Sylvia Sidney
Known for Acting · 110 credits
- Born
- 1910-08-09
- Died
- 1999-07-01
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Sophia Kosow · Sylvia Sydney · سیلویا سیدنی
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, Winter Dreams (1973).
Known For
TV Shows (36)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Natalie Corson
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Alice
My Three Sons
1960
as Miss Houk
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Elizabeth Barrett
Climax!
1954
as Louella Wheedron
American Playhouse
1982
as Mrs. Flanner / Mrs. Downs
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Equalizer
1985
as Judge
Naked City
1958
as Florence Nunda
Route 66
1960
as Lonnie Taylor / Hannah Ellis
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Olga Grossman
thirtysomething
1987
The Defenders
1961
as Adela Collins
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Eight Is Enough
1977
as Aunt Fealty
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Joyce / Laura Barrie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Mrs. Cosick
Dear John
1988
as Mrs. Lumenski
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Lillian Carlson
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Laura Blake
Playhouse 90
1956
as Mrs. Kramer
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Supertrain
1979
as Agatha Wills
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Beulah Ridges
Fantasy Island
1998
as Clia
Cameo Theatre
1950
Playwrights '56
1955
Kaz
1978
as Molly
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
General Electric Theater
1953
as Gloria Roma
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
Special for Women
1960
as Minna Borden
The Polly Bergen Show
1957
as Self
Movies (74)
Beetlejuice
1988
as Juno
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Grandma Norris
Damien - Omen II
1978
as Aunt Marion
Mr. Ace
1946
as Margaret Wyndham Chase
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Joan Prentice
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Behold My Wife!
1934
as Tonita Storm Cloud
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pick-up
1933
as Mary Richards
Dead End
1937
as Drina
Fury
1936
as Katherine Grant
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
as Margaret
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Dora Bloch
Blood on the Sun
1945
as Iris Hilliard
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Les Miserables
1952
as Fantine
Sabotage
1937
as Mrs. Verloc
Copkiller
1983
as Margaret Smith
Violent Saturday
1955
as Elsie Braden
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Elizabeth Gibson
Used People
1992
as Becky
You Only Live Once
1937
as Joan Graham
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Miss Coral
An Early Frost
1985
as Beatrice McKenna
Hammett
1982
as Donaldina Cameron
Street Scene
1931
as Rose Maurrant
An American Tragedy
1931
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Snowbeast
1977
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
Death at Love House
1976
as Clara Josephs
God Told Me To
1976
as Elizabeth Mullin
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
as Cousin Polly
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as June Tolliver
Man on the Ledge
1955
as Mrs. Cosick
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
as Flo Lorraine
You and Me
1938
as Helen Roberts
The Gossip Columnist
1980
as Alma Lewellyn
The Shadow Box
1980
as Felicity
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Mary Burns
City Streets
1931
as Nan Cooley
Having It All
1982
as Marney
Behind the High Wall
1956
as Hilda Carmichael
Thirty Day Princess
1934
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Madame Butterfly
1932
as Cho-cho San
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
as Patricia Harper
Accent on Youth
1935
as Linda Brown
Broadway Nights
1927
as Performer
Come Along with Me
1982
as Mrs. Flanner
One Third of a Nation
1939
as Mary Rogers
The Witching of Ben Wagner
1987
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Jennie Gerhardt
Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
Winner Take All
1975
as Anne Barclay
Siege
1978
as Lillian Gordon
Good Dame
1934
as Lillie Taylor
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
The Secret Night Caller
1975
as Kitty
No Time at All
1958
as Mrs. Kramer
Make Me a Star
1932
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Love from a Stranger
1947
as Cecily Harrington
The Miracle Man
1932
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
A Small Killing
1981
as Sadie Ross
The Searching Wind
1946
as Cassie Bowman
Pals
1987
as Fern Stobbs
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Lulu Morgan
The Brass Ring
1983
as Grandmother
Thru Different Eyes
1929
as Valerie Briand
Five Minutes from the Station
1930
as Carrie Adams
Andre's Mother
1990
as Mrs. Downes
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949
as Sylvia Sidney
About Sylvia Sidney
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). With 110 credits spanning from 1926 to 1998, Sylvia Sidney has appeared in 74 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sylvia Sidney Movies
- Beetlejuice (1988) — as Juno
- Mars Attacks! (1996) — as Grandma Norris
- Damien - Omen II (1978) — as Aunt Marion
- Mr. Ace (1946) — as Margaret Wyndham Chase
- Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) — as Joan Prentice
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