Sylvia syms biography

  • Sylvia May Laura Syms was an English stage and screen actress.
  • Born on January 6, , she was educated at convent schools before receiving dramatic training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her stage debut.
  • Syvlia Syms OBE was born on 6th January in London, England to Daisy (Hale) and Edwin Syms, a trade unionist and civil servant.

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    Syvlia Syms OBE was born on 6th January 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 (), she played Anna Neagle's "problem" daughter, and by had worked with Flora Robson, Orson Welles, Stanley Holloway, Lilli Palmer and William Holden — and made the film Ice-Cold in Alex (). Co-starring John Mills, Anthony Quayle and Harry Andrews, this has become a cult spelfilm in recent years because an extract from it was used in a beer commercial. It is an entertaining story about four British Army personnel ansträngande 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 , she appeared in the English civil war story The Moonraker with George Baker her male lead. Syms played Tony Hancock's w

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    Sylvia Syms

    English actress (–)

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

    Sylvia May Laura Syms[2] (6 January – 27 January ) was an English scen and screen actress. Her best-known film roles include My Teenage Daughter (), Woman in a Dressing Gown (), for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award, Ice Cold in Alex (), No Trees in the Street (), Victim () and The Tamarind Seed ().

    Known as the "Grand Dame of British Cinema", Syms was a major player in films from the mids until mids, 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 biopic The Queen.

    Early life

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    Sylvia Syms (singer)

    American singer (–)

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

    Sylvia Syms

    Sylvia Syms, c.

    Birth nameSylvia Blagman
    Born()December 2,
    Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
    DiedMay 10, () (aged&#;74)
    New York City
    GenresJazz
    OccupationSinger

    Musical artist

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

    Biography

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    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 at Kelly's Stable.[1]

    In , 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 conduct

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