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Sylvia May Laura Syms (born 6 January 1934) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films ''
Woman in a Dressing Gown ''Woman in a Dressing Gown'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, and Carole Lesley. The film won four awards at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival includin ...
'' (1957), ''
Ice Cold in Alex ''Ice Cold in Alex'' is a 1958 British war film set during the Western Desert campaign of World War II based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Landon. Directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring John Mills, the film was a prizewinner ...
'' (1958), ''
No Trees in the Street ''No Trees in the Street'' is a 1959 British crime thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Ted Willis, from his 1948 stage play of the same name. The film is set in the slums of London. It depicts the life of impoverished teenager T ...
'' (1959), ''
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'' (1961), and ''
The Tamarind Seed ''The Tamarind Seed'' is a 1974 romantic thriller drama film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Evelyn Anthony, the film is about a British Home Office ...
'' (1974). In 2006 she portrayed
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in the
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movie ''
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'', about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and days leading up to Diana's funeral. She remains active in films, television and theatre.


Personal life

Syms was born in
Woolwich Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained thr ...
, London, England, the daughter of Daisy (''née'' Hale) and Edwin Syms, a trade unionist and civil servant. She grew up in
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"Well Hall" entry of ''London Gazetteer'' by Russ Willey, (
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2006) (online extrac

 and was educated at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, 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
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and Alex Webb.


Career

In her second film, ''My Teenage Daughter'' (1956), she played
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's troubled daughter. In 1958, she starred in the film ''
Ice Cold in Alex ''Ice Cold in Alex'' is a 1958 British war film set during the Western Desert campaign of World War II based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Landon. Directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring John Mills, the film was a prizewinner ...
'' (alongside
John Mills Sir John Mills (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portra ...
,
Anthony Quayle Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British actor and theatre director. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film '' Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969 ...
and
Harry Andrews Harry Stewart Fleetwood Andrews, CBE (10 November 1911 – 6 March 1989) was an English actor known for his film portrayals of tough military officers. His performance as Regimental Sergeant Major Wilson in ''The Hill'' (1965) alongside Sean ...
); that same year she appeared in the
English Civil War The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...
film, ''
The Moonraker ''The Moonraker'' is a British swashbuckler film made in 1957 and released in 1958 and set in the English Civil War. It was directed by David MacDonald and starred George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Gary Raymond, Peter Arne, John Le M ...
''. In 1959 she played in ''
Expresso Bongo ''Expresso Bongo'' is a 1958 West End musical and a satire of the music industry. It was first produced on the stage at the Saville Theatre, London, on 23 April 1958. Its book was written by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More, with music by Davi ...
'' with
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. She played opposite Dirk Bogarde in 1961 in the film ''
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'', as the wife of a barrister who is a closet homosexual. The film was thought to have broadened the debate which led to the decriminalisation of homosexual acts in private. In 1962, she played opposite to Patrick McGoohan as the wife of a condemned man in ''
The Quare Fellow ''The Quare Fellow'' is Brendan Behan's first play, first produced in 1954. The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of ''queer''. Plot The play is set in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. The anti-hero of the play, The Quare Fellow, is never ...
'' and in 1963 she played
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's wife in ''
