Sylvia Sidney
Acting
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
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movieMars Attacks!
1996
Grandma Norris
movieUsed People
1992
Becky
movieAndre's Mother
1990
Mrs. Downes
tvDear John
1988
Mrs. Lumenski
movieCary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Witching of Ben Wagner
1987
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
moviePals
1987
Fern Stobbs
tvThe Equalizer
1985
Judge
movieAn Early Frost
1985
Beatrice McKenna
movieFinnegan Begin Again
1985
Margaret
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
(archive footage)
movieCopkiller
1983
Margaret Smith
movieThe Brass Ring
1983
Grandmother
movieHaving It All
1982
Marney
movieHammett
1982
Donaldina Cameron
movieCome Along with Me
1982
Mrs. Flanner
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Mrs. Flanner / Mrs. Downs
movieA Small Killing
1981
Sadie Ross
tvMagnum, P.I.
1980
Elizabeth Barrett
movieThe Shadow Box
1980
Felicity
movieF.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
Cousin Polly
movieThe Gossip Columnist
1980
Alma Lewellyn
tvSupertrain
1979
Agatha Wills
tvWKRP in Cincinnati
1978
Lillian Carlson
tvKaz
1978
Molly
movieDamien - Omen II
1978
Aunt Marion
movieSiege
1978
Lillian Gordon
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Natalie Corson
movieSnowbeast
1977
Mrs. Carrie Rill
tvEight Is Enough
1977
Aunt Fealty
movieRaid on Entebbe
1976
Dora Bloch
movieGod Told Me To
1976
Elizabeth Mullin
movieDeath at Love House
1976
Clara Josephs
tvStarsky & Hutch
1975
Olga Grossman
movieWinner Take All
1975
Anne Barclay
movieSummer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
movieDo Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
Elizabeth Gibson
tvThe Defenders
1961
Adela Collins
tvSpecial for Women
1960
Minna Borden
tvRoute 66
1960
Lonnie Taylor / Hannah Ellis
tvMy Three Sons
1960
Miss Houk
tvThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Beulah Ridges
tvNaked City
1958
Florence Nunda
movieNo Time at All
1958
Mrs. Kramer
movieThe Helen Morgan Story
1957
Lulu Morgan
tvPlayhouse 90
1956
Mrs. Kramer
movieBehind the High Wall
1956
Hilda Carmichael
movieMan on the Ledge
1955
Mrs. Cosick
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Mrs. Cosick
movieViolent Saturday
1955
Elsie Braden
tvClimax!
1954
Louella Wheedron
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Gloria Roma
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
Laura Blake
movieLes Miserables
1952
Fantine
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Joyce / Laura Barrie
movieScreen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949
Sylvia Sidney
movieLove from a Stranger
1947
Cecily Harrington
movieThe Searching Wind
1946
Cassie Bowman
movieMr. Ace
1946
Margaret Wyndham Chase
movieBlood on the Sun
1945
Iris Hilliard
movieBreakdowns of 1941
1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Wagons Roll at Night
1941
Flo Lorraine
movieOne Third of a Nation
1939
Mary Rogers
movieYou and Me
1938
Helen Roberts
movieDead End
1937
Drina
movieYou Only Live Once
1937
Joan Graham
movieSabotage
1937
Mrs. Verloc
movieFury
1936
Katherine Grant
movieThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
June Tolliver
movieMary Burns, Fugitive
1935
Mary Burns
movieAccent on Youth
1935
Linda Brown
movieBehold My Wife!
1934
Tonita Storm Cloud
movieThirty Day Princess
1934
Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
movieGood Dame
1934
Lillie Taylor
movieJennie Gerhardt
1933
Jennie Gerhardt
moviePick-up
1933
Mary Richards
movieMadame Butterfly
1932
Cho-cho San
movieMake Me a Star
1932
Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
movieMerrily We Go to Hell
1932
Joan Prentice
movieThe Miracle Man
1932
Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
movieLadies of the Big House
1931
Kathleen Storm McNeil
movieStreet Scene
1931
Rose Maurrant
movieAn American Tragedy
1931
Roberta 'Bert' Alden
movieConfessions of a Co-Ed
1931
Patricia Harper
movieThe House That Shadows Built
1931
(archive footage)
movieCity Streets
1931
Nan Cooley
movieFive Minutes from the Station
1930
Carrie Adams
movieThru Different Eyes
1929
Valerie Briand
movieBroadway Nights
1927
Performer
movieThe Sorrows of Satan
1926
Bridesmaid (uncredited)