Sylvia Syms

Sylvia May Laura Syms,^[2] OBE (6 January 1934 – 27 January 2023) was an English actress.

Sylvia Syms OBE
Born	Sylvia May Laura Syms[1] (1934-01-06)6 January 1934 Woolwich, London, England, UK
Died	27 January 2023(2023-01-27) (aged 89) Northwood, London, England, UK
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1955–2019
Spouse	Alan Edney ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1989)​
Children	2, including Beatie
Website	http://www.sylviasyms.co.uk

Syms is best known for her roles in Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), No Trees in the Street (1959), Victim (1961), and The Tamarind Seed (1974).

In 2006 she played Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in the Stephen Frears movie The Queen, about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the few days after that, leading up to the funeral.

In the last year of her life, Syms lived at Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in London. She died there on 27 January 2023, at the age of 89.^[3]