The Punch and Judy Man ''The Punch and Judy Man'' is a 1963 black and white British comedy film made by Elstree Studios directed by Jeremy Summers from a script by Philip Oakes and Tony Hancock for the Associated British Picture Corporation. It was Hancock's second a ...
''. The film also featured her nephew, Nick Webb. Other comedies followed, such as '' The Big Job'' (1965) with Hancock's former co-star
Sid James Sidney James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a British actor and comedian whose career encompassed radio, television, stage and screen. He was best known for numerous roles in the Carry On film series. Born to a mi ...
and ''
Bat Out of Hell ''Bat Out of Hell'' is the 1977 debut album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and composer Jim Steinman. It is one of the best-selling albums in history. The album was developed from a musical, ''Neverland'', a futuristic rock version of '' ...
'' (1967), but it was for drama that she won acclaim, including ''
The Tamarind Seed ''The Tamarind Seed'' is a 1974 romantic thriller drama film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Evelyn Anthony, the film is about a British Home Office ...
'' (1974) with Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif, for which she was nominated for a British Film Academy award. ''My Good Woman'' in 1972 was a husband-and-wife television comedy series which ran until 1974 with
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. At the same time, she was one of two team captains on the
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's weekly ''Movie Quiz'', hosted by
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. In 1975, she was the head of the jury at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989, Syms appeared in the '' Doctor Who'' story " Ghost Light". Shortly after the end of British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
's period of office in 1990, Syms portrayed her in '' Thatcher: The Final Days'' (1991), a Granada television film for
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, which dramatises the events surrounding her removal from power. She later recreated the role on the stage. From 2000 to 2003, she played Marion Riley in the ITV comedy-drama series ''
At Home with the Braithwaites ''At Home with the Braithwaites'' is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright (except for the final four episodes). The storyline follows a suburban family in Leeds, whose life is turned upside down whe ...
'' and in 2002, she featured in the serial '' The Jury'' and contributed "
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" to the compilation album ''
When Love Speaks ''When Love Speaks'' is a compilation album that features interpretations of William Shakespeare's sonnets – some spoken, some set to music – and excerpts from his plays by famous actors and musicians, released under EMI Classics in April ...
''. For
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' ''
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'' (2006), she was cast in the role of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother with Dame Helen Mirren who, as her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, won an
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for her performance. She also appeared in '' The Poseidon Adventure'' (2005), an American TV film with a negligible connection to the 1972 feature film. She has also taken up producing and directing. In 2009, she appeared in the film ''
Is Anybody There? ''Is Anybody There?'' is a 2008 British drama film starring Michael Caine and directed by John Crowley. It was written by Peter Harness and produced by David Heyman, Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto Interna ...
'' alongside
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and Anne-Marie Duff and in the
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drama series ''
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''. In 2010, she guest-starred as a patient in BBC One's drama series ''
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'', having played a different character in an episode from 2007. Syms also appeared as another character in ''Casualty''s sister series '' Holby City'' in 2003. From 2007, Syms has had a recurring role in
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's '' EastEnders'', playing dressmaker Olive Woodhouse; her last appearance in the role was on 20 July 2010. In 2010, Syms took part in the BBC's ''The Young Ones'', a series in which six celebrities in their 70s and 80s attempted to overcome some of the problems of ageing by harking back to the 1970s. From 2013 to 2019, Syms was the narrator of ''
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'', which aired on BBC Two.


