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).
Series | Fantasy Island | Clia | 1998-09-26 |
Movie | Mars Attacks! | Grandma Norris | 1996-12-13 |
Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Alice | 1993-10-29 |
Movie | Used People | Becky | 1992-12-16 |
Movie | Andre's Mother | Mrs. Downes | 1990-03-07 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
Movie | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | 1989-06-26 |
Movie | Beetlejuice | Juno | 1988-03-30 |
Series | Dear John | Mrs. Lumenski | 1988-10-06 |
Movie | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self (archive footage) | 1988-06-05 |
Series | thirtysomething | Unknown | 1987-09-29 |
Movie | Pals | Fern Stobbs | 1987-01-01 |
Movie | The Witching of Ben Wagner | Grammy (Regina's Grandmother) | 1987-12-31 |
Movie | Finnegan Begin Again | Margaret | 1985-02-24 |
Movie | An Early Frost | Beatrice McKenna | 1985-05-01 |
Series | The Equalizer | Judge | 1985-09-18 |
Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | The Brass Ring | Grandmother | 1983-01-01 |
Movie | Copkiller | Margaret Smith | 1983-03-15 |
Movie | Come Along with Me | Mrs. Flanner | 1982-02-16 |
Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
Movie | Hammett | Donaldina Cameron | 1982-06-09 |
Movie | Having It All | Marney | 1982-10-13 |
Movie | A Small Killing | Sadie Ross | 1981-11-24 |
Movie | The Gossip Columnist | Alma Lewellyn | 1980-03-21 |
Movie | F.D.R.: The Last Year | Cousin Polly | 1980-05-15 |
Series | Magnum, P.I. | Elizabeth Barrett | 1980-12-11 |
Movie | The Shadow Box | Felicity | 1980-09-30 |
Movie | Siege | Lillian Gordon | 1978-04-26 |
Movie | Damien: Omen II | Aunt Marion | 1978-06-09 |
Series | WKRP in Cincinnati | Mama Carlson | 1978-09-18 |
Series | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 1977-03-15 |
Movie | Snowbeast | Mrs. Carrie Rill | 1977-04-28 |
Movie | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Miss Coral | 1977-07-14 |
Series | The Love Boat | Natalie Corson | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | Death at Love House | Clara Josephs | 1976-09-02 |
Movie | God Told Me To | Elizabeth Mullin | 1976-10-22 |
Movie | Raid on Entebbe | Dora Bloch | 1976-12-26 |
Movie | The Secret Night Caller | Kitty | 1975-02-18 |
Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
Movie | Winner Take All | Anne Barclay | 1975-03-03 |
Movie | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother | 1973-10-21 |
Movie | Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate | Elizabeth Gibson | 1971-11-09 |
Series | The Defenders | Adela Collins | 1961-09-16 |
Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |
Series | My Three Sons | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
Series | Route 66 | Lonnie Taylor | 1960-10-07 |
Series | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Beulah Ridges | 1959-09-21 |
Movie | No Time at All | Mrs. Kramer | 1958-02-13 |
Series | Naked City | Florence Nunda | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | The Helen Morgan Story | Lulu Morgan | 1957-05-16 |
Series | Playhouse 90 | Mrs. Kramer | 1956-10-04 |
Movie | Behind the High Wall | Hilda Carmichael | 1956-07-01 |
Movie | Violent Saturday | Elsie Braden | 1955-04-01 |
Series | Playwrights '56 | Unknown | 1955-10-04 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1955-10-02 |
Movie | Man on the Ledge | Mrs. Cosick | 1955-12-28 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Series | Climax! | Louella Wheedron | 1954-10-07 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Gloria Roma | 1953-02-01 |
Series | Kraft Television Theatre | Unknown | 1953-10-15 |
Movie | Les Miserables | Fantine | 1952-08-14 |
Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Laura Barrie | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner | Sylvia Sidney | 1949-07-20 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
Movie | Love from a Stranger | Cecily Harrington | 1947-11-15 |
Movie | Mr. Ace | Margaret Wyndham Chase | 1946-08-02 |
Movie | The Searching Wind | Cassie Bowwman | 1946-08-09 |
Movie | Blood on the Sun | Iris Hilliard | 1945-04-26 |
Series | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | 1944-01-20 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
Movie | The Wagons Roll at Night | Flo Lorraine | 1941-04-25 |
Movie | One Third of a Nation | Mary Rogers | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | You and Me | Helen | 1938-06-01 |
Movie | Dead End | Drina Gordon | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | Sabotage | Mrs. Verloc | 1937-01-08 |
Movie | You Only Live Once | Joan Graham | 1937-01-23 |
Movie | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | June Tolliver | 1936-03-13 |
Movie | Fury | Katherine Grant | 1936-06-05 |
Movie | Accent on Youth | Linda Brown | 1935-08-23 |
Movie | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Mary Burns | 1935-11-15 |
Movie | Thirty Day Princess | Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina | 1934-05-18 |
Movie | Good Dame | Lillie Taylor | 1934-03-16 |
Movie | Behold My Wife! | Tonita Storm Cloud | 1934-12-06 |
Movie | Pick-up | Mary Richards | 1933-03-24 |
Movie | Jennie Gerhardt | Jennie Gerhardt | 1933-06-08 |
Movie | The Miracle Man | Helen Smith aka Helen Vail | 1932-04-01 |
Movie | Merrily We Go to Hell | Joan Prentice | 1932-06-10 |
Movie | Madame Butterfly | Cho-Cho San | 1932-12-30 |
Movie | Make Me a Star | Sylvia Sidney (uncredited) | 1932-07-01 |
Movie | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
Movie | City Streets | Nan Cooley | 1931-04-18 |
Movie | Confessions of a Co-Ed | Patricia Harper | 1931-07-11 |
Movie | An American Tragedy | Roberta 'Bert' Alden | 1931-08-22 |
Movie | Ladies of the Big House | Kathleen Storm McNeil | 1931-12-26 |
Movie | Street Scene | Rose Maurrant | 1931-09-05 |
Movie | Five Minutes from the Station | Carrie Adams | 1930-09-30 |
Movie | Thru Different Eyes | Valerie Briand | 1929-04-13 |
Movie | Broadway Nights | Performer | 1927-05-15 |