Sylvia Sidney
Known for acting · Born 9 August 1910 · Died 1 July 1999 · aged 88 · The Bronx, New York, USA
110 credits
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
Sabotage
1936
Fury
1936
You Only Live Once
1937
Dead End
1937
Beetlejuice
1988
God Told Me To
1976
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
City Streets
1931
You and Me
1938
Snowbeast
1977
Street Scene
1931
Blood on the Sun
1945
Acting (110)
1998Fantasy IslandClia · 13 episodesSeries
1996Mars Attacks!Grandma NorrisFilm
1993Diagnosis: MurderAliceSeries
1992Used PeopleBeckyFilm
1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelfFilm
1990Andre's MotherMrs. DownesFilm
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelfFilm
1988BeetlejuiceJunoFilm
1988Dear JohnMrs. LumenskiSeries
1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading ManSelf (archive footage)Film
1987thirtysomethingSeries
1987The Witching of Ben WagnerGrammy (Regina's Grandmother)Film
1987PalsFern StobbsFilm
1985The EqualizerJudgeSeries
1985An Early FrostBeatrice McKennaFilm
1985Finnegan Begin AgainMargaretFilm
1984Going Hollywood: The '30s(archive footage)Film
1983CopkillerMargaret SmithFilm
1983The Brass RingGrandmotherFilm
1982HammettDonaldina CameronFilm
1982American PlayhouseMrs. Flanner, Mrs. DownsSeries
1982Night of 100 StarsSelfFilm
1982Come Along with MeMrs. FlannerFilm
1982Having It AllMarneyFilm
1981A Small KillingSadie RossFilm
1980Magnum, P.I.Elizabeth BarrettSeries
1980The Shadow BoxFelicityFilm
1980F.D.R.: The Last YearCousin PollyFilm
1980The Gossip ColumnistAlma LewellynFilm
1979SupertrainAgatha WillsSeries
1978Damien - Omen IIAunt MarionFilm
1978WKRP in CincinnatiLillian CarlsonSeries
1978SiegeLillian GordonFilm
1978KazMollySeries
1977The Love BoatNatalie CorsonSeries
1977SnowbeastMrs. Carrie RillFilm
1977Eight Is EnoughAunt Fealty · 2 episodesSeries
1977I Never Promised You a Rose GardenMiss CoralFilm
1976God Told Me ToElizabeth MullinFilm
1976Raid on EntebbeDora BlochFilm
1976Death at Love HouseClara JosephsFilm
1975Starsky & HutchOlga GrossmanSeries
1975The Secret Night CallerKittyFilm
1975Winner Take AllAnne BarclayFilm
1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsMrs. Pritchard - Rita's MotherFilm
1971Do Not Fold, Spindle, or MutilateElizabeth GibsonFilm
1961The DefendersAdela Collins · 2 episodesSeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1960My Three SonsMiss HoukSeries
1960Route 66Lonnie Taylor, Hannah EllisSeries
1960Special for WomenMinna BordenSeries
1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonBeulah RidgesSeries
1958Naked CityFlorence NundaSeries
1958No Time at AllMrs. KramerFilm
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelfSeries
1957The Polly Bergen ShowSelfSeries
1957The Helen Morgan StoryLulu MorganFilm
1956Behind the High WallHilda CarmichaelFilm
1956Playhouse 90Mrs. KramerSeries
1955Violent SaturdayElsie BradenFilm
1955The 20th Century Fox HourMrs. CosickSeries
1955Playwrights '56Series
1955Man on the LedgeMrs. CosickFilm
1954Climax!, Louella WheedronSeries
1953General Electric TheaterGloria RomaSeries
1953Kraft Television Theatre · 2 episodesSeries
1952Les MiserablesFantineFilm
1952The Ford Television Theatre, Laura BlakeSeries
1951Tales of TomorrowSeries
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries
1950Lux Video TheatreJoyce, Laura BarrieSeries
1950Cameo TheatreSeries
1949Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, PodnerSylvia SidneyFilm
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries
1947Love from a StrangerCecily HarringtonFilm
1947Kraft Television TheatreSeries
1946Mr. AceMargaret Wyndham ChaseFilm
1946The Searching WindCassie BowmanFilm
1945Blood on the SunIris HilliardFilm
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelfSeries
1941The Wagons Roll at NightFlo LorraineFilm
1941Breakdowns of 1941Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1939One Third of a NationMary RogersFilm
1938You and MeHelen RobertsFilm
1937You Only Live OnceJoan GrahamFilm
1937Dead EndDrinaFilm
1936SabotageMrs. VerlocFilm
1936FuryKatherine GrantFilm
1936The Trail of the Lonesome PineJune TolliverFilm
1935Accent on YouthLinda BrownFilm
1935Mary Burns, FugitiveMary BurnsFilm
1934Thirty Day PrincessNancy Lane / Princess CatterinaFilm
1934Behold My Wife!Tonita Storm CloudFilm
1934Good DameLillie TaylorFilm
1933Pick-upMary RichardsFilm
1933Jennie GerhardtJennie GerhardtFilm
1932Merrily We Go to HellJoan PrenticeFilm
1932Madame ButterflyCho-cho SanFilm
1932The Miracle ManHelen Smith aka Helen VailFilm
1932Make Me a StarSylvia Sidney (uncredited)Film
1931City StreetsNan CooleyFilm
1931Street SceneRose MaurrantFilm
1931An American TragedyRoberta 'Bert' AldenFilm
1931Confessions of a Co-EdPatricia HarperFilm
1931Ladies of the Big HouseKathleen Storm McNeilFilm
1931The House That Shadows Built(archive footage)Film
1930Five Minutes from the StationCarrie AdamsFilm
1929Thru Different EyesValerie BriandFilm
1927Broadway NightsPerformerFilm
1926The Sorrows of SatanBridesmaid (uncredited)Film