Sylvia Sidney

Personal Info

Birthday

August 9, 1910

Day of Death

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

The Love Boat

Diagnosis: Murder

Magnum, P.I.

Climax!

Route 66

The Equalizer

My Three Sons

The Defenders

Filmography

1996
Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris
1992
Used People
as Becky
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Andre's Mother
as Mrs. Downes
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
Beetlejuice
as Juno
1987
The Witching of Ben Wagner
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Pals
as Fern Stobbs
1985
An Early Frost
as Beatrice McKenna
Finnegan Begin Again
as Margaret
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1983
Copkiller
as Margaret Smith
The Brass Ring
as Grandmother
1982
Having It All
as Marney
Hammett
as Donaldina Cameron
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Come Along with Me
as Mrs. Flanner
1981
A Small Killing
as Sadie Ross
1980
The Shadow Box
as Felicity
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Cousin Polly
The Gossip Columnist
as Alma Lewellyn
1978
Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion
Siege
as Lillian Gordon
1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Miss Coral
Snowbeast
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
1976
Raid on Entebbe
as Dora Bloch
God Told Me To
as Elizabeth Mullin
Death at Love House
as Clara Josephs
1975
Winner Take All
as Anne Barclay
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
1958
No Time at All
as Mrs. Kramer
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
as Lulu Morgan
1956
Behind the High Wall
as Hilda Carmichael
1955
Man on the Ledge
as Mrs. Cosick
Violent Saturday
as Elsie Braden
1952
Les Miserables
as Fantine
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
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
You Only Live Once
as Joan Graham
Sabotage
as Mrs. Verloc
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
Behold My Wife!
as Tonita Storm Cloud
Thirty Day Princess
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Good Dame
as Lillie Taylor
1933
Jennie Gerhardt
as Jennie Gerhardt
Pick-up
as Mary Richards
1932
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho San
Make Me a Star
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Joan Prentice
The Miracle Man
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
1931
Ladies of the Big House
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
Street Scene
as Rose Maurrant
An American Tragedy
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Patricia Harper
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
City Streets
as Nan Cooley
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)