Editing Sylvia Syms (section)

{{Short description|British actress (1934–2023)}}
{{About|the English actress|the American singer|Sylvia Syms (singer)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Sylvia Syms
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
| image              = Sylvia Syms.png
| caption            = Syms as Sister Diana Murdoch in ''[[Ice Cold in Alex]]'', c. 1958
| birth_name         = Sylvia May Laura Syms<ref>[http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/909797884 Syms profile at company-director-check.co.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130420081827/http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/909797884 |date=20 April 2013 }}. Retrieved 15 September 2012.</ref>
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1934|1|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Woolwich]], [[London]], England
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|1|27|1934|1|6}}
| death_place        = [[Northwood, London|Northwood]], London, England
| education          = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1955–2019
| spouse             = {{marriage|Alan Edney|1956|1989|end=div}}
| children           = 2, including [[Beatie Edney|Beatie]]
| relatives          = [[Nick Webb (musician)|Nick Webb]] (nephew) <br />[[Alex Webb (musician)|Alex Webb]] (nephew)
| website            = http://www.sylviasyms.co.uk
}}
'''Sylvia May Laura Syms'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=xpZecHy5KHBnHTdFcq53Xg&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=17 April 2011|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> (6 January 1934 – 27 January 2023) was an English stage and screen actress. Her best-known film roles include ''[[My Teenage Daughter]]'' (1956), ''[[Woman in a Dressing Gown]]'' (1957), for which she was nominated for a [[BAFTA Award]], ''[[Ice Cold in Alex]]'' (1958), ''[[No Trees in the Street]]'' (1959), ''[[Victim (1961 film)|Victim]]'' (1961) and ''[[The Tamarind Seed]]'' (1974).

Known as the "Grand Dame of British Cinema", Syms was a major player in films from the mid-1950s until mid-1960s, usually in stiff-upper-lip English pictures, as opposed to [[kitchen sink realism]] dramas, before becoming more of a supporting actress in both film and television roles. On television, she was known for her recurring role as dressmaker [[Olive Woodhouse]] on the [[BBC One|BBC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[EastEnders]]''. She was also a notable theatre player.<ref name="Bergan" />

Syms portrayed [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] in the 2006 biopic ''[[The Queen (2006 film)|The Queen]]''.