaire LangthorneSeries about the life of Nancy Astor who was the first woman to take her seat in the House of...
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Bat Out of Hell
as uncreditedBat Out of Hell is a British thriller television serial created by Francis Durbridge and...
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Mulberry
as SpringtimeMulberry was a fantasy situation comedy airing on BBC One in the early 1990s. The creative team...
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Armchair Theatre
as Kay McConeArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...
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Armchair Theatre
as Mary FlemingArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...
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The Week We Went To War
as uncreditedKatherine Jenkins and Michael Aspel celebrate the heroes of the Home Front.
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Elstree: Britain's Hollywood
as SelfTwo-part documentary celebrating the 75th anniversary of what was once the biggest film...
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