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 Mike Douglas Show
1961
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
The Love Boat
1977
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Golden Globe Awards
1944
American Playhouse
1982
American Playhouse
1982
Climax!
1954
Climax!
1954
My Three Sons
1960
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Naked City
1958
Filmography
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
Diagnosis: Murder
as Alice · 1993
The Love Boat
as Natalie Corson · 1977
Magnum, P.I.
as Elizabeth Barrett · 1980
Golden Globe Awards
as Self · 1944
American Playhouse
as Mrs. Flanner · 1982
American Playhouse
as Mrs. Downs · 1982
Climax!
· 1954
Climax!
as Louella Wheedron · 1954
My Three Sons
as Miss Houk · 1960
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 1957
Naked City
as Florence Nunda · 1958
The Defenders
as Adela Collins · 1961
The Philco Television Playhouse
· 1948
Starsky & Hutch
as Olga Grossman · 1975
Route 66
as Lonnie Taylor · 1960
Route 66
as Hannah Ellis · 1960
The Equalizer
as Judge · 1985
Kraft Television Theatre
· 1947
Dear John
as Mrs. Lumenski · 1988
thirtysomething
· 1987
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mrs. Cosick · 1955
Eight Is Enough
as Aunt Fealty · 1977
The Ford Television Theatre
· 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
as Laura Blake · 1952
Playhouse 90
as Mrs. Kramer · 1956
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Beulah Ridges · 1959
WKRP in Cincinnati
as Lillian Carlson · 1978
Beetlejuice
as Juno · 1988
Lux Video Theatre
as Joyce · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Laura Barrie · 1950
Tales of Tomorrow
· 1951
Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris · 1996
Fantasy Island
as Clia · 1998
Kaz
as Molly · 1978
Supertrain
as Agatha Wills · 1979
Playwrights '56
· 1955
Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion · 1978
General Electric Theater
as Gloria Roma · 1953
Special for Women
as Minna Borden · 1960
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
· 1951
You Only Live Once
as Joan Graham · 1937
Kraft Television Theatre
· 1953
Cameo Theatre
· 1950
Fury
as Katherine Grant · 1936
Violent Saturday
as Elsie Braden · 1955
God Told Me To
as Elizabeth Mullin · 1976
Raid on Entebbe
as Dora Bloch · 1976
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Miss Coral · 1977
Blood on the Sun
as Iris Hilliard · 1945
The Polly Bergen Show
as Self · 1957
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Joan Prentice · 1932
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self · 1989
Night of 100 Stars
as Self · 1982
Dead End
as Drina · 1937
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self · 1990
Man on the Ledge
as Mrs. Cosick · 1955
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as June Tolliver · 1936
Death at Love House
as Clara Josephs · 1976
Sabotage
as Mrs. Verloc · 1936
Used People
as Becky · 1992
Hammett
as Donaldina Cameron · 1982
You and Me
as Helen Roberts · 1938
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage) · 1988
Pick-up
as Mary Richards · 1933
Mr. Ace
as Margaret Wyndham Chase · 1946
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother · 1973
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Cousin Polly · 1980
Having It All
as Marney · 1982
Les Miserables
as Fantine · 1952
An Early Frost
as Beatrice McKenna · 1985
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Elizabeth Gibson · 1971
No Time at All
as Mrs. Kramer · 1958
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage) · 1984
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Flo Lorraine · 1941
Finnegan Begin Again
as Margaret · 1985
Snowbeast
as Mrs. Carrie Rill · 1977
Behind the High Wall
as Hilda Carmichael · 1956
Copkiller
as Margaret Smith · 1983
Make Me a Star
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited) · 1932
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage) · 1931
Come Along with Me
as Mrs. Flanner · 1982
The Witching of Ben Wagner
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother) · 1987
The Sorrows of Satan
as Bridesmaid (uncredited) · 1926
The Secret Night Caller
as Kitty · 1975
Street Scene
as Rose Maurrant · 1931
Ladies of the Big House
as Kathleen Storm McNeil · 1931
Love from a Stranger
as Cecily Harrington · 1947
The Helen Morgan Story
as Lulu Morgan · 1957
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1941
Thirty Day Princess
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina · 1934
The Gossip Columnist
as Alma Lewellyn · 1980
The Shadow Box
as Felicity · 1980
An American Tragedy
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden · 1931
A Small Killing
as Sadie Ross · 1981
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
as Sylvia Sidney · 1949
The Miracle Man
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail · 1932
City Streets
as Nan Cooley · 1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Patricia Harper · 1931
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Mary Burns · 1935
One Third of a Nation
as Mary Rogers · 1939
Pals
as Fern Stobbs · 1987
Siege
as Lillian Gordon · 1978
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-cho San · 1932
Behold My Wife!
as Tonita Storm Cloud · 1934
Winner Take All
as Anne Barclay · 1975
Five Minutes from the Station
as Carrie Adams · 1930
The Brass Ring
as Grandmother · 1983
Jennie Gerhardt
as Jennie Gerhardt · 1933
Andre's Mother
as Mrs. Downes · 1990
Thru Different Eyes
as Valerie Briand · 1929
Good Dame
as Lillie Taylor · 1934
Accent on Youth
as Linda Brown · 1935
Broadway Nights
as Performer · 1927
The Searching Wind
as Cassie Bowman · 1946