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Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

ActingBorn August 9, 1910Died July 1, 1999 (age 88)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).

Filmography

1998TV
1996
Mars Attacks!

as Grandma Norris

Movie
1993TV
1992
Used People

as Becky

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Andre's Mother

as Mrs. Downes

Movie
1988
Dear John

as Mrs. Lumenski

TV
1988Movie
1988Movie
1987
The Witching of Ben Wagner

as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)

Movie
1987
Pals

as Fern Stobbs

Movie
1985TV
1985
An Early Frost

as Beatrice McKenna

Movie
1985Movie
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Movie
1983
Copkiller

as Margaret Smith

Movie
1983
The Brass Ring

as Grandmother

Movie
1982
Having It All

as Marney

Movie
1982
Hammett

as Donaldina Cameron

Movie
1982Movie
1982
Come Along with Me

as Mrs. Flanner

Movie
1982
American Playhouse

as Mrs. Flanner

TV
1981
A Small Killing

as Sadie Ross

Movie
1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Elizabeth Barrett

TV
1980
The Shadow Box

as Felicity

Movie
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year

as Cousin Polly

Movie
1980
The Gossip Columnist

as Alma Lewellyn

Movie
1979
Supertrain

as Agatha Wills

TV
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati

as Lillian Carlson

TV
1978
Kaz

as Molly

TV
1978
Damien - Omen II

as Aunt Marion

Movie
1978
Siege

as Lillian Gordon

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Natalie Corson

TV
1977
Snowbeast

as Mrs. Carrie Rill

Movie
1977
Eight Is Enough

as Aunt Fealty

TV
1976
Raid on Entebbe

as Dora Bloch

Movie
1976
God Told Me To

as Elizabeth Mullin

Movie
1976
Death at Love House

as Clara Josephs

Movie
1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Olga Grossman

TV
1975
Winner Take All

as Anne Barclay

Movie
1975Movie
1973
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother

Movie
1971Movie
1961
The Defenders

as Adela Collins

TV
1960
Special for Women

as Minna Borden

TV
1960
Route 66

as Lonnie Taylor

TV
1960
Route 66

as Hannah Ellis

TV
1960
My Three Sons

as Miss Houk

TV
1959TV
1958
Naked City

as Florence Nunda

TV
1958
No Time at All

as Mrs. Kramer

Movie
1957Movie
1956
Playhouse 90

as Mrs. Kramer

TV
1956
Behind the High Wall

as Hilda Carmichael

Movie
1955
Man on the Ledge

as Mrs. Cosick

Movie
1955TV
1955
Violent Saturday

as Elsie Braden

Movie
1954TV
1954
Climax!

as Louella Wheedron

TV
1953TV
1952TV
1952
Les Miserables

as Fantine

Movie
1950TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Laura Barrie

TV
1949Movie
1947
Love from a Stranger

as Cecily Harrington

Movie
1946
The Searching Wind

as Cassie Bowman

Movie
1946
Mr. Ace

as Margaret Wyndham Chase

Movie
1945
Blood on the Sun

as Iris Hilliard

Movie
1944TV
1941
Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1941Movie
1939
One Third of a Nation

as Mary Rogers

Movie
1938
You and Me

as Helen Roberts

Movie
1937
Dead End

as Drina

Movie
1937
You Only Live Once

as Joan Graham

Movie
1937
Sabotage

as Mrs. Verloc

Movie
1936
Fury

as Katherine Grant

Movie
1936Movie
1935Movie
1935
Accent on Youth

as Linda Brown

Movie
1934
Behold My Wife!

as Tonita Storm Cloud

Movie
1934
Thirty Day Princess

as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina

Movie
1934
Good Dame

as Lillie Taylor

Movie
1933
Jennie Gerhardt

as Jennie Gerhardt

Movie
1933
Pick-up

as Mary Richards

Movie
1932
Madame Butterfly

as Cho-Cho San

Movie
1932
Make Me a Star

as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell

as Joan Prentice

Movie
1932
The Miracle Man

as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail

Movie
1931
Ladies of the Big House

as Kathleen Storm McNeil

Movie
1931
Street Scene

as Rose Maurrant

Movie
1931
An American Tragedy

as Roberta 'Bert' Alden

Movie
1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed

as Patricia Harper

Movie
1931
The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)

Movie
1931
City Streets

as Nan Cooley

Movie
1930Movie
1929
Thru Different Eyes

as Valerie Briand

Movie
1927
Broadway Nights

as Performer

Movie
1926
The Sorrows of Satan

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 9, 1910
Day of DeathJuly 1, 1999
Place of BirthThe Bronx, New York, USA
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