Sylvia Sidney
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 9, 1910
- Died
- July 1, 1999 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
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).
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Filmography
Fantasy Island
TV · as Clia · 13 eps
Mars Attacks!
Movie · as Grandma Norris
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Alice · 1 ep
Used People
Movie · as Becky
Andre's Mother
Movie · as Mrs. Downes
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Movie · as Self
Beetlejuice
Movie · as Juno
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dear John
TV · as Mrs. Lumenski · 1 ep
Pals
Movie · as Fern Stobbs
The Witching of Ben Wagner
Movie · as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
thirtysomething
TV · 1 ep
An Early Frost
Movie · as Beatrice McKenna
Finnegan Begin Again
Movie · as Margaret
The Equalizer
TV · as Judge · 1 ep
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Brass Ring
Movie · as Grandmother
Copkiller
Movie · as Margaret Smith
Hammett
Movie · as Donaldina Cameron
Having It All
Movie · as Marney
Come Along with Me
Movie · as Mrs. Flanner
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
American Playhouse
TV · as Mrs. Flanner, Mrs. Downs · 1 ep
A Small Killing
Movie · as Sadie Ross
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Movie · as Cousin Polly
The Shadow Box
Movie · as Felicity
The Gossip Columnist
Movie · as Alma Lewellyn
Magnum, P.I.
TV · as Elizabeth Barrett · 1 ep
Supertrain
TV · as Agatha Wills · 1 ep
Damien - Omen II
Movie · as Aunt Marion
Siege
Movie · as Lillian Gordon
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV · as Lillian Carlson · 1 ep
Kaz
TV · as Molly · 1 ep
Snowbeast
Movie · as Mrs. Carrie Rill
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Movie · as Miss Coral
The Love Boat
TV · as Natalie Corson · 1 ep
Eight Is Enough
TV · as Aunt Fealty · 2 eps
God Told Me To
Movie · as Elizabeth Mullin
Raid on Entebbe
Movie · as Dora Bloch
Death at Love House
Movie · as Clara Josephs
The Secret Night Caller
Movie · as Kitty
Winner Take All
Movie · as Anne Barclay
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Olga Grossman · 1 ep
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Movie · as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Movie · as Elizabeth Gibson
The Defenders
TV · as Adela Collins · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
My Three Sons
TV · as Miss Houk · 1 ep
Route 66
TV · as Lonnie Taylor, Hannah Ellis · 1 ep
Special for Women
TV · as Minna Borden · 1 ep
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Beulah Ridges · 1 ep
No Time at All
Movie · as Mrs. Kramer
Naked City
TV · as Florence Nunda · 1 ep
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie · as Lulu Morgan
The Polly Bergen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Behind the High Wall
Movie · as Hilda Carmichael
Playhouse 90
TV · as Mrs. Kramer · 1 ep
Man on the Ledge
Movie · as Mrs. Cosick
Violent Saturday
Movie · as Elsie Braden
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Mrs. Cosick · 1 ep
Playwrights '56
TV · 1 ep
Climax!
TV · as Louella Wheedron · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as Gloria Roma · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 2 eps
Les Miserables
Movie · as Fantine
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Laura Blake · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · 1 ep
Tales of Tomorrow
TV · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Joyce, Laura Barrie · 1 ep
Cameo Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Movie · as Sylvia Sidney
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Love from a Stranger
Movie · as Cecily Harrington
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The Searching Wind
Movie · as Cassie Bowman
Mr. Ace
Movie · as Margaret Wyndham Chase
Blood on the Sun
Movie · as Iris Hilliard
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Wagons Roll at Night
Movie · as Flo Lorraine
Breakdowns of 1941
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Third of a Nation
Movie · as Mary Rogers
You and Me
Movie · as Helen Roberts
Dead End
Movie · as Drina
You Only Live Once
Movie · as Joan Graham
Sabotage
Movie · as Mrs. Verloc
Fury
Movie · as Katherine Grant
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Movie · as June Tolliver
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Movie · as Mary Burns
Accent on Youth
Movie · as Linda Brown
Thirty Day Princess
Movie · as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Behold My Wife!
Movie · as Tonita Storm Cloud
Good Dame
Movie · as Lillie Taylor
Pick-up
Movie · as Mary Richards
Jennie Gerhardt
Movie · as Jennie Gerhardt
Madame Butterfly
Movie · as Cho-cho San
Merrily We Go to Hell
Movie · as Joan Prentice
The Miracle Man
Movie · as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Make Me a Star
Movie · as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
City Streets
Movie · as Nan Cooley
An American Tragedy
Movie · as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Movie · as Patricia Harper
Street Scene
Movie · as Rose Maurrant
Ladies of the Big House
Movie · as Kathleen Storm McNeil
The House That Shadows Built
Movie · as (archive footage)
Five Minutes from the Station
Movie · as Carrie Adams
Thru Different Eyes
Movie · as Valerie Briand
Broadway Nights
Movie · as Performer
The Sorrows of Satan
Movie · as Bridesmaid (uncredited)