Sylvia Sidney
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1910-08-09
Day of Death
1999-07-01 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
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
Acting
(1996)
Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris
(1992)
Used People
as Becky
(1990)
Andre's Mother
as Mrs. Downes
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1989)
(1988)
Beetlejuice
as Juno
(1988)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
The Witching of Ben Wagner
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
(1987)
Pals
as Fern Stobbs
(1985)
An Early Frost
as Beatrice McKenna
(1985)
Finnegan Begin Again
as Margaret
(1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1983)
The Brass Ring
as Grandmother
(1983)
Copkiller
as Margaret Smith
(1982)
Hammett
as Donaldina Cameron
(1982)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1982)
Having It All
as Marney
(1982)
Come Along with Me
as Mrs. Flanner
(1981)
A Small Killing
as Sadie Ross
(1980)
The Shadow Box
as Felicity
(1980)
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Cousin Polly
(1980)
The Gossip Columnist
as Alma Lewellyn
(1978)
Siege
as Lillian Gordon
(1978)
Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion
(1977)
Snowbeast
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
(1977)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Miss Coral
(1976)
Raid on Entebbe
as Dora Bloch
(1976)
God Told Me To
as Elizabeth Mullin
(1976)
Death at Love House
as Clara Josephs
(1975)
The Secret Night Caller
as Kitty
(1975)
Winner Take All
as Anne Barclay
(1973)
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
(1971)
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Elizabeth Gibson
(1958)
No Time at All
as Mrs. Kramer
(1957)
The Helen Morgan Story
as Lulu Morgan
(1956)
Behind the High Wall
as Hilda Carmichael
(1955)
Violent Saturday
as Elsie Braden
(1955)
Man on the Ledge
as Mrs. Cosick
(1952)
Les Miserables
as Fantine
(1949)
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
as Sylvia Sidney
(1947)
Love from a Stranger
as Cecily Harrington
(1946)
Mr. Ace
as Margaret Wyndham Chase
(1946)
The Searching Wind
as Cassie Bowman
(1945)
Blood on the Sun
as Iris Hilliard
(1941)
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Flo Lorraine
(1941)
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1939)
One Third of a Nation
as Mary Rogers
(1938)
You and Me
as Helen Roberts
(1937)
Dead End
as Drina Gordon
(1937)
You Only Live Once
as Joan Graham
(1937)
Sabotage
as Mrs. Verloc
(1936)
Fury
as Katherine Grant
(1936)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as June Tolliver
(1935)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Mary Burns
(1935)
Accent on Youth
as Linda Brown
(1934)
Thirty Day Princess
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
(1934)
Good Dame
as Lillie Taylor
(1934)
Behold My Wife!
as Tonita Storm Cloud
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Jennie Gerhardt
(1933)
Pick-up
as Mary Richards
(1932)
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho San
(1932)
The Miracle Man
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
(1932)
Make Me a Star
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
(1932)
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Joan Prentice
(1931)
City Streets
as Nan Cooley
(1931)
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
(1931)
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Patricia Harper
(1931)
Street Scene
as Rose Maurrant
(1931)
An American Tragedy
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
(1931)
Ladies of the Big House
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
(1930)
Five Minutes from the Station
as Carrie Adams
(1929)
Thru Different Eyes
as Valerie Briand
(1927)
Broadway Nights
as Performer
(1926)
The Sorrows of Satan
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)