Sylvia syms biography

Syvlia Syms OBE was born on 6th January 1934 in London, England to Daisy (Hale) and Edwin Syms, a trade unionist and civil servant. She was educated at RADA, on whose council she has served. Her daughter Beatie Edney is also an actress.

She started as a starlet. In her second film My Teenage Daughter (1954), she played Anna Neagle's "problem" daughter, and by 1960 had worked with Flora Robson, Orson Welles, Stanley Holloway, Lilli Palmer and William Holden — and made the film Ice-Cold in Alex (1958). Co-starring John Mills, Anthony Quayle and Harry Andrews, this has become a cult film in recent years because an extract from it was used in a beer commercial. It is an entertaining story about four British Army personnel trying to get through enemy territory. A love scene between Mills and Syms was dropped from the film because it was considered too strong.

Also in 1958, she appeared in the English civil war story The Moonraker with George Baker her male lead. Syms p

Sylvia Syms - Biography - IMDb

Sylvia Syms was an English actress, best known for portraying ‘Margaret Thatcher’ in 'Thatcher: The Final Days,' a role that she later relived on stage as well.

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British actress Sylvia Syms, a star of stage and screen for six decades, has died at the age of 89.

Geraldine James

Syms was a dynamic personality with a sharp, analytical eye.