Sylvia Syms

Actor

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Also Known As

Sylvia May Laura Syms

Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

January 06, 1934

Biography

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Blonde, blue-eyed actress who began her career playing teenage roles, notably in "Teenage Bad Girl/My Teenage Daughter" (1956), opposite Anna Neagle as her mother. She is perhaps best remembered as the obligatory romantic lead in the controversial "Victim" (1961), where she plays the wife of a distinguished lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) coming to terms with his homosexuality when a former lover ...

Filmography

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Bunny and the Bull (2011)

Is Anybody There? (2009)

The Queen (2006)

Child of Mine (2005)

The Poseidon Adventure (2005)

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)

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Victim (1961) -- (Movie Clip) I'd Rather Know Than Guess

Victim - (Original Trailer)

Family & Companions

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Alan Edney

Husband

Married on June 8, 1956; divorced in March 1985.

Notes

Not to be confused with the Brooklyn-born cabaret singer of the same name who died in 1992.

Biography

Blonde, blue-eyed actress who began her career playing teenage roles, notably in "Teenage Bad Girl/My Teenage Daughter" (1956), opposite Anna Neagle as her mother. She is perhaps best remembered as the obligatory romantic lead in the controversial "Victim" (1961), where she plays the wife of a distinguished lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) coming to terms with his homosexuality when a former lover is blackmailed. Syms continued playing leading roles in primarily British films through the early 1970s and later took on character parts in such films as "The Tamarind Seed" (1974) and "Shirley Valentine" (1989). Not to be confused with Brooklyn-born cabaret singer Sylvia Sims (1918-1992). Mother of actress Beatie Edney.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Bunny and the Bull (2011)

Is Anybody There? (2009)

The Queen (2006)

Child of Mine (2005)

The Poseidon Adventure (2005)

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)

What a Girl Wants (2003)

Original Sin (1997)

Dirty Weekend (1997)

Food of Love (1997)

Mrs Harvey-Brown

Staggered (1994)

Shining Through (1992)

Shirley Valentine (1989)

A Chorus Of Disapproval (1989)

Absolute Beginners (1986)

Give Us Tomorrow (1979)

There Goes the Bride (1979)

Ursula Westerby

The Tamarind Seed (1974)

Margaret Stephenson

Some of My Best Friends Are. . . (1971)

The Desperados (1969)

Run Wild, Run Free (1969)

Run Wild, Run Free (1969)

Danger Route (1968)

Barbara Canning

Hostile Witness (1968)

Pussycat Alley (1965)

Operation Crossbow (1965)

Constance Babington Smith

No Tree in the Street (1964)

East of Sudan (1964)

Margaret Woodville

Amazons of Rome (1963)

Bachelor of Hearts (1962)

Flame in the Streets (1962)

The Quare Fellow (1962)

Ferry to Hong Kong (1961)

The World of Suzie Wong (1961)

Expresso Bongo (1959)

The Moonraker (1958)

Ice Cold in Alex (1958)

Woman In A Dressing Gown (1957)

My Teenage Daughter (1956)

Cast (Special)

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Series II (1986)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

The Jury (2003)

Married to Murder (1991)

Intimate Contact (1987)

Life Events

1956

Made film debut in "Teenage Bad Girl/My Teenage Daughter"

Videos

Victim (1961) -- (Movie Clip) I'd Rather Know Than Guess Barrister Farr (Dirk Bogarde), investigating a homosexuality scandal in which he's implicated, arrives home to wife Laura (Sylvia Syms), who reveals her own suspicions, in Victim, 1961, directed by Basil Dearden.

Run Wild, Run Free (1969) -- (Movie Clip) I Want To Love Him Following the credits, alarming first scenes as mute Philip, at three ages (finally Mark Lester) wanders from home, mother (Sylvia Syms) and father (Gordon Jackson) ever more frustrated, in Run Wild, Run Free, 1969.

Amazons of Rome - (Textless Trailer) Ancient Rome is threatened with invasion from the Etruscans in Amazons of Rome (1963).

Victim - (Original Trailer) A lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) goes after a blackmailer of closeted gay men in Victim (1962).

Operation Crossbow - (Original Trailer) Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base during World War II in Operation Crossbow (1965) starring George Peppard & Sophia Loren.

Family

Edwin Syms

Father

Trade unionist.

Daisy Syms

Mother

Beatrice Edney

Daughter

Actor.

Benjamin Edney

Son

Companions

Alan Edney

Husband

Married on June 8, 1956; divorced in March 1985.

Bibliography

Notes

Not to be confused with the Brooklyn-born cabaret singer of the same name who died in 1992.

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