
Sylvia Sidney
Known for Acting · 110 credits
- Born
- 1910-08-09
- Died
- 1999-07-01
- Place of birth
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Sophia Kosow · Sylvia Sydney · سیلویا سیدنی
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
TV Shows (36)

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Alice

The Love Boat
1977
as Natalie Corson

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self

Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Elizabeth Barrett

Climax!
1954
as Louella Wheedron

The Equalizer
1985
as Judge

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Olga Grossman

My Three Sons
1960
as Miss Houk

Naked City
1958
as Florence Nunda

Route 66
1960
as Lonnie Taylor / Hannah Ellis

The Defenders
1961
as Adela Collins

thirtysomething
1987
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self

Eight Is Enough
1977
as Aunt Fealty

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Laura Blake

Playhouse 90
1956
as Mrs. Kramer

Dear John
1988
as Mrs. Lumenski

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Mrs. Cosick

WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Lillian Carlson

Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Joyce / Laura Barrie

American Playhouse
1982
as Mrs. Flanner

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Beulah Ridges

Fantasy Island
1998
as Clia

Supertrain
1979
as Agatha Wills

Kaz
1978
as Molly
Playwrights '56
1955

General Electric Theater
1953
as Gloria Roma

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Cameo Theatre
1950

Special for Women
1960
as Minna Borden
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
The Polly Bergen Show
1957
as Self
Movies (74)

Beetlejuice
1988
as Juno

Mars Attacks!
1996
as Grandma Norris

Damien - Omen II
1978
as Aunt Marion

Fury
1936
as Katherine Grant

Sabotage
1937
as Mrs. Verloc

Les Miserables
1952
as Fantine

Dead End
1937
as Drina

Hammett
1982
as Donaldina Cameron
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self

Madame Butterfly
1932
as Cho-Cho San

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

City Streets
1931
as Nan Cooley

Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Dora Bloch

Pals
1987
as Fern Stobbs

You and Me
1938
as Helen Roberts

Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self

Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
as Patricia Harper

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Miss Coral

Violent Saturday
1955
as Elsie Braden

Used People
1992
as Becky

Mr. Ace
1946
as Margaret Wyndham Chase

You Only Live Once
1937
as Joan Graham

An Early Frost
1985
as Beatrice McKenna

Behold My Wife!
1934
as Tonita Storm Cloud

Snowbeast
1977
as Mrs. Carrie Rill

Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Thirty Day Princess
1934
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina

An American Tragedy
1931
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden

The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
as Flo Lorraine

Blood on the Sun
1945
as Iris Hilliard

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as June Tolliver

Copkiller
1983
as Margaret Smith

F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
as Cousin Polly

Pick-up
1933
as Mary Richards

God Told Me To
1976
as Elizabeth Mullin

Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Jennie Gerhardt

Death at Love House
1976
as Clara Josephs

Finnegan Begin Again
1985
as Margaret

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)

The Shadow Box
1980
as Felicity

Siege
1978
as Lillian Gordon

Behind the High Wall
1956
as Hilda Carmichael

A Small Killing
1981
as Sadie Ross

Man on the Ledge
1955
as Mrs. Cosick

The Sorrows of Satan
1926
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Kathleen Storm McNeil

Street Scene
1931
as Rose Maurrant

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)

The Gossip Columnist
1980
as Alma Lewellyn

The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)

The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Lulu Morgan

Come Along with Me
1982
as Mrs. Flanner

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother

Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Joan Prentice

Having It All
1982
as Marney

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Elizabeth Gibson

The Miracle Man
1932
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail

Love from a Stranger
1947
as Cecily Harrington

Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Mary Burns

Good Dame
1934
as Lillie Taylor

Accent on Youth
1935
as Linda Brown

One Third of a Nation
1939
as Mary Rogers

The Brass Ring
1983
as Grandmother

Winner Take All
1975
as Anne Barclay

Thru Different Eyes
1929
as Valerie Briand

No Time at All
1958
as Mrs. Kramer

The Secret Night Caller
1975
as Kitty

Andre's Mother
1990
as Mrs. Downes

Five Minutes from the Station
1930
as Carrie Adams

Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949
as Sylvia Sidney

The Witching of Ben Wagner
1987
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)

Broadway Nights
1927
as Performer

Make Me a Star
1932
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)

The Searching Wind
1946
as Cassie Bowman
About Sylvia Sidney
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). With 110 credits spanning from 1926 to 1998, Sylvia Sidney has appeared in 74 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sylvia Sidney Movies
- Beetlejuice (1988) — as Juno
- Mars Attacks! (1996) — as Grandma Norris
- Damien - Omen II (1978) — as Aunt Marion
- Fury (1936) — as Katherine Grant
- Sabotage (1937) — as Mrs. Verloc
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