Sylvia Sidney
3.7Acting

Sylvia Sidney

Aug 9, 1910 - The Bronx, New York, USA

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).

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Cast

Media
Movie1996Mars Attacks!Grandma Norris
Movie1955Man on the LedgeMrs. Cosick
Movie1978Damien - Omen IIAunt Marion
Movie1976God Told Me ToElizabeth Mullin
Movie1976Raid on EntebbeDora Bloch
Movie1937SabotageMrs. Verloc
Movie1981A Small KillingSadie Ross
Movie1937Dead EndDrina Gordon
Movie1990Andre's MotherMrs. Downes
Movie1931City StreetsNan Cooley
Movie1936FuryKatherine Grant
Movie1956Behind the High WallHilda Carmichael
Movie1938You and MeHelen Roberts
Movie1955Violent SaturdayElsie Braden
Movie1977SnowbeastMrs. Carrie Rill
Movie1932Madame ButterflyCho-Cho San
Movie1937You Only Live OnceJoan Graham
Movie1932Merrily We Go to HellJoan Prentice
Movie1934Thirty Day PrincessNancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Movie1947Love from a StrangerCecily Harrington
Movie1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsMrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Movie1985An Early FrostBeatrice McKenna
Movie1945Blood on the SunIris Hilliard
Movie1936The Trail of the Lonesome PineJune Tolliver
Movie1941The Wagons Roll at NightFlo Lorraine
Movie1931An American TragedyRoberta 'Bert' Alden
Movie1935Mary Burns, FugitiveMary Burns
Movie1931Confessions of a Co-EdPatricia Harper
Movie1931Street SceneRose Maurrant
Movie1952Les MiserablesFantine
Movie1931Ladies of the Big HouseKathleen Storm McNeil
Movie1934Behold My Wife!Tonita Storm Cloud
Movie1933Pick-upMary Richards
Movie1978SiegeLillian Gordon
Movie1934Good DameLillie Taylor
Movie1933Jennie GerhardtJennie Gerhardt
Movie1939One Third of a NationMary Rogers
Movie1935Accent on YouthLinda Brown
Movie1987PalsFern Stobbs
Movie1946The Searching WindCassie Bowman
Movie1975The Secret Night CallerKitty
Movie1984Going Hollywood: The '30s(archive footage)
Movie1957The Helen Morgan StoryLulu Morgan
Movie1931The House That Shadows Built(archive footage)
Movie1971Do Not Fold, Spindle, or MutilateElizabeth Gibson
Movie1932The Miracle ManHelen Smith aka Helen Vail
Movie1983The Brass RingGrandmother
Movie1930Five Minutes from the StationCarrie Adams
Movie1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf
Movie1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
Movie1988BeetlejuiceJuno
Movie1992Used PeopleBecky
Movie1958No Time at AllMrs. Kramer
Movie1946Mr. AceMargaret Wyndham Chase
Movie1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading ManSelf (archive footage)
Movie1980F.D.R.: The Last YearCousin Polly
Movie1983CopkillerMargaret Smith
Movie1975Winner Take AllAnne Barclay
Movie1941Breakdowns of 1941Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie1987The Witching of Ben WagnerGrammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Movie1982HammettDonaldina Cameron
Movie1976Death at Love HouseClara Josephs
Movie1929Thru Different EyesValerie Briand
Movie1980The Shadow BoxFelicity
Movie1927Broadway NightsPerformer
Movie1985Finnegan Begin AgainMargaret
Movie1932Make Me a StarSylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Movie1977I Never Promised You a Rose GardenMiss Coral
Movie1980The Gossip ColumnistAlma Lewellyn
Movie1982Having It AllMarney
Movie1982Come Along with MeMrs. Flanner
Movie1949Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, PodnerSylvia Sidney
Movie1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
Movie1926The Sorrows of SatanBridesmaid (uncredited)
TV Show1980Magnum, P.I.Elizabeth Barrett1
TV Show1998Fantasy IslandClia13
TV Show1978WKRP in CincinnatiMama Carlson1
TV Show1987thirtysomething1
TV Show1975Starsky & HutchOlga Grossman1
TV Show1960My Three SonsMiss Houk1
TV Show1958Naked CityFlorence Nunda1
TV Show1993Diagnosis: MurderAlice1
TV Show1985The EqualizerJudge1
TV Show1953General Electric TheaterGloria Roma1
TV Show1977Eight Is Enough1
TV Show1950Lux Video TheatreJoyce1
TV Show1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1
TV Show1954Climax!1
TV Show1955The 20th Century Fox HourMrs. Cosick1
TV Show1948The Philco Television Playhouse1
TV Show1955Playwrights '561
TV Show1951Tales of Tomorrow1
TV Show1961The DefendersAdela Collins2
TV Show1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonBeulah Ridges1
TV Show1960Route 66Lonnie Taylor1
TV Show1950Lux Video TheatreLaura Barrie1
TV Show1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf3
TV Show1954Climax!Louella Wheedron1
TV Show1988Dear JohnMrs. Lumenski1
TV Show1977The Love BoatNatalie Corson1
TV Show1956Playhouse 90Mrs. Kramer1
TV Show1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf1
TV Show1953Kraft Television Theatre2
TV Show1960Route 66Hannah Ellis1
TV Show1957The Polly Bergen ShowSelf1
TV Show1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf1
TV Show1952The Ford Television Theatre1
TV Show1952The Ford Television TheatreLaura Blake1
TV Show1950Cameo Theatre1
TV Show1947Kraft Television Theatre1
TV Show1982American PlayhouseMrs. Flanner1
TV Show1978KazMolly1

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