Actress Sylvia Syms, star of 'Ice Cold In Alex' and 'The Queen', dies at 89

Actress Sylvia Syms, who starred in classic British films including "Ice Cold in Alex” and "Victim,” has died, her family said Friday. She was 89. – Photos: AP

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

In this file photo dated July 1, 1957, Sylvia Syms prepares to leave London Airport for Berlin to attend the Film Festival, in which her picture 'Woman in a Dressing Gown' is being shown as the official British entry. – Photo: PA via AP)

Syms’ children said she died peacefully on Friday at Denville Hall, a London retirement home for actors and entertainers.