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
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
June Tolliver
Dead End
Drina
Violent Saturday
Elsie Braden
You Only Live Once
Joan Graham
Hammett
Donaldina Cameron
Used People
Becky
Madame Butterfly
Cho-cho San
Death at Love House
Clara Josephs
God Told Me To
Elizabeth Mullin
Copkiller
Margaret Smith
City Streets
Nan Cooley
Fury
Katherine Grant
You and Me
Helen Roberts
Blood on the Sun
Iris Hilliard
Snowbeast
Mrs. Carrie Rill
Raid on Entebbe
Dora Bloch
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Miss Coral
Thirty Day Princess
Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Love from a Stranger
Cecily Harrington
Les Miserables
Fantine
The Miracle Man
Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Sabotage
Mrs. Verloc
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Behind the High Wall
Hilda Carmichael
Make Me a Star
Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Ladies of the Big House
Kathleen Storm McNeil
The Witching of Ben Wagner
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Having It All
Marney
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Patricia Harper
Mr. Ace
Margaret Wyndham Chase
Man on the Ledge
Mrs. Cosick
Pick-up
Mary Richards
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Sylvia Sidney
Merrily We Go to Hell
Joan Prentice
Thru Different Eyes
Valerie Briand
Pals
Fern Stobbs
The Wagons Roll at Night
Flo Lorraine
The Sorrows of Satan
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
The Shadow Box
Felicity
Siege
Lillian Gordon
Come Along with Me
Mrs. Flanner
An Early Frost
Beatrice McKenna
Andre's Mother
Mrs. Downes
The Searching Wind
Cassie Bowman
One Third of a Nation
Mary Rogers
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Elizabeth Gibson
The Helen Morgan Story
Lulu Morgan
Behold My Wife!
Tonita Storm Cloud
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
The Gossip Columnist
Alma Lewellyn
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Cousin Polly
No Time at All
Mrs. Kramer
Jennie Gerhardt
Jennie Gerhardt
Finnegan Begin Again
Margaret
An American Tragedy
Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Broadway Nights
Performer
The Secret Night Caller
Kitty
Good Dame
Lillie Taylor
A Small Killing
Sadie Ross
Winner Take All
Anne Barclay
Five Minutes from the Station
Carrie Adams
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns
Street Scene
Rose Maurrant
The Brass Ring
Grandmother
Accent on Youth
Linda Brown
TV Shows (34)
Diagnosis: Murder
Alice · 1 eps
The Love Boat
Natalie Corson · 1 eps
Magnum, P.I.
Elizabeth Barrett · 1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
American Playhouse
Mrs. Flanner · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Mrs. Downs · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Judge · 1 eps
My Three Sons
Miss Houk · 1 eps
Climax!
1 eps
Climax!
Louella Wheedron · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Olga Grossman · 1 eps
Naked City
Florence Nunda · 1 eps
Route 66
Lonnie Taylor · 1 eps
Route 66
Hannah Ellis · 1 eps
The Defenders
Adela Collins · 2 eps
thirtysomething
1 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
1 eps
Eight Is Enough
Aunt Fealty · 2 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Laura Blake · 1 eps
Dear John
Mrs. Lumenski · 1 eps
WKRP in Cincinnati
Lillian Carlson · 1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Mrs. Cosick · 1 eps
Playhouse 90
Mrs. Kramer · 1 eps
Tales of Tomorrow
1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Beulah Ridges · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Joyce · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Laura Barrie · 1 eps
Supertrain
Agatha Wills · 1 eps
Kaz
Molly · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Clia · 13 eps
General Electric Theater
Gloria Roma · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
Special for Women
Minna Borden · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (7)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · 1 eps
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)