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Sylvia Syms is a Actor British born on 6 january 1934 at Woolwich (United-kingdom)
Sylvia May Laura Syms OBE (born 6 January 1934) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), No Trees in the Street (1959), Victim (1961), The Tamarind Seed (1974) and The Queen (2006). She remains active in films, television and theatre.
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Sylvia Syms
Birth name Sylvia May Laura Syms
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 january 1934 at Woolwich (United-kingdom)
Death 27 january 2023 (at 89 years)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 january 1934 at Woolwich (United-kingdom)
Death 27 january 2023 (at 89 years)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Sylvia May Laura Syms OBE (born 6 January 1934) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), No Trees in the Street (1959), Victim (1961), The Tamarind Seed (1974) and The Queen (2006). She remains active in films, television and theatre.
Biography
Syms was born in Woolwich, London, England, the daughter of Daisy (née Hale) and Edwin Syms, a trade unionist and civil servant. She was educated at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, on whose council she later served. Her daughter Beatie Edney is also an actress, and she is the aunt of musicians Nick and Alex Webb.Usually with
Filmography of Sylvia Syms (50 films)
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Booked Out (2012)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Actors Rollo Weeks, Sylvia Syms
Roles Mrs Nicholls
Rating75%
Booked Out follows the quirky exploits of the Polaroid loving artist Ailidh (Mirren Burke) as she spies and photographs the occupants of her block of flats. Jacob (Rollo Weeks), the boy next door who comes and goes quicker than Ailidh can take pictures. Jacqueline (Claire Garvey), the mysterious girl that Jacob is visiting and the slightly crazy Mrs Nicholls (Sylvia Syms) who Ailidh helps cope with her husbands continuing existence after his death.
Is Anybody There? (2009)
, 1h35Directed by John Crowley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Michael Caine, Bill Milner, David Morrissey, Anne-Marie Duff, Leslie Phillips, Sylvia Syms
Roles Lilian
Rating65%
Un garçon solitaire qui vit dans la maison pour personnes âgées de ses parents explore son obsession pour l'au-delà à travers son amitié avec un magicien vieillissant.
Bunny and the Bull (2009)
, 1h41Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby, Verónica Echegui, Noel Fielding, Richard Ellef Ayoade, Julian Barratt
Roles Hotelier
Rating65%
Stephen is an agoraphobic recluse who has not left his flat in nearly a year. Each of his days are structured around carefully planned routines, but one day his routine is disrupted when he discovers an infestation of mice in the kitchen cupboards. He contemplates leaving the flat to buy mouse traps, but can not bring himself to open the door, so he reminisces about the events leading up to his current situation, with objects around the flat triggering flash backs.
The Queen (2006)
, 1h39Directed by Stephen Frears
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam
Roles Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Rating72%
In the 1997 general election, Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) becomes Britain's Labour prime minister. However, the Queen (Helen Mirren) is wary of Blair and his pledge to modernise Britain, despite his promises to respect the Royal Family. Three months later, Diana, Princess of Wales dies in a car crash at the Alma Bridge tunnel in Paris. Blair's director of communications, Alastair Campbell (Mark Bazeley), prepares a speech in which Diana is described as the people's princess. The phrase catches on and millions of people across London display an outpouring of grief at Buckingham and Kensington Palaces. Meanwhile, the Royal Family is still at their summer estate in Balmoral Castle. Diana's death sparks division amongst members of the family, with some of the view that since Diana was divorced from Prince Charles (Alex Jennings) a year prior to her death, she was no longer a part of the royal family. They argue that Diana's funeral arrangements are thus best left as a private affair of her noble family, the Spencers. Charles, however, argues that the mother of a future king cannot be dismissed so lightly, and persuades the Queen to authorise the use of an aircraft of the Royal Air Force to bring Diana's body back to Britain.
