Then, just two days later, her husband, Richard Syms, 69, also died, succumbing to cancer. It had taken them nearly a lifetime to find one another, both with the wrong relationships behind them.

Syms had a recurring role on the BBC soap opera “EastEnders” between 2007 and 2010, and continued to perform in film and television well into her 80s. Syms married Alan Edney in 1956; the ...

British actress Sylvia Syms is pictured after receiving her Member of the British Empire (MBE) from Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, in London, 18 October 2007. AFP PHOTO/FIONA HANSON/WPA ...

Entertainment Movies Sylvia Syms, ‘Ice Cold in Alex,’ and ‘The Queen’ star, dies Jan. 27, 2023 at 9:14 am Updated Jan. 28, 2023 at 10:15 am ...

Actress Sylvia Syms, who starred in classic British films including “Ice Cold in Alex” and “Victim,” has died, her family said Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. She was 89.