Sylvia Syms: movies and TV shows
Sylvia Syms has 125 credits in the archive: 59 films and 66 TV series, from 1950 to 2019. Highest rated: Born and Bred (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 2019 · busiest year: 1962 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Gentleman Jack | Mrs Rawson | TV | 7.8 | 85 |
| 2018 | Together | Film | — | 84 | |
| 2017 | Bette and Joan | Self - Presenter | Film | — | 83 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Narrator | TV | 6.2 | 79 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Alice | TV | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2012 | Booked Out | Mrs Nicholls | Film | 4.3 | 78 |
| 2012 | Run For Your Wife | Hip Operation Woman | Film | 4.4 | 78 |
| 2011 | Case Histories | Binky Rain | TV | 7.8 | 77 |
| 2010 | The Long Lonely Walk | Mrs. Didcott | Film | — | 76 |
| 2009 | Above Suspicion | Mrs Hedges | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2009 | Collision | Joyce Thompson | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There? | Lilian | Film | 6.3 | 75 |
| 2009 | The Week We Went To War | TV | 5.0 | 75 | |
| 2009 | Bunny and the Bull | Hotelier | Film | 6.1 | 75 |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV | 4.5 | 73 |
| 2007 | The Making of 'The Queen' | Self | Film | 4.0 | 73 |
| 2006 | The Queen | Queen Mother | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2005 | The Poseidon Adventure | Belle Rosen | Film | 5.2 | 71 |
| 2005 | Child of Mine | Alice | Film | 5.7 | 71 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Beatrice | TV | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Lavinia Pinkerton | TV | 7.8 | 70 |
| 2003 | Blue Murder | Peggy Gaumont | TV | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2003 | What a Girl Wants | Princess Charlotte | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 2003 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Mrs. Bartz | Film | 5.5 | 69 |
| 2002 | The Jury | Elsie Beamish | TV | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2002 | Born and Bred | Elizabeth Grimshaw | TV | 9.0 | 68 |
| 2002 | Doctor Zhivago | Madame Fleury | TV | 6.7 | 68 |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed | Rose Hussein | TV | 6.8 | 67 |
| 2000 | At Home with the Braithwaites | Marion Riley | TV | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2000 | Mavis and the Mermaid | Gioga | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1999 | Holby City | Margaret Larkin | TV | 5.8 | 65 |
| 1998 | Neville's Island | Mrs. Campness | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1997 | Original Sin | Esme Carling | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1997 | Food of Love | Mrs. Harvey-Brown | Film | 4.0 | 63 |
| 1996 | Half the Picture | Margaret Thatcher | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Claudia | TV | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1995 | Ghosts | Mrs Eversley | TV | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1995 | The Glass Virgin | Lady Constance | TV | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1995 | Dancing | Film | — | 61 | |
| 1994 | Staggered | Margaret | Film | 5.3 | 60 |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Isabel de Gines | TV | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1993 | Dirty Weekend | Mrs. Crosby | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Peggy Tatton | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1992 | Shining Through | Linda's Mother | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1992 | Mulberry | Springtime | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self | TV | 4.1 | 57 |
| 1991 | Thatcher: The Final Days | Margaret Thatcher | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1991 | The Laughter of God | Diana | Film | 4.0 | 57 |
| 1989 | Shirley Valentine | Headmistress | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval | Rebecca Huntley-Pike | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1989 | Doctor Who: Ghost Light | Mrs Pritchard | Film | 8.4 | 55 |
| 1989 | Elstree: Britain's Hollywood | Self | TV | — | 55 |
| 1988 | Mr. H Is Late | Film | 7.0 | 54 | |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Stephen's mother | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Mrs. Whalby | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Mrs. Thorn | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Lilian Crown | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1987 | Intimate Contact | Annie Stanhope | TV | 4.3 | 53 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Bunny Tyrill | TV | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Mrs. Bullock | TV | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1986 | Absolute Beginners | Cynthia Eve | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1986 | Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures | TV | — | 52 | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Diana | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Margaret Thatcher | TV | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced | Mrs. Easterbrook | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1985 | Time for Murder | Vivien Scott-Forbes | TV | 4.0 | 51 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1982 | Countdown | TV | 6.1 | 48 | |
| 1982 | Nancy Astor | Nanaire Langhorne | TV | 7.7 | 48 |
| 1982 | It's Your Move | The Wife | Film | 7.9 | 48 |
| 1980 | There Goes The Bride | Ursula Westerby | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1978 | Give Us Tomorrow | Wendy Hammond | Film | 3.9 | 44 |
| 1974 | The Tamarind Seed | Margaret Stephenson | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Karen Ballard | TV | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1972 | Asylum | Ruth | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1969 | Paul Temple | TV | 7.3 | 35 | |
| 1969 | Strange Report | Carol Webber | TV | 7.7 | 35 |
| 1969 | Run Wild, Run Free | Mrs. Ransome | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1969 | The Desperados | Laura | Film | 4.2 | 35 |
| 1968 | Hostile Witness | Sheila Larkin | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1968 | The Root of All Evil? | Elizabeth Glover | TV | — | 34 |
| 1968 | The Fiction Makers | Joyce Darling | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Carlotta Forcelli | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Frances | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1967 | Half Hour Story | Flora Halliwell-Holmes | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1967 | Danger Route | Barbara Canning | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1966 | Bat Out of Hell | Diana Stewart | TV | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Judy Marriott | TV | 4.2 | 31 |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | Constance Babington Smith | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1965 | The Big Job | Myrtle Robbins | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1964 | East of Sudan | Miss Woodville | Film | 5.9 | 30 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Mrs. Pritchard | TV | 7.9 | 29 |
| 1963 | The Human Jungle | Margo | TV | 8.2 | 29 |
| 1963 | The Punch and Judy Man | Delia Pinner | Film | 7.9 | 29 |
| 1963 | The World Ten Times Over | Billa | Film | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Arlene | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Lady Anne Yearley | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Amos Klein | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Jeannine Roger | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Quare Fellow | Kathleen | Film | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 27 |
| 1961 | Victim | Laura Farr | Film | 7.5 | 27 |
| 1961 | Flame in the Streets | Kathie Palmer | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1961 | Amazons of Rome | Clelia | Film | 4.8 | 27 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Paula Glover | TV | 7.4 | 26 |
| 1960 | The World of Suzie Wong | Kay O’Neill | Film | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1960 | Conspiracy of Hearts | Sister Mitya | Film | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1959 | No Trees in the Street | Hetty | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1959 | Expresso Bongo | Maisie King | Film | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1959 | Ferry to Hong Kong | Liz Ferrers | Film | 5.6 | 25 |
| 1958 | Ice Cold in Alex | Sister Diana Murdoch | Film | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1958 | The Moonraker | Anne Wyndham | Film | 6.9 | 24 |
| 1958 | Bachelor of Hearts | Ann Wainwright | Film | 5.9 | 24 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 23 |
| 1957 | Woman in a Dressing Gown | Georgie Harlow | Film | 6.3 | 23 |
| 1957 | No Time for Tears | Nurse Margaret Collier | Film | 6.0 | 23 |
| 1957 | The Birthday Present | Jean Scott | Film | 7.3 | 23 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Kay McCone | TV | 6.0 | 22 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Mary Fleming | TV | 6.0 | 22 |
| 1956 | My Teenage Daughter | Janet Carr | Film | 6.3 | 22 |
| 1955 | Television Playhouse | Deborah Grayson | TV | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1955 | Television Playhouse | Hilary | TV | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Janet Towne | TV | 3.5 | 16 |