About

Known credits:
75
Birthday:
1910-08-09
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Sylvia Sidney

Overview

Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She later gained attention for her role as Juno, a case worker in the afterlife, in Tim Burton's film Beetlejuice, for which she won a Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actress. She also was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973).

Known for

Acting
1998 Fantasy Island Actor Clia 70
Good
1996 Mars Attacks! Actor Grandma Norris 63
Fair
1992 Used People Actor Becky 58
Average
1990 Night of 100 Stars III Actor Self 58
Average
1990 Andre's Mother Actor Mrs. Downes N/A
N/A
1989 Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre Actor Self N/A
N/A
1988 Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man Actor Self (archive footage) 58
Average
1988 Beetlejuice Actor Juno 73
Good
1987 The Witching of Ben Wagner Actor Grammy (Regina's Grandmother) 58
Average
1987 Ben Wagner Actor 59
Average
1987 Pals Actor Fern Stobbs 58
Average
1985 An Early Frost Actor Beatrice McKenna 59
Average
1985 Finnegan Begin Again Actor Margaret 59
Average
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s Actor (archive footage) N/A
N/A
1983 Copkiller Actor Margaret Smith 58
Average
1983 The Brass Ring Actor Grandmother 59
Average
1982 Having It All Actor Marney 58
Average
1982 Hammett Actor Donaldina Cameron 59
Average
1982 Night of 100 Stars Actor Self 58
Average
1982 Come Along with Me Actor Mrs. Flanner 58
Average
1981 A Small Killing Actor Sadie Ross N/A
N/A
1980 The Shadow Box Actor Felicity 58
Average
1980 F.D.R.: The Last Year Actor Cousin Polly 58
Average
1980 The Gossip Columnist Actor Alma Lewellyn 58
Average
1978 Damien – Omen II Actor Aunt Marion 62
Fair
1978 Siege Actor Lillian Gordon 58
Average
1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Actor Miss Coral 59
Average
1977 Snowbeast Actor Mrs. Carrie Rill 57
Average
1976 Raid on Entebbe Actor Dora Bloch 58
Average
1976 God Told Me To Actor Elizabeth Mullin 58
Average
1976 Death at Love House Actor Clara Josephs 58
Average
1975 Winner Take All Actor Anne Barclay 59
Average
1975 The Secret Night Caller Actor Kitty 59
Average
1973 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Actor Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother 59
Average
1971 Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate Actor Elizabeth Gibson 58
Average
1958 No Time at All Actor Mrs. Kramer N/A
N/A
1957 The Helen Morgan Story Actor Lulu Morgan N/A
N/A
1956 Behind the High Wall Actor Hilda Carmichael 58
Average
1955 Man on the Ledge Actor Mrs. Cosick N/A
N/A
1955 Violent Saturday Actor Elsie Braden 59
Average
1952 Les Miserables Actor Fantine 58
Average
1949 Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner Actor Sylvia Sidney N/A
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1947 Love from a Stranger Actor Cecily Harrington 58
Average
1946 The Searching Wind Actor Cassie Bowman N/A
N/A
1946 Mr. Ace Actor Margaret Wyndham Chase 58
Average
1945 Blood on the Sun Actor Iris Hilliard 58
Average
1941 Breakdowns of 1941 Actor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 58
Average
1941 The Wagons Roll at Night Actor Flo Lorraine 58
Average
1939 One Third of a Nation Actor Mary Rogers 59
Average
1938 You and Me Actor Helen Roberts 59
Average
1937 Dead End Actor Drina Gordon 61
Fair
1937 You Only Live Once Actor Joan Graham 61
Fair
1937 Sabotage Actor Mrs. Verloc 62
Fair
1936 Fury Actor Katherine Grant 63
Fair
1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Actor June Tolliver 59
Average
1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive Actor Mary Burns N/A
N/A
1935 Accent on Youth Actor Linda Brown 59
Average
1934 Behold My Wife! Actor Tonita Storm Cloud 59
Average
1934 Thirty Day Princess Actor Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina 59
Average
1934 Good Dame Actor Lillie Taylor 59
Average
1933 Jennie Gerhardt Actor Jennie Gerhardt 59
Average
1933 Pick-up Actor Mary Richards 58
Average
1932 Madame Butterfly Actor Cho-Cho San 58
Average
1932 Make Me a Star Actor Sylvia Sidney (uncredited) 59
Average
1932 Merrily We Go to Hell Actor Joan Prentice 59
Average
1932 The Miracle Man Actor Helen Smith aka Helen Vail 59
Average
1931 Ladies of the Big House Actor Kathleen Storm McNeil 59
Average
1931 Street Scene Actor Rose Maurrant 59
Average
1931 An American Tragedy Actor Roberta 'Bert' Alden 59
Average
1931 Confessions of a Co-Ed Actor Patricia Harper 59
Average
1931 The House That Shadows Built Actor (archive footage) 59
Average
1931 City Streets Actor Nan Cooley 59
Average
1930 Five Minutes from the Station Actor Carrie Adams 59
Average
1929 Thru Different Eyes Actor Valerie Briand N/A
N/A
1927 Broadway Nights Actor Performer 59
Average