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Acting

Sylvia Syms

Career: Active from 1956 to 2013, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 32
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Victim
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 63 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sylvia Syms Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.3, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Scare
1.8, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Social Commentary 6
Intriguing Plot 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Character Study 3
Political Intrigue 3
Ensemble Cast 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Showbiz Satire 2
Character-Driven Humor 2
Exploitation 2
Family Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

104

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

7 titles · average score 58

Gentleman Jack

83

TV show · as Mrs Rawson

Talking Pictures

TV show · as Narrator

Booked Out

as Mrs Nicholls

Playhouse Presents

63

TV show · as Alice

Run For Your Wife

16

as Hip Operation Woman

Case Histories

71

TV show · as Binky Rain

The Long Lonely Walk

as Mrs. Didcott

2000s

19 titles · average score 64

Collision

74

TV show · as Joyce Thompson

Bunny and the Bull

65

as Hotelier

Above Suspicion

71

TV show · as Mrs Hedges

The Queen

83

as Queen Mother

Child of Mine

51

as Alice

Agatha Christie's Marple

75

TV show · as Lavinia Pinkerton

New Tricks

83

TV show · as Beatrice

What a Girl Wants

49

as Princess Charlotte

The Jury

73

TV show · as Elsie Beamish

Born and Bred

55

TV show · as Elizabeth Grimshaw

Judge John Deed

72

TV show · as Rose Hussein

Mavis and the Mermaid

as Gioga

1990s

17 titles · average score 64

Holby City

64

TV show · as Margaret Larkin

Neville's Island

as Mrs. Campness

Original Sin

71

TV show · as Esme Carling

Food of Love

as Mrs. Harvey-Brown

Dalziel and Pascoe

69

TV show · as Maisie Barron

Kavanagh Q.C.

75

TV show · as Claudia

Peak Practice

65

TV show · as Isabel de Gines

Dirty Weekend

51

as Mrs. Crosby

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Peggy Tatton

Shining Through

53

as Linda's Mother

Thatcher: The Final Days

as Margaret Thatcher

The Laughter of God

47

as Diana

1980s

16 titles · average score 61

Shirley Valentine

67

as Headmistress

A Chorus of Disapproval

45

as Rebecca Huntley-Pike

Intimate Contact

TV show · as Annie Stanhope

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

45

TV show · as Mrs. Whalby / Mrs. Thorn

Casualty

62

TV show · as Mrs. Bullock / Bunny Tyrill

Absolute Beginners

59

as Cynthia Eve

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Margaret Thatcher / Diana

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

77

TV show · as Mrs. Easterbrook

Miss Marple

83

TV show · as Mrs. Easterbrook

Countdown

40

TV show

Nancy Astor

TV show · as Nanaire Langhorne

There Goes The Bride

as Ursula Westerby

1970s

5 titles · average score 62

Give Us Tomorrow

as Wendy Hammond

Comedy Premiere

TV show · as Verity Martin

The Tamarind Seed

63

as Margaret Stephenson

Asylum

62

as Ruth

The Adventurer

TV show · as Karen Ballard

1960s

27 titles · average score 64

Run Wild, Run Free

70

as Mrs. Ransome

The Desperados

38

as Laura

The Fiction Makers

66

as Joyce Darling

Hostile Witness

48

as Sheila Larkin

Bat Out of Hell

TV show · as Diana Stewart

The Big Job

65

as Myrtle Robbins

The Punch and Judy Man

62

as Delia Pinner

Victim

85

as Laura Farr

Amazons of Rome

48

as Clelia

Flame in the Streets

59

as Kathie Palmer

The World of Suzie Wong

50

as Kay O’Neill

Conspiracy of Hearts

71

as Sister Mitya

1950s

13 titles · average score 60

Ferry to Hong Kong

37

as Liz Ferrers

Expresso Bongo

46

as Maisie King

No Trees in the Street

59

as Hetty

Ice Cold in Alex

81

as Sister Diana Murdoch

The Moonraker

57

as Anne Wyndham

Bachelor of Hearts

58

as Ann Wainwright

Woman in a Dressing Gown

75

as Georgie Harlow

No Time for Tears

as Nurse Margaret Collier

The Birthday Present

70

as Jean Scott

My Teenage Daughter

as Janet Carr

Television Playhouse

TV show · as Deborah Grayson / Hilary

Sunday Night Theatre

51

TV show · as Janet Towne