Sylvia Sidney
August 9, 1910 (114 years old) in New York City, 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).
Known For
Credits
- 1998 · Fantasy Island as Clia
- 1996 · Mars Attacks! as Grandma Norris
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Alice
- 1992 · Used People as Becky
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1990 · Andre's Mother as Mrs. Downes
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
- 1988 · Dear John as Mrs. Lumenski
- 1988 · Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · Beetlejuice as Juno
- 1987 · The Witching of Ben Wagner as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
- 1987 · thirtysomething as
- 1987 · Pals as Fern Stobbs
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Judge
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Beatrice McKenna
- 1985 · Finnegan Begin Again as Margaret
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1983 · Copkiller as Margaret Smith
- 1983 · The Brass Ring as Grandmother
- 1982 · Having It All as Marney
- 1982 · Hammett as Donaldina Cameron
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1982 · Come Along with Me as Mrs. Flanner
- 1981 · A Small Killing as Sadie Ross
- 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as Elizabeth Barrett
- 1980 · The Shadow Box as Felicity
- 1980 · F.D.R.: The Last Year as Cousin Polly
- 1980 · The Gossip Columnist as Alma Lewellyn
- 1978 · WKRP in Cincinnati as Mama Carlson
- 1978 · Damien: Omen II as Aunt Marion
- 1978 · Siege as Lillian Gordon
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Natalie Corson
- 1977 · I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as Miss Coral
- 1977 · Snowbeast as Mrs. Carrie Rill
- 1977 · Eight Is Enough as
- 1976 · Raid on Entebbe as Dora Bloch
- 1976 · God Told Me To as Elizabeth Mullin
- 1976 · Death at Love House as Clara Josephs
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as Olga Grossman
- 1975