Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

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).

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1998

Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island
as Clia
TV - Released: 9/26/1998

1996

Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris
Movie - Released: 12/13/1996

1993

Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis: Murder
as Alice
TV - Released: 10/29/1993

1992

Used People
Used People
as Becky
Movie - Released: 12/16/1992

1990

Andre's Mother
Andre's Mother
as Mrs. Downes
Movie - Released: 3/7/1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/21/1990

1989

Movie
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/26/1989

1988

Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice
as Juno
Movie - Released: 3/30/1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 6/5/1988
Dear John
Dear John
as Mrs. Lumenski
TV - Released: 10/6/1988

1987

Pals
Pals
as Fern Stobbs
Movie - Released: 1/1/1987
The Witching of Ben Wagner
The Witching of Ben Wagner
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Movie - Released: 12/31/1987
thirtysomething
thirtysomething
TV - Released: 9/29/1987

1985

An Early Frost
An Early Frost
as Beatrice McKenna
Movie - Released: 5/1/1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Finnegan Begin Again
as Margaret
Movie - Released: 2/24/1985
The Equalizer
The Equalizer
as Judge
TV - Released: 9/18/1985

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1984

1983

The Brass Ring
The Brass Ring
as Grandmother
Movie - Released: 1/1/1983
Copkiller
Copkiller
as Margaret Smith
Movie - Released: 3/15/1983

1982

Hammett
Hammett
as Donaldina Cameron
Movie - Released: 6/9/1982
Having It All
Having It All
as Marney
Movie - Released: 10/13/1982
Come Along with Me
Come Along with Me
as Mrs. Flanner
Movie - Released: 2/16/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/8/1982

1981

A Small Killing
A Small Killing
as Sadie Ross
Movie - Released: 11/24/1981

1980

F.D.R.: The Last Year
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Cousin Polly
Movie - Released: 5/15/1980
The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box
as Felicity
Movie - Released: 9/30/1980
The Gossip Columnist
The Gossip Columnist
as Alma Lewellyn
Movie - Released: 3/21/1980
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
as Elizabeth Barrett
TV - Released: 12/11/1980

1978

Damien - Omen II
Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion
Movie - Released: 6/9/1978
Siege
Siege
as Lillian Gordon
Movie - Released: 4/26/1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
WKRP in Cincinnati
as Mama Carlson
TV - Released: 9/18/1978

1977

Snowbeast
Snowbeast
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
Movie - Released: 4/28/1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Miss Coral
Movie - Released: 7/14/1977
Eight Is Enough
Eight Is Enough
TV - Released: 3/15/1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Natalie Corson
TV - Released: 9/24/1977

1976

God Told Me To
God Told Me To
as Elizabeth Mullin
Movie - Released: 10/22/1976
Raid on Entebbe
Raid on Entebbe
as Dora Bloch
Movie - Released: 12/26/1976
Death at Love House
Death at Love House
as Clara Josephs
Movie - Released: 9/2/1976

1975

The Secret Night Caller
The Secret Night Caller
as Kitty
Movie - Released: 2/18/1975
Winner Take All
Winner Take All
as Anne Barclay
Movie - Released: 3/3/1975
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch
as Olga Grossman
TV - Released: 9/10/1975

1973

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Movie - Released: 10/21/1973

1971

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Elizabeth Gibson
Movie - Released: 11/9/1971

1961

The Defenders
The Defenders
as Adela Collins
TV - Released: 9/16/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

My Three Sons
My Three Sons
as Miss Houk
TV - Released: 9/29/1960
Route 66
Route 66
as Lonnie Taylor
TV - Released: 10/7/1960
Route 66
Route 66
as Hannah Ellis
TV - Released: 10/7/1960

1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Beulah Ridges
TV - Released: 9/21/1959

1958

No Time at All
No Time at All
as Mrs. Kramer
Movie - Released: 2/13/1958
Naked City
Naked City
as Florence Nunda
TV - Released: 9/30/1958

1957

The Helen Morgan Story
The Helen Morgan Story
as Lulu Morgan
Movie - Released: 5/16/1957
TV
The Polly Bergen Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/21/1957
TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
TV - Released: 7/29/1957

1956

Behind the High Wall
Behind the High Wall
as Hilda Carmichael
Movie - Released: 7/1/1956
Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90
as Mrs. Kramer
TV - Released: 10/4/1956

