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Sylvia Syms (born January 6, 1934 in London) is a
United Kingdom|British actress, educated at Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA, on whose council she
has served. 

One of Britain's most well-known actresses. Best
remembered by most for her film work, through the
fifties and sixties, however she has never ceased
to be active, in films, T.V. and the theatre.  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 of the
use of an extract in a beer commercial. It is an
entertaining story about four British Army medical
personnel trying to get through enemy territory. A
love-scene between John Mills and Slyvia Syms was
dropped from the film because it was considered
too strong.
 
Also in 1958 she made The Moonraker with George
Baker her male lead. This English civil war story
is also one of her most popular films. Among the
many other famous names she has worked with are:
Marius Goring, Hardy Krüger, Herbert Lom, Cliff
Richard, Jenny Agutter, Sophia Loren, George
Peppard,  Roger Moore, Ray Milland, Bernard Miles
and Richard Todd.

One particularly well known role was as Tony
Hancock's wife in his film The Punch and Judy Man
(1960). She was able to appear in comedy films
like The Big Job (1965) with Sid James, but also
in drama films like The Tamarind Seed (1974) along
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 TV
comedy series which ran from 1972-1974 with Leslie
Crowther. She has played British prime minister
Margaret Thatcher on TV and the stage and appeared
in the Doctor Who story Ghostlight.

In 2002 she starred in the miniseries The Jury
(miniseries)|The Jury.

She is currently reported to be working on The
Poseidon Adventure a new mini TV series. She has
also taken up producing and directing.

Her daughter, Beatie Edney, is also an actress.

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