Sylvia Sidney
Acting1910The 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).
Known For
Acting History
1998
Fantasy Island
TVas Clia
1996
Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
TVas Alice• 1 eps
1992
Used People
as Becky
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Andre's Mother
as Mrs. Downes
1989
The Equalizer
TVas Judge• 1 eps
1988
Beetlejuice
as Juno
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
Dear John
TVas Mrs. Lumenski• 1 eps
1987
Pals
as Fern Stobbs
The Witching of Ben Wagner
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
1986
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self• 1 eps
1985
An Early Frost
as Beatrice McKenna
Finnegan Begin Again
as Margaret
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1983
1982
Hammett
as Donaldina Cameron
Come Along with Me
as Mrs. Flanner
Having It All
as Marney
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
American Playhouse
TVas Mrs. Flanner• 1 eps
1981
A Small Killing
as Sadie Ross
The Love Boat
TVas Natalie Corson• 1 eps
1980
1978
Siege
as Lillian Gordon
Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion
WKRP in Cincinnati
TVas Lillian Carlson• 1 eps
Kaz
TVas Molly• 1 eps
1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Miss Coral
Snowbeast
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
Eight Is Enough
TVas Aunt Fealty• 2 eps
1976
Raid on Entebbe
as Dora Bloch
Demon
as Elizabeth Mullin
Death at Love House
as Clara Josephs
Starsky & Hutch
TVas Olga Grossman• 1 eps
1975
The Secret Night Caller
as Kitty
Winner Take All
as Anne Barclay
1973
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
1971
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Elizabeth Gibson
1969
My Three Sons
TVas Miss Houk• 1 eps
1962
The Defenders
TVas Adela Collins• 2 eps
1961
1960
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TVas Beulah Ridges• 1 eps
1958
No Time at All
as Mrs. Kramer
Playhouse 90
TVas Mrs. Kramer• 1 eps
1957
1956
Behind the High Wall
as Hilda Carmichael
1955
Violent Saturday
as Elsie Braden
Man on the Ledge
as Mrs. Cosick
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TVas Mrs. Cosick• 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
TVas Laura Blake• 1 eps
1953
General Electric Theater
TVas Gloria Roma
1952
Les Miserables
as Fantine
1950
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Laura Barrie / Joyce
1949
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
as Sylvia Sidney
1947
Love from a Stranger
as Cecily Harrington
1946
The Searching Wind
as Cassie Bowman
Mr. Ace
as Margaret Wyndham Chase
1945
Blood on the Sun
as Iris Hilliard
1941
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Flo Lorraine
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1939
One Third of a Nation
as Mary Rogers
1938
You and Me
as Helen Roberts
1937
1936
Fury
as Katherine Grant
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as June Tolliver
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Mary Burns
Accent on Youth
as Linda Brown
1934
Thirty Day Princess
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Good Dame
as Lillie Taylor
Behold My Wife!
as Tonita Storm Cloud
1933
Jennie Gerhardt
as Jennie Gerhardt
Pick-up
as Mary Richards
1932
The Miracle Man
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho San
Merrily We Go To ____
as Joan Prentice
Make Me a Star
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
1931
Street Scene
as Rose Maurrant
Ladies of the Big House
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
City Streets
as Nan Cooley
An American Tragedy
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Patricia Harper
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1930
Five Minutes from the Station
as Carrie Adams
1929
Thru Different Eyes
as Valerie Briand
1927
Broadway Nights
as Performer
1926
The Sorrows of Satan
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)