Sylvia Sidney
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Biography
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, W...
Known For
Filmography
Fantasy Island
1998
as Clia
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Grandma Norris
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Alice
Used People
1992
as Becky
Andre's Mother
1990
as Mrs. Downes
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self
Beetlejuice
1988
as Juno
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Dear John
1988
as Mrs. Lumenski
Pals
1987
as Fern Stobbs
The Witching of Ben Wagner
1987
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
thirtysomething
1987
An Early Frost
1985
as Beatrice McKenna
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
as Margaret
The Equalizer
1985
as Judge
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
The Brass Ring
1983
as Grandmother
Copkiller
1983
as Margaret Smith
Hammett
1982
as Donaldina Cameron
Having It All
1982
as Marney
Come Along with Me
1982
as Mrs. Flanner
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
American Playhouse
1982
as Mrs. Flanner
A Small Killing
1981
as Sadie Ross
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
as Cousin Polly
The Shadow Box
1980
as Felicity
The Gossip Columnist
1980
as Alma Lewellyn
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Elizabeth Barrett
Damien - Omen II
1978
as Aunt Marion
Siege
1978
as Lillian Gordon
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Lillian Carlson
Kaz
1978
as Molly
Snowbeast
1977
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Miss Coral
The Love Boat
1977
as Natalie Corson
Eight Is Enough
1977
as Aunt Fealty
God Told Me To
1976
as Elizabeth Mullin
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Dora Bloch
Death at Love House
1976
as Clara Josephs
The Secret Night Caller
1975
as Kitty
Winner Take All
1975
as Anne Barclay
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Olga Grossman
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Elizabeth Gibson
The Defenders
1961
as Adela Collins
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
My Three Sons
1960
as Miss Houk
Route 66
1960
as Lonnie Taylor
Route 66
1960
as Hannah Ellis
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Beulah Ridges
No Time at All
1958
as Mrs. Kramer
Naked City
1958
as Florence Nunda
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Lulu Morgan
The Polly Bergen Show
1957
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Behind the High Wall
1956
as Hilda Carmichael
Playhouse 90
1956
as Mrs. Kramer
Man on the Ledge
1955
as Mrs. Cosick
Violent Saturday
1955
as Elsie Braden
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Mrs. Cosick
Playwrights '56
1955
Climax!
1954
Climax!
1954
as Louella Wheedron
General Electric Theater
1953
as Gloria Roma
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
Les Miserables
1952
as Fantine
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Laura Blake
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Joyce
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Laura Barrie
Cameo Theatre
1950
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949
as Sylvia Sidney
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Love from a Stranger
1947
as Cecily Harrington
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
The Searching Wind
1946
as Cassie Bowman
Mr. Ace
1946
as Margaret Wyndham Chase
Blood on the Sun
1945
as Iris Hilliard
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
as Flo Lorraine
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Third of a Nation
1939
as Mary Rogers
You and Me
1938
as Helen Roberts
Sabotage
1937
as Mrs. Verloc
Dead End
1937
as Drina
You Only Live Once
1937
as Joan Graham
Fury
1936
as Katherine Grant
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as June Tolliver
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Mary Burns
Accent on Youth
1935
as Linda Brown
Thirty Day Princess
1934
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Behold My Wife!
1934
as Tonita Storm Cloud
Good Dame
1934
as Lillie Taylor
Pick-up
1933
as Mary Richards
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Jennie Gerhardt
Madame Butterfly
1932
as Cho-Cho San
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Joan Prentice
The Miracle Man
1932
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Make Me a Star
1932
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
City Streets
1931
as Nan Cooley
An American Tragedy
1931
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
as Patricia Harper
Street Scene
1931
as Rose Maurrant
Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Five Minutes from the Station
1930
as Carrie Adams
Thru Different Eyes
1929
as Valerie Briand
Broadway Nights
1927
as Performer
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)