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
, 2h54Directed by Irwin Allen, Ronald Neame, John Putch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Adam Baldwin, Alexa Hamilton, Rutger Hauer, Steve Guttenberg, Bryan Brown, C. Thomas Howell
Roles Belle Rosen
Rating44%
The plot centers on the SS Poseidon, a 135,000-ton state-of-the-art luxury cruise ship on a cruise from Cape Town, South Africa to Sydney, Australia as well as the stories and dramas of some of the 3,700 passengers and crew.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2004)
, 1h42Directed by Mike Hodges
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films
Actors Clive Owen, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Malcolm McDowell, Charlotte Rampling, Jamie Foreman, Ken Stott
Roles Mrs. Bartz
Rating57%
Davey Graham (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) arrives at an upper class party to sell drugs to a woman named Stella. As he leaves, Stella's date watches him and makes a call on his cell phone. Outside the party, three men are waiting for Davey in a black Range Rover, including a car dealer named Boad (Malcolm McDowell). The men follow Davey around London, finally attacking him just as he's headed home. Two of the men drag Davey off the street and into a garage, where they hold him down as Boad rapes him.
What a Girl Wants (2003)
, 1h45Directed by Dennie Gordon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Oliver James, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor
Roles Princess Charlotte
Rating58%
Daphne Reynolds (Amanda Bynes) lives a comfortable but unsatisfying life as a young American girl with a bright future. She has never met her father. She lives with her single mother, Libby (Kelly Preston) above a Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown, New York. Believing it is in his best interest, her mother left Daphne's father seventeen years ago because of his family's disapproval of their relationship; ultimately, his father's secretary gets rid of her for good, without Libby having a chance to tell him that she is pregnant.
, 3h45Directed by Giacomo Campiotti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hans Matheson, Keira Knightley, Sam Neill, Kris Marshall, Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Paolina, Bill Paterson
Roles Madame Fleury
Rating74%
Part I The story begins in Tsarist Russia in the early 1900s and is set primarily against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent Russian Civil War of 1918–1921. At its core is Larissa Guishar Antipova, a young woman from Moscow who has a profound effect on three men who become enamored with her.
Food of Love (1997)
, 1h45Directed by Stephen Poliakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Richard E. Grant, Rupert Penry-Jones, Nathalie Baye, Joe McGann, Sylvia Syms, Nicola Duffett
Roles Mrs. Harvey-Brown
Rating49%
The House of Angelo (1997)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Actors Edward Woodward, Paul Freeman, Peter Woodward, Richard Griffiths, Sylvia Syms, Isla Blair
Roles Alice Angelo
Rating68%
In eighteenth century London, the celebrated Angelo family of fencing instructors are employed to protect a visiting Ambassador from French assassins.
Staggered (1994)
, 1h35Directed by Martin Clunes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Martin Clunes, Anna Chancellor, Michael Praed, Sylvia Syms, Virginia McKenna, David Kossoff
Roles Margaret
Rating57%
After his Stag Night, Neil Price (Clunes) wakes up on a remote Scottish island, bereft of any clothes.
Dirty Weekend (1993)
, 1h42Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Lia Williams, Rufus Sewell, Ian William Richardson, David McCallum, Sylvia Syms, Christopher Ryan
Roles Mrs. Crosby
Rating51%
Set in the coastal town of Brighton, England, Dirty Weekend follows the story of Bella (Lia Williams), a mild-mannered secretary who works from home in a basement flat. Soon, she finds herself the victim of Tim (Rufus Sewell), a voyeur who watches her through her windows and plagues her with obscene phone calls in which he threatens to assault and rape her. After the police refuse to offer any assistance, Bella visits Nimrod (Ian Richardson), an Iranian clairvoyant who suggests that she take matters into her own hands.
Shining Through (1992)
, 2h12Directed by David Seltzer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Spy, Historical, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson, John Gielgud, Sheila Mathews Allen
Roles Linda's Mother
Rating64%
In 1940, Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith), a young woman of Irish/German Jewish parentage, applies for a new job as a secretary with a New York law firm, but rejected as she didn't graduate from a prestigious women's college.
Thatcher: The Final Days (1991)
Directed by Tim Sullivan (réalisateur américain)
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Sylvia Syms, Bruce Alexander, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Bowen, Stephen Boxer, Tom Chadbon
Roles Margaret Thatcher
Rating67%
A Chorus of Disapproval (1989)
, 1h45Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Jeremy Irons, Anthony Hopkins, Prunella Scales, Jenny Seagrove, Sylvia Syms, Gareth Hunt
Roles Rebecca Huntley-Pike
Rating56%