Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1910-08-09 00:00:00
Birth Place:The Bronx, New York, USA
Known For:Acting
Death Date:1999-07-01 00:00:00
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Sylvia Sidney
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 (40)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Role: Mary Burns1935
⭐ 7
Dead End
Role: Drina1937
⭐ 5.7
The Miracle Man
Role: Helen Smith aka Helen Vail1932
⭐ 5.5
Accent on Youth
Role: Linda Brown1935
⭐ 6.2
One Third of a Nation
Role: Mary Rogers1939
⭐ 5.7
Jennie Gerhardt
Role: Jennie Gerhardt1933
⭐ 5.5
Good Dame
Role: Lillie Taylor1934
⭐ 7
Behold My Wife!
Role: Tonita Storm Cloud1934
⭐ 6
Ladies of the Big House
Role: Kathleen Storm McNeil1931
⭐ 6.8
Street Scene
Role: Rose Maurrant1931
⭐ 6.8
Thirty Day Princess
Role: Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina1934
⭐ 6.4
Merrily We Go to Hell
Role: Joan Prentice1932
⭐ 5.2
Madame Butterfly
Role: Cho-Cho San1932
⭐ 6.5
You and Me
Role: Helen Roberts1938
⭐ 7.5
Fury
Role: Katherine Grant1936
⭐ 6.7
Sabotage
Role: Mrs. Verloc1937
⭐ 7.1
You Only Live Once
Role: Joan Graham1937
⭐ 4.8
Pick-up
Role: Mary Richards1933
⭐ 4.4
Snowbeast
Role: Mrs. Carrie Rill1977
⭐ 6.3
An American Tragedy
Role: Roberta 'Bert' Alden1931
⭐ 6.5
The Wagons Roll at Night
Role: Flo Lorraine1941
⭐ 6.5
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Role: June Tolliver1936
⭐ 5.9
Blood on the Sun
Role: Iris Hilliard1945
⭐ 5.8
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Role: Patricia Harper1931
⭐ 5.7
Love from a Stranger
Role: Cecily Harrington1947
⭐ 6.2
Siege
Role: Lillian Gordon1978
⭐ 8
The Searching Wind
Role: Cassie Bowman1946
⭐ 5.5
Behind the High Wall
Role: Hilda Carmichael1956
The Helen Morgan Story
Role: Lulu Morgan1957
⭐ 7
The Brass Ring
Role: Grandmother1983
⭐ 6.3
Five Minutes from the Station
Role: Carrie Adams1930
⭐ 5.6
Mr. Ace
Role: Margaret Wyndham Chase1946
⭐ 6.2
City Streets
Role: Nan Cooley1931
Andre's Mother
Role: Mrs. Downes1990
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Role: Sylvia Sidney1949
⭐ 6
Come Along with Me
Role: Mrs. Flanner1982
⭐ 5
Death at Love House
Role: Clara Josephs1976
⭐ 5.6
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Role: Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother1973
⭐ 7
Man on the Ledge
Role: Mrs. Cosick1955
⭐ 5.3
Pals
Role: Fern Stobbs1987