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Syvlia Syms OBE was born on 6th January 1934 in London, England to Daisy (Hale) and Edwin Syms, a trade unionist and civil servant. She was educated at RADA, on whose council she has served. Her daughter Beatie Edney is also an actress.

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 an extract from it was used in a beer commercial. It is an entertaining story about four British Army personnel trying to get through enemy territory. A love scene between Mills and Syms was dropped from the film because it was considered too strong.

Also in 1958, she appeared in the English civil war story The Moonraker with George Baker her male lead. Syms played Tony Hancock's wife in The Punch and Judy Man (1962) along with her nephew, Nick Webb. Other c

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Sylvia Syms (singer)

American singer (1917–1992)

This article is about the American singer. For the English actress with the same name, see Sylvia Syms.

Sylvia Syms
Sylvia Syms, c. 1946
Birth name	Sylvia Blagman
Born	(1917-12-02)December 2, 1917 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	May 10, 1992(1992-05-10) (aged 74) New York City
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Singer

Musical artist

Sylvia Syms (December 2, 1917 – May 10, 1992) was an American jazz singer.

Biography

Syms was born Sylvia Blagman in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, she had polio. As a teenager, she went to jazz nightclubs on New York's 52nd Street and received informal training from Billie Holiday. She made her debut in 1941 at Kelly's Stable.^[1]

In 1948, performing at the Cinderella Club in Greenwich Village, she was seen by Mae West, who gave her a part in a show she was doing.^[1] Among others who observed her in nightclubs was Frank Sinatra who considered her the "world's greatest saloon singer." Sinatra conducted her 1982 album, Syms by Sinatra.

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Sylvia Syms

English actress (1934–2023)

This article is about the English actress. For the American singer, see Sylvia Syms (singer).

Sylvia May Laura Syms^[2] (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) 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 BBCsoap operaEastEnders. She was also a notable theatre player.^[3]

Syms portrayed Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in the 2006 biopic The Queen.

Early life and education

Syms was born in Woolw