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).
Filmography
all 110
Movies 74
TV Shows 36
self 12
Grandma Norris

Mars Attacks! (1996)
Movie
6.2
Mrs. Downes

Andre's Mother (1990)
Movie
Mrs. Lumenski

Dear John (1988)
TV
Self (archive footage)

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
Movie
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)

The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987)
Movie
Fern Stobbs

Pals (1987)
Movie
Binnie Baylor

Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986)
TV
Beatrice McKenna

An Early Frost (1985)
Movie
Margaret

Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
Movie
Mrs. Moskewicz

Domestic Life (1984)
TV
(archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
Movie
Margaret Smith

Copkiller (1983)
Movie
Grandmother

The Brass Ring (1983)
Movie
Donaldina Cameron

Hammett (1982)
Movie
Mrs. Flanner

Come Along with Me (1982)
Movie
Sadie Ross

A Small Killing (1981)
Movie
Elizabeth Barrett

Magnum, P.I. (1980)
TV
5.61
Felicity

The Shadow Box (1980)
Movie
Cousin Polly

F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
Movie
Alma Lewellyn

The Gossip Columnist (1980)
Movie
Mama Carlson

WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
TV
4.75
Aunt Marion

Damien - Omen II (1978)
Movie
5.25
Lillian Gordon

Siege (1978)
Movie
Natalie Corson

The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Mrs. Carrie Rill

Snowbeast (1977)
Movie
Dora Bloch

Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Movie
Elizabeth Mullin

God Told Me To (1976)
Movie
Clara Josephs

Death at Love House (1976)
Movie
Olga Grossman

Starsky & Hutch (1975)
TV
10
Anne Barclay

Winner Take All (1975)
Movie
Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
Movie
Elizabeth Gibson

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)
Movie
Adela Collins

The Defenders (1961)
TV
Hannah Ellis / Lonnie Taylor

Route 66 (1960)
TV
Miss Houk

My Three Sons (1960)
TV
6
Beulah Ridges

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
TV
Florence Nunda

Naked City (1958)
TV
Mrs. Kramer

No Time at All (1958)
Movie
Lulu Morgan

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Movie
Mrs. Kramer

Playhouse 90 (1956)
TV
Hilda Carmichael

Behind the High Wall (1956)
Movie
Mrs. Cosick

Man on the Ledge (1955)
Movie
Mrs. Cosick

The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
TV
Meg Fraser

Celebrity Playhouse (1955)
TV
Elsie Braden

Violent Saturday (1955)
Movie
5.33
Louella Wheedron

Climax! (1954)
TV
Gloria Roma

General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Laura Blake

The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
TV
Fantine

Les Miserables (1952)
Movie
Laura Barrie / Joyce

Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Sylvia Sidney

Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949)
Movie
Cecily Harrington

Love from a Stranger (1947)
Movie
Cassie Bowman

The Searching Wind (1946)
Movie
Margaret Wyndham Chase

Mr. Ace (1946)
Movie
Iris Hilliard

Blood on the Sun (1945)
Movie
Self - Winner

Golden Globe Awards (1944)
TV
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
Movie
Flo Lorraine

The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
Movie
Mary Rogers

One Third of a Nation (1939)
Movie
Helen Roberts

You and Me (1938)
Movie
Drina Gordon

Dead End (1937)
Movie
Joan Graham

You Only Live Once (1937)
Movie
4
Mrs. Verloc

Sabotage (1937)
Movie
6
Katherine Grant

Fury (1936)
Movie
3.67
June Tolliver

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
Movie
Mary Burns

Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
Movie
Linda Brown

Accent on Youth (1935)
Movie
Tonita Storm Cloud

Behold My Wife! (1934)
Movie
Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina

Thirty Day Princess (1934)
Movie
Lillie Taylor

Good Dame (1934)
Movie
Jennie Gerhardt

Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
Movie
Mary Richards

Pick-up (1933)
Movie
Cho-Cho San

Madame Butterfly (1932)
Movie
Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)

Make Me a Star (1932)
Movie
Joan Prentice

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
Movie
Helen Smith aka Helen Vail

The Miracle Man (1932)
Movie
Kathleen Storm McNeil

Ladies of the Big House (1931)
Movie
Rose Maurrant

Street Scene (1931)
Movie
6
Roberta 'Bert' Alden

An American Tragedy (1931)
Movie
Patricia Harper

Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931)
Movie
(archive footage)

The House That Shadows Built (1931)
Movie
Nan Cooley

City Streets (1931)
Movie
Carrie Adams

Five Minutes from the Station (1930)
Movie
Valerie Briand

Thru Different Eyes (1929)
Movie
Performer

Broadway Nights (1927)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1910-08-08
Deathday1999-07-01 (88 years old)
Birth NameSophia Kosow
Birth PlaceThe Bronx, United States
ReligionJudaism
RelationshipsBennett Cerf (1935 - 1936), Luther Adler (1938 - 1946)
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsSophia Kosow, Sylvia Sydney, سیلویا سیدنی
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
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