Filmography

* 1956 ''
My Teenage Daughter ''My Teenage Daughter'', later ''Teenage Bad Girl'', is a 1956 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms and Norman Wooland. The screenplay concerns a mother who tries to deal with her teenage daughter' ...
'' as Janet Carr * 1957 ''
The Birthday Present ''The Birthday Present'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson. The film also featured Thorley Walters and Ian Bannen in small roles. Plot Simon Scott, a top toy salesman, returns from a business trip to Germany with a watch hidd ...
'' as Jean Scott
''
Woman in a Dressing Gown ''Woman in a Dressing Gown'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, and Carole Lesley. The film won four awards at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival includin ...
'' as Georgie
'' No Time for Tears'' as Nurse Margaret Collier * 1958 ''
The Moonraker ''The Moonraker'' is a British swashbuckler film made in 1957 and released in 1958 and set in the English Civil War. It was directed by David MacDonald and starred George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Marius Goring, Gary Raymond, Peter Arne, John Le M ...
'' as Anne Wyndham
''
Ice Cold in Alex ''Ice Cold in Alex'' is a 1958 British war film set during the Western Desert campaign of World War II based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Landon. Directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring John Mills, the film was a prizewinner ...
'' as Sister Diana Murdoch
''
Bachelor of Hearts ''Bachelor of Hearts'' is a 1958 British comedy film starring Hardy Krüger as a German who studies at Cambridge University. It was made to cash in on Krüger's popularity following the success of the war film '' The One That Got Away'' (1957). ...
'' as Ann Wainwright * 1959 ''
No Trees in the Street ''No Trees in the Street'' is a 1959 British crime thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Ted Willis, from his 1948 stage play of the same name. The film is set in the slums of London. It depicts the life of impoverished teenager T ...
'' as Hetty
''
Ferry to Hong Kong ''Ferry to Hong Kong'' is a 1959 British melodrama/adventure film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Curt Jürgens, Sylvia Syms, Orson Welles and Jeremy Spenser. Plot Mark Conrad, a debonair Anglo-Austrian former playboy and junk owner, n ...
'' as Liz Ferrers
''
Expresso Bongo ''Expresso Bongo'' is a 1958 West End musical and a satire of the music industry. It was first produced on the stage at the Saville Theatre, London, on 23 April 1958. Its book was written by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More, with music by Davi ...
'' as Maisie King * 1960 '' Conspiracy of Hearts'' as Sister Mitya
''
The World of Suzie Wong ''The World of Suzie Wong'' is a 1957 novel by British writer Richard Mason. The main characters are Robert Lomax, a young British artist living in Hong Kong, and Suzie Wong, the title character, a Chinese woman who works as a prostitute. ...
'' as Kay O'Neill * 1961 ''
Amazons of Rome ''Amazons of Rome'' ( it, Le vergini di Roma) is a 1961 ''peplum'' film. During production, tensions brewed between Louis Jourdan and director Vittorio Cottafavi which led to Cottafavi being replaced with Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. Plot The newl ...
'' as Clelia
''
Flame in the Streets ''Flame in the Streets'' is a 1961 film directed by Roy Ward Baker and based on the 1958 play '' Hot Summer Night'' by Ted Willis. It opened at the Odeon Leicester Square in London's West End on 22 June 1961. The film depicts an interracial rom ...
'' as Kathie Palmer
''
Victim Victim(s) or The Victim may refer to: People * Crime victim * Victim, in psychotherapy, a posited role in the Karpman drama triangle model of transactional analysis Films and television * ''The Victim'' (1916 film), an American silent film by ...
'' as Laura Farr * 1962 ''
The Quare Fellow ''The Quare Fellow'' is Brendan Behan's first play, first produced in 1954. The title is taken from a Hiberno-English pronunciation of ''queer''. Plot The play is set in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. The anti-hero of the play, The Quare Fellow, is never ...
'' as Kathleen * 1963 ''
The Punch and Judy Man ''The Punch and Judy Man'' is a 1963 black and white British comedy film made by Elstree Studios directed by Jeremy Summers from a script by Philip Oakes and Tony Hancock for the Associated British Picture Corporation. It was Hancock's second a ...
'' as Delia Pinner
'' The World Ten Times Over'' as Billa * 1964 ''
