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Sylvia Syms

  • Born Jan. 6, 1934
  • Woolwich, London, England, UK
  • Died Jan. 27, 2023, aged 89

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 …

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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).

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Princess Charlotte

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Queen Mother

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Mrs. Pritchard

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Linda's Mother

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Ruth

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Mrs Rawson

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Laura Farr

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Lavinia Pinkerton

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Arlene / Lady Anne Yearley / Amos Klein / Jeannine Roger

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Mrs. Bartz

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Belle Rosen

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Constance Babington Smith

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Headmistress

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Sister Diana Murdoch

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Bunny Tyrill / Mrs. Bullock

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Lilian

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Hotelier

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Cynthia Eve

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Madame Fleury

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Beatrice

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Margaret Stephenson

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Margaret Larkin

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Kay O’Neill

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Binky Rain

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Mrs. Easterbrook

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Joyce Thompson

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Mrs Hedges

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Peggy Tatton

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Maisie Barron

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Rebecca Huntley-Pike

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Myrtle Robbins

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Paula Glover

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Laura

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Barbara Canning

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Georgie Harlow

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Sister Mitya

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Maisie King

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Mrs. Crosby

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Delia Pinner

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Peggy Gaumont

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Liz Ferrers

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Margaret

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Marion Riley

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Rose Hussein

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Sheila Larkin

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Claudia

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Stephen's mother / Mrs. Whalby / Mrs. Thorn / Lilian Crown

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Alice

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Kathie Palmer

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Hetty

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Hip Operation Woman

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Joyce Darling

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Elsie Beamish

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Kathleen

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Isabel de Gines

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Anne Wyndham

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Ann Wainwright

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Clelia

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The Wife

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Mrs. Ransome

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Judy Marriott

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Mrs Pritchard

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Mrs. Campness

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Diana / Margaret Thatcher

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Karen Ballard

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Kay McCone / Mary Fleming

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Mrs Nicholls

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Miss Woodville

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Mrs. Easterbrook

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Springtime

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Narrator

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Wendy Hammond

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Jean Scott

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Margo

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Billa

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Diana Stewart

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Mrs. Harvey-Brown

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Janet Carr

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Nurse Margaret Collier

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Esme Carling

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Lady Constance

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Elizabeth Grimshaw

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Annie Stanhope

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Carlotta Forcelli / Frances

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Nanaire Langhorne

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Carol Webber

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Margaret Thatcher

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Mrs Eversley

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Flora Halliwell-Holmes

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Janet Towne

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Diana

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Margaret Thatcher

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Alice

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Deborah Grayson / Hilary

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Ursula Westerby

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Vivien Scott-Forbes

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Verity Martin

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Mrs. Didcott

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Elizabeth Glover

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Self

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Self - Presenter

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