From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sylvia M. L. Syms OBE (born 6 January 1934) was an English actress. She was probably best known for her roles in the films Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Ice-Cold in Alex (1958), No Trees in the Street (1959) and The Tamarind Seed (1974). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sylvia Syms, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.