East of Sudan ''East of Sudan'' is a 1964 British adventure film directed by Nathan Juran and featuring Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms and Derek Fowlds. The storyline is spliced with various sections of African wildlife. Much of this stock footage makes no s ...
'' as Miss Woodville * 1965 ''
Operation Crossbow ''Crossbow'' was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The main V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket – these were launched against Brita ...
'' as Flight Officer Constance Babington-Smith
'' The Big Job'' as Myrtle Robbins * 1967 ''
Danger Route ''Danger Route'' is a 1967 British spy film directed by Seth Holt for Amicus Productions and starring Richard Johnson as Jonas Wilde, Carol Lynley and Barbara Bouchet. It was based on Andrew York's 1966 novel ''The Eliminator'' that was the work ...
'' as Barbara Canning * 1968 ''
Hostile Witness A hostile witness, also known as an adverse witness or an unfavorable witness, is a witness at trial whose testimony on direct examination is either openly antagonistic or appears to be contrary to the legal position of the party who called t ...
'' as Sheila Larkin
'' The Fiction Makers'' as Amos Klein * 1969 ''
Run Wild, Run Free ''Run Wild, Run Free'' is a 1969 British drama film directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring John Mills. The film was written by David Rook, based on his novel ''The White Colt'', and shot on location in Dartmoor, Devon, England. The film f ...
'' as Mrs. Ransome
''
The Desperados ''The Desperados'' is a 1969 American Western film directed by Henry Levin and starring Vince Edwards and Jack Palance. Plot A ruthless preacher, Parson Josiah Galt, leads a band of Southern marauders during the Civil War that includes his s ...
'' as Laura * 1972 ''
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'' as Ruth * 1974 ''
The Tamarind Seed ''The Tamarind Seed'' is a 1974 romantic thriller drama film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Evelyn Anthony, the film is about a British Home Office ...
'' as Margaret Stephenson * 1978 ''
Give Us Tomorrow ''Give Us Tomorrow'' is a 1978 British crime film directed by Donovan Winter and starring Sylvia Syms, Derren Nesbitt and James Kerry. Plot After a bank manager leaves for work one morning, a criminal and his accomplice take his wife and childre ...
'' as Wendy Hammond * 1980 '' There Goes the Bride'' as Ursula Westerby * 1986 '' Absolute Beginners'' as Cynthia Eve * 1988 '' A Chorus of Disapproval'' as Rebecca Huntley-Pike * 1989 ''
Shirley Valentine ''Shirley Valentine'' is a one-character play by Willy Russell. Taking the form of a monologue by a middle-aged, working class Liverpool housewife, it focuses on her life before and after a transforming holiday abroad. Plot Wondering what has ...
'' as Headmistress * 1992 ''
Shining Through ''Shining Through'' is a 1992 American World War II drama film which was released to United States cinemas on January 31, 1992, written and directed by David Seltzer and starring Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith, with Liam Neeson, Joely Ric ...
'' as Linda's Mother * 1993 '' Dirty Weekend'' as Mrs. Crosby * 1994 '' Staggered'' as Margaret * 1997 ''
The House of Angelo ''The House of Angelo'' is a 1997 British historical drama film directed by Jim Goddard and starring Edward Woodward, Peter Woodward and Sylvia Syms. Plot In eighteenth century London, the celebrated Angelo family of fencing instructors are e ...
'' as Mrs. Harvey-Brown * 1998 '' Food of Love'' as Alice Angelo * 2002 '' Deep Down'' as Vera * 2003 '' What a Girl Wants'' as Princess Charlotte
'' I'll Sleep When I'm Dead'' as Mrs. Bartz * 2004 '' Mavis and the Mermaid'' as Gioga * 2006 ''
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'' as the Queen Mother * 2008 ''
Is Anybody There? ''Is Anybody There?'' is a 2008 British drama film starring Michael Caine and directed by John Crowley. It was written by Peter Harness and produced by David Heyman, Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto Interna ...
'' as Lilian * 2009 ''
Bunny and the Bull ''Bunny and the Bull'' is a 2009 British comedy film from writer-director Paul King. It stars Edward Hogg and Simon Farnaby in a surreal recreation of a road trip. King has previously worked on British television comedies ''The Mighty Boosh'' a ...
'' as Hotelier * 2012 ''
Booked Out ''Booked Out'' is a 2012 comedy-drama film starring Mirren Burke, Rollo Weeks (in his final film role before his retirement from acting in 2012), Claire Garvey, and Sylvia Syms. It is the first film of writer and director Bryan O'Neil and prem ...
'' as Mrs. Nicholls
'' Run for Your Wife'' as Hospital Patient * 2018 ''
Together ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi ...
'' as Rosemary


