Sylvia Sidney
Acting
Born: August 9, 1910 · The Bronx, New York, USA
Died: July 1, 1999 (aged 88)
Highest Rated
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
Beetlejuice
1988
Mars Attacks!
1996
Damien - Omen II
1978
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Sabotage
1937
Fury
1936
Starsky & Hutch
1975
You Only Live Once
1937
The Love Boat
1977
God Told Me To
1976
Dead End
1937
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Photos (13)
Movies (69)
Beetlejuice
Juno
Mars Attacks!
Grandma Norris
Damien - Omen II
Aunt Marion
You Only Live Once
Joan Graham
Sabotage
Mrs. Verloc
Dead End
Drina
Raid on Entebbe
Dora Bloch
Fury
Katherine Grant
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Miss Coral
Used People
Becky
Pick-up
Mary Richards
Copkiller
Margaret Smith
Hammett
Donaldina Cameron
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
June Tolliver
Violent Saturday
Elsie Braden
Blood on the Sun
Iris Hilliard
God Told Me To
Elizabeth Mullin
Les Miserables
Fantine
An American Tragedy
Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Merrily We Go to Hell
Joan Prentice
You and Me
Helen Roberts
Snowbeast
Mrs. Carrie Rill
Street Scene
Rose Maurrant
City Streets
Nan Cooley
The Wagons Roll at Night
Flo Lorraine
Come Along with Me
Mrs. Flanner
An Early Frost
Beatrice McKenna
Finnegan Begin Again
Margaret
Mr. Ace
Margaret Wyndham Chase
The Sorrows of Satan
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Behind the High Wall
Hilda Carmichael
Behold My Wife!
Tonita Storm Cloud
Madame Butterfly
Cho-cho San
The Shadow Box
Felicity
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Elizabeth Gibson
No Time at All
Mrs. Kramer
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Man on the Ledge
Mrs. Cosick
Winner Take All
Anne Barclay
One Third of a Nation
Mary Rogers
Death at Love House
Clara Josephs
Siege
Lillian Gordon
The Gossip Columnist
Alma Lewellyn
The Secret Night Caller
Kitty
Having It All
Marney
Thirty Day Princess
Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Make Me a Star
Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Love from a Stranger
Cecily Harrington
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Patricia Harper
The Helen Morgan Story
Lulu Morgan
Good Dame
Lillie Taylor
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Cousin Polly
The Miracle Man
Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns
The Searching Wind
Cassie Bowman
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Broadway Nights
Performer
Accent on Youth
Linda Brown
Thru Different Eyes
Valerie Briand
The Witching of Ben Wagner
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
The Brass Ring
Grandmother
Ladies of the Big House
Kathleen Storm McNeil
Andre's Mother
Mrs. Downes
A Small Killing
Sadie Ross
Jennie Gerhardt
Jennie Gerhardt
Pals
Fern Stobbs
Five Minutes from the Station
Carrie Adams
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Sylvia Sidney
TV Shows (32)
The Love Boat
Natalie Corson · 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
Alice · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Mrs. Flanner · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Mrs. Downs · 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Elizabeth Barrett · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
My Three Sons
Miss Houk · 1 eps
Climax!
1 eps
Climax!
Louella Wheedron · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Judge · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Olga Grossman · 1 eps
Route 66
Lonnie Taylor · 1 eps
Route 66
Hannah Ellis · 1 eps
Naked City
Florence Nunda · 1 eps
The Defenders
Adela Collins · 2 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
1 eps
Dear John
Mrs. Lumenski · 1 eps
thirtysomething
1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Mrs. Cosick · 1 eps
Tales of Tomorrow
1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Laura Blake · 1 eps
Eight Is Enough
Aunt Fealty · 2 eps
WKRP in Cincinnati
Lillian Carlson · 1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Beulah Ridges · 1 eps
Playhouse 90
Mrs. Kramer · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Clia · 13 eps
Kaz
Molly · 1 eps
Supertrain
Agatha Wills · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Gloria Roma · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
Special for Women
Minna Borden · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (6)
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 3 eps
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)