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Sylvia Syms
Acting
Born: January 6, 1934
Woolwich, London, England, UK
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

Operation Crossbow
as Constance Babington Smith

Shining Through
as Linda's Mother

Asylum
as Ruth

Shirley Valentine
as Headmistress

The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle Rosen

Victim
as Laura Farr

The World of Suzie Wong
as Kay O’Neill

Ice Cold in Alex
as Sister Diana Murdoch