Television

* 1964 ''
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'' (" The Noble Sportsman") as Lady Anne Yearley * 1965 ''
Danger Man ''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again b ...
'' (" It's Up to the Lady") as Paula Glover * 1965 '' The Human Jungle'' (" Success Machine") as Margo * 1965 '' The Baron'' (" Farewell to Yesterday") as Cathy Dorne * 1966 ''Bat out of Hell'' as Diana * 1968 ''
The Saint The Saint may refer to: Fiction * Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the protagonist of a book series by Leslie Charteris and subsequent adaptations: ** ''The Saint'' (film series) (1938–43), starring Louis Hayward, George Sanders an ...
'' (" The Fiction Makers") as Amos Klein * 1969 ''
Strange Report ''Strange Report'' is a British television crime drama series starring Anthony Quayle as Adam Strange. It was produced by ITC Entertainment and first broadcast in 1969 on ITV In the United States, NBC broadcast ''Strange Report'' between 8 Ja ...
'' * 1971 ''
Paul Temple Paul Temple is a fictional character created by English writer Francis Durbridge. Temple is a professional author of crime fiction and an amateur private detective. With his wife Louise, affectionately known as 'Steve' in reference to her jo ...
'' * 1972 '' The Adventurer'' * 1972–1974 ''My Good Woman'' * 1982 ''
Nancy Astor Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor's first husband was America ...
'' as Nanaire Langhorne * 1982 '' It's Your Move (1982 film)'' (TV Short) as The Wife * 1985 ''Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced'' as Mrs Easterbrook * 1989 '' Doctor Who'' ('' Ghost Light'') as Mrs Pritchard * 1991 '' Thatcher: The Final Days'' as
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* 1991 ''
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'' - guest in Dictionary Corner * 1993 '' Mulberry'' as Springtime * 1993-1995 ''
Peak Practice ''Peak Practice'' is a British drama television series, series about a General Practice, GP surgery in Cardale—a small List of fictional towns in television, fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District—and the Physician, doctors who wor ...
'' as Isabel de Gines * 1995 ''
The Glass Virgin ''The Glass Virgin'' is a British three-part television serial, or long TV movie, first broadcast in 1995, starring Emily Mortimer and Brendan Coyle, directed by Sarah Hellings, based on a novel by Catherine Cookson. Production Producer Ray Mar ...
'' as Lady Constance * 1998 '' Heartbeat'' ("Where There's a Will") as Peggy Tatton * 2000–2003 ''
At Home with the Braithwaites ''At Home with the Braithwaites'' is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright (except for the final four episodes). The storyline follows a suburban family in Leeds, whose life is turned upside down whe ...
'' as Marion Riley * 2002 ''
Doctor Zhivago ''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations. Description The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago Yuri Andreievich Zhivago is the ...
'' as Madame Fleury * 2005 '' The Poseidon Adventure'' as Belle Rosen * 2006 ''
Dalziel and Pascoe Detective Superintendent Andrew "Andy" Dalziel and Detective Sergeant, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe are two fictional Yorkshire detectives featuring in a series of novels by Reginald Hill. Characterisation and style Dalziel is ...
'' episode: " The Cave Woman" as Maisie Barron * 2007, 2009, 2010 '' EastEnders'' as Olive Woodhouse * 2008 ''
New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural The police show, or police crime drama, is a subgenre of procedural drama and detective fiction that emphasizes the investigative procedure of a police officer or department as the ...
'' ("
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") as Beatrice * 2009 '' Blue Murder'' * 2009 ''
Agatha Christie's Marple ''Agatha Christie's Marple'' (or simply ''Marple'') is a British ITV television programme loosely based on the books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the firs ...
'' (" Murder Is Easy") as Lavinia Enid Pinkerton * 2010 '' Doctors'' * 2011 ''
Case Histories ''Case Histories'' (2004) is a detective novel by British author Kate Atkinson and is set in Cambridge, England. It introduces Jackson Brodie, a former police inspector and now private investigator. The plot revolves around three seemingly unc ...
'' * 2011 '' Rev.'' as Joan * 2014 ''
Playhouse Presents ''Playhouse Presents'' is an anthology series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast. ...
'' as Alice * 2019 '' Gentleman Jack'' as Mrs Rawson


References


External links

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The Official Sylvia Syms Web SiteParliament & the Sixties- Sylvia Syms- 1962 - UK Parliament Living Heritage
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