1955

Man on the Ledge
Man on the Ledge
as Mrs. Cosick
Movie - Released: 12/28/1955
Violent Saturday
Violent Saturday
as Elsie Braden
Movie - Released: 4/1/1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mrs. Cosick
TV - Released: 10/5/1955
TV
Playwrights '56
TV - Released: 10/4/1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV - Released: 10/2/1955

1954

Climax!
Climax!
TV - Released: 10/7/1954
Climax!
Climax!
as Louella Wheedron
TV - Released: 10/7/1954

1953

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Gloria Roma
TV - Released: 2/1/1953
TV
Kraft Television Theatre
TV - Released: 10/15/1953

1952

Les Miserables
Les Miserables
as Fantine
Movie - Released: 8/14/1952
The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre
TV - Released: 10/2/1952
The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre
as Laura Blake
TV - Released: 10/2/1952

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV - Released: 10/5/1951
Tales of Tomorrow
Tales of Tomorrow
TV - Released: 8/3/1951

1950

TV
Lux Video Theatre
as Joyce
TV - Released: 10/2/1950
TV
Lux Video Theatre
as Laura Barrie
TV - Released: 10/2/1950
TV
Cameo Theatre
TV - Released: 5/16/1950

1949

Movie
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
as Sylvia Sidney
Movie - Released: 7/20/1949

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV - Released: 10/3/1948

1947

Love from a Stranger
Love from a Stranger
as Cecily Harrington
Movie - Released: 11/15/1947

1946

The Searching Wind
The Searching Wind
as Cassie Bowman
Movie - Released: 8/9/1946
Mr. Ace
Mr. Ace
as Margaret Wyndham Chase
Movie - Released: 8/2/1946

1945

Blood on the Sun
Blood on the Sun
as Iris Hilliard
Movie - Released: 4/26/1945

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
TV - Released: 1/20/1944

1941

The Wagons Roll at Night
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Flo Lorraine
Movie - Released: 4/25/1941
Breakdowns of 1941
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 11/14/1941

1939

One Third of a Nation
One Third of a Nation
as Mary Rogers
Movie - Released: 2/10/1939

1938

You and Me
You and Me
as Helen Roberts
Movie - Released: 6/1/1938

1937

Sabotage
Sabotage
as Mrs. Verloc
Movie - Released: 1/8/1937
Dead End
Dead End
as Drina Gordon
Movie - Released: 8/27/1937
You Only Live Once
You Only Live Once
as Joan Graham
Movie - Released: 1/23/1937

1936

Fury
Fury
as Katherine Grant
Movie - Released: 6/5/1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as June Tolliver
Movie - Released: 3/13/1936

1935

Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Mary Burns
Movie - Released: 11/15/1935
Accent on Youth
Accent on Youth
as Linda Brown
Movie - Released: 8/23/1935

1934

Thirty Day Princess
Thirty Day Princess
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Movie - Released: 5/18/1934
Behold My Wife!
Behold My Wife!
as Tonita Storm Cloud
Movie - Released: 12/6/1934
Good Dame
Good Dame
as Lillie Taylor
Movie - Released: 3/16/1934

1933

Pick-up
Pick-up
as Mary Richards
Movie - Released: 3/24/1933
Jennie Gerhardt
Jennie Gerhardt
as Jennie Gerhardt
Movie - Released: 6/8/1933

1932

Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho San
Movie - Released: 12/30/1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Joan Prentice
Movie - Released: 6/10/1932
The Miracle Man
The Miracle Man
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Movie - Released: 4/1/1932
Make Me a Star
Make Me a Star
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 7/1/1932

1931

City Streets
City Streets
as Nan Cooley
Movie - Released: 4/18/1931
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Movie - Released: 8/22/1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Patricia Harper
Movie - Released: 7/11/1931
Street Scene
Street Scene
as Rose Maurrant
Movie - Released: 9/5/1931
Ladies of the Big House
Ladies of the Big House
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
Movie - Released: 12/26/1931
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 7/8/1931

1930

Movie
Five Minutes from the Station
as Carrie Adams
Movie - Released: 9/30/1930

1929

Thru Different Eyes
Thru Different Eyes
as Valerie Briand
Movie - Released: 4/13/1929

1927

Broadway Nights
Broadway Nights
as Performer
Movie - Released: 5/15/1927