Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 9, 1910
Place of Birth:
The Bronx, New York, USA
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Sylvia Sidney
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Grandma Norris |
| 1992 | Used People | Becky |
| 1990 | Andre's Mother | Mrs. Downes |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self |
| 1988 | Beetlejuice | Juno |
| 1988 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self (archive footage) |
| 1987 | Pals | Fern Stobbs |
| 1987 | The Witching of Ben Wagner | Grammy (Regina's Grandmother) |
| 1985 | An Early Frost | Beatrice McKenna |
| 1985 | Finnegan Begin Again | Margaret |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) |
| 1983 | The Brass Ring | Grandmother |
| 1983 | Copkiller | Margaret Smith |
| 1982 | Hammett | Donaldina Cameron |
| 1982 | Having It All | Marney |
| 1982 | Come Along with Me | Mrs. Flanner |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | A Small Killing | Sadie Ross |
| 1980 | F.D.R.: The Last Year | Cousin Polly |
| 1980 | The Shadow Box | Felicity |
| 1980 | The Gossip Columnist | Alma Lewellyn |
| 1978 | Damien - Omen II | Aunt Marion |
| 1978 | Siege | Lillian Gordon |
| 1977 | Snowbeast | Mrs. Carrie Rill |
| 1977 | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Miss Coral |
| 1976 | God Told Me To | Elizabeth Mullin |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe | Dora Bloch |
| 1976 | Death at Love House | Clara Josephs |
| 1975 | The Secret Night Caller | Kitty |
| 1975 | Winner Take All | Anne Barclay |
| 1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother |
| 1971 | Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate | Elizabeth Gibson |
| 1958 | No Time at All | Mrs. Kramer |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Lulu Morgan |
| 1956 | Behind the High Wall | Hilda Carmichael |
| 1955 | Man on the Ledge | Mrs. Cosick |
| 1955 | Violent Saturday | Elsie Braden |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Fantine |
| 1949 | Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner | Sylvia Sidney |
| 1947 | Love from a Stranger | Cecily Harrington |
| 1946 | The Searching Wind | Cassie Bowman |
| 1946 | Mr. Ace | Margaret Wyndham Chase |
| 1945 | Blood on the Sun | Iris Hilliard |
| 1941 | The Wagons Roll at Night | Flo Lorraine |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1939 | One Third of a Nation | Mary Rogers |
| 1938 | You and Me | Helen Roberts |
| 1937 | Sabotage | Mrs. Verloc |
| 1937 | Dead End | Drina Gordon |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | Joan Graham |
| 1936 | Fury | Katherine Grant |
| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | June Tolliver |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Mary Burns |
| 1935 | Accent on Youth | Linda Brown |
| 1934 | Thirty Day Princess | Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina |
| 1934 | Behold My Wife! | Tonita Storm Cloud |
| 1934 | Good Dame | Lillie Taylor |
| 1933 | Pick-up | Mary Richards |
| 1933 | Jennie Gerhardt | Jennie Gerhardt |
| 1932 | Madame Butterfly | Cho-Cho San |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Joan Prentice |
| 1932 | The Miracle Man | Helen Smith aka Helen Vail |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | Sylvia Sidney (uncredited) |
| 1931 | City Streets | Nan Cooley |
| 1931 | An American Tragedy | Roberta 'Bert' Alden |
| 1931 | Confessions of a Co-Ed | Patricia Harper |
| 1931 | Street Scene | Rose Maurrant |
| 1931 | Ladies of the Big House | Kathleen Storm McNeil |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) |
| 1930 | Five Minutes from the Station | Carrie Adams |
| 1929 | Thru Different Eyes | Valerie Briand |
| 1927 | Broadway Nights | Performer |
| 1926 | The Sorrows of Satan | Bridesmaid (uncredited) |