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