Sylvia Sims has died at the age of 89.
The actress rose to fame in the 1950s when she starred in the war film Ice Cold in Alex alongside the late Sir John Mills and co-starred alongside Helen Mirren as the Queen Mother in the 2006 biopic The Queen. , her children Beatty and Ben Edney confirmed on Friday (27.01.23) that she passed away “peacefully” that morning.
“Our mother Silvia passed away peacefully this morning. She lived a wonderful life and gave us joy and laughter to the end. Just yesterday we reminisced together about all our adventures. She must be very lonely.”
Married to Alan Edney from 1956 to 1989, Sylvia was living in Denville Hall, a care home for people in the entertainment industry in London, at the time of her death. They provided for her mother until her death.
“I also want to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Denville Hall for the amazing care they have given our mother over the past year.”
Sylvia began her career as an understudy in West End theater before receiving her first major film role as rebellious Jane Carr opposite Anna Neagle in the 1956 drama My Teenage Daughter. I was.
before starring opposite Dirk Bogard as the wife of a gay lawyer in the 1961 film Victim.
Sylvia was nominated for a BAFTA for her role in the 1974 drama film Tamarind Seeds, starred alongside Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif, and later in life for her role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. It’s been a success on the small screen. ITV drama series “At Home with Braithwaite”. 2019.
Away from the spotlight, Sylvia served on the board of the Stars Foundation, a cerebral palsy charity with wartime singer Vera Lynn, and in 1975, she headed the jury at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.
