Sylvia Sidney

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

109

Gender

Female

Birthday

1910-08-09

Deathday

1999-07-01 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York, USA

Also Known As

  • Sophia Kosow
  • Sylvia Sydney
  • سیلویا سیدنی

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).

Known For

Beetlejuice
7.4%

Beetlejuice

Mar 30, 1988

Mars Attacks!
6.4%

Mars Attacks!

Dec 13, 1996

Damien - Omen II
6.4%

Damien - Omen II

Jun 9, 1978

Magnum, P.I.
7.3%

Magnum, P.I.

Dec 11, 1980

Sabotage
6.7%

Sabotage

Jan 8, 1937

Fury
7.4%

Fury

Jun 5, 1936

The Love Boat
6.3%

The Love Boat

Sep 24, 1977

Starsky & Hutch
7.2%

Starsky & Hutch

Sep 10, 1975

You Only Live Once
7.1%

You Only Live Once

Jan 23, 1937

God Told Me To
5.9%

God Told Me To

Oct 22, 1976

Dead End
7.0%

Dead End

Aug 27, 1937

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Acting

1998
Fantasy Island as Clia
1996
Mars Attacks! as Grandma Norris
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as Alice
1992
Used People as Becky
1990
Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1990
Andre's Mother as Mrs. Downes
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
1988
Dear John as Mrs. Lumenski
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self (archive footage)
1988
Beetlejuice as Juno
1987
The Witching of Ben Wagner as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
1987
thirtysomething
1987
Pals as Fern Stobbs
1985
The Equalizer as Judge
1985
An Early Frost as Beatrice McKenna
1985
Finnegan Begin Again as Margaret
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1983
Copkiller as Margaret Smith
1983
The Brass Ring as Grandmother
1982
Having It All as Marney
1982
Hammett as Donaldina Cameron
1982
Night of 100 Stars as Self
1982
Come Along with Me as Mrs. Flanner
1981
A Small Killing as Sadie Ross
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Elizabeth Barrett
1980
The Shadow Box as Felicity
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year as Cousin Polly
1980
The Gossip Columnist as Alma Lewellyn
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati as Mama Carlson
1978
Damien - Omen II as Aunt Marion
1978
Siege as Lillian Gordon
1977
The Love Boat as Natalie Corson
1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as Miss Coral
1977
Snowbeast as Mrs. Carrie Rill
1977
Eight Is Enough
1976
Raid on Entebbe as Dora Bloch
1976
God Told Me To as Elizabeth Mullin
1976
Death at Love House as Clara Josephs
1975
Starsky & Hutch as Olga Grossman
1975
Winner Take All as Anne Barclay
1975
The Secret Night Caller as Kitty
1973
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
1971
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate as Elizabeth Gibson
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961
The Defenders as Adela Collins
1960
Route 66 as Lonnie Taylor
1960
Route 66 as Hannah Ellis
1960
My Three Sons as Miss Houk
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Beulah Ridges
1958
Naked City as Florence Nunda
1958
No Time at All as Mrs. Kramer
1957
The Polly Bergen Show as Self
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1957
The Helen Morgan Story as Lulu Morgan
1956
Playhouse 90 as Mrs. Kramer
1956
Behind the High Wall as Hilda Carmichael
1955
Man on the Ledge as Mrs. Cosick
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour as Mrs. Cosick
1955
Playwrights '56
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
Violent Saturday as Elsie Braden
1954
Climax!
1954
Climax! as Louella Wheedron
1953
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
General Electric Theater as Gloria Roma
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Laura Blake
1952
Les Miserables as Fantine
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Joyce
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Laura Barrie
1950
Cameo Theatre
1949
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner as Sylvia Sidney
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1947
Love from a Stranger as Cecily Harrington
1946
The Searching Wind as Cassie Bowman
1946
Mr. Ace as Margaret Wyndham Chase
1945
Blood on the Sun as Iris Hilliard
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
1941
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
The Wagons Roll at Night as Flo Lorraine
1939
One Third of a Nation as Mary Rogers
1938
You and Me as Helen Roberts
1937
Dead End as Drina Gordon
1937
You Only Live Once as Joan Graham
1937
Sabotage as Mrs. Verloc
1936
Fury as Katherine Grant
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as June Tolliver
1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive as Mary Burns
1935
Accent on Youth as Linda Brown
1934
Behold My Wife! as Tonita Storm Cloud
1934
Thirty Day Princess as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
1934
Good Dame as Lillie Taylor
1933
Jennie Gerhardt as Jennie Gerhardt
1933
Pick-up as Mary Richards
1932
Madame Butterfly as Cho-Cho San
1932
Make Me a Star as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell as Joan Prentice
1932
The Miracle Man as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
1931
Ladies of the Big House as Kathleen Storm McNeil
1931
Street Scene as Rose Maurrant
1931
An American Tragedy as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed as Patricia Harper
1931
The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)
1931
City Streets as Nan Cooley
1930
Five Minutes from the Station as Carrie Adams
1929
Thru Different Eyes as Valerie Briand
1927
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