Sylvia Sidney
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 9 August 1910 · The Bronx, New York, USA
- Died
- 1 July 1999
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 74
- 1996Mars Attacks! as Grandma Norris
- 1992Used People as Becky
- 1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1990Andre's Mother as Mrs. Downes
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
- 1988Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self (archive footage)
- 1988Beetlejuice as Juno
- 1987The Witching of Ben Wagner as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
- 1987Pals as Fern Stobbs
- 1985An Early Frost as Beatrice McKenna
- 1985Finnegan Begin Again as Margaret
- 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1983Copkiller as Margaret Smith
- 1983The Brass Ring as Grandmother
- 1982Having It All as Marney
- 1982Hammett as Donaldina Cameron
- 1982Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982Come Along with Me as Mrs. Flanner
- 1981A Small Killing as Sadie Ross
- 1980The Shadow Box as Felicity
- 1980F.D.R.: The Last Year as Cousin Polly
- 1980The Gossip Columnist as Alma Lewellyn
- 1978Damien - Omen II as Aunt Marion
- 1978Siege as Lillian Gordon
- 1977I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as Miss Coral
- 1977Snowbeast as Mrs. Carrie Rill
- 1976Raid on Entebbe as Dora Bloch
- 1976God Told Me To as Elizabeth Mullin
- 1976Death at Love House as Clara Josephs
- 1975Winner Take All as Anne Barclay
- 1975The Secret Night Caller as Kitty
- 1973Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
- 1971Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate as Elizabeth Gibson
- 1958No Time at All as Mrs. Kramer
- 1957The Helen Morgan Story as Lulu Morgan
- 1956Behind the High Wall as Hilda Carmichael
- 1955Man on the Ledge as Mrs. Cosick
- 1955Violent Saturday as Elsie Braden
- 1952Les Miserables as Fantine
- 1949Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner as Sylvia Sidney
- 1947Love from a Stranger as Cecily Harrington
- 1946The Searching Wind as Cassie Bowman
- 1946Mr. Ace as Margaret Wyndham Chase
- 1945Blood on the Sun as Iris Hilliard
- 1941Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941The Wagons Roll at Night as Flo Lorraine
- 1939One Third of a Nation as Mary Rogers
- 1938You and Me as Helen Roberts
- 1937Dead End as Drina
- 1937You Only Live Once as Joan Graham
- 1936Sabotage as Mrs. Verloc
- 1936Fury as Katherine Grant
- 1936The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as June Tolliver
- 1935Mary Burns, Fugitive as Mary Burns
- 1935Accent on Youth as Linda Brown
- 1934Behold My Wife! as Tonita Storm Cloud
- 1934Thirty Day Princess as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
- 1934Good Dame as Lillie Taylor
- 1933Jennie Gerhardt as Jennie Gerhardt
- 1933Pick-up as Mary Richards
- 1932Madame Butterfly as Cho-cho San
- 1932Make Me a Star as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
- 1932Merrily We Go to Hell as Joan Prentice
- 1932The Miracle Man as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
- 1931Ladies of the Big House as Kathleen Storm McNeil
- 1931Street Scene as Rose Maurrant
- 1931An American Tragedy as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
- 1931Confessions of a Co-Ed as Patricia Harper
- 1931The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)
- 1931City Streets as Nan Cooley
- 1930Five Minutes from the Station as Carrie Adams
- 1929Thru Different Eyes as Valerie Briand
- 1927Broadway Nights as Performer
- 1926The Sorrows of Satan as Bridesmaid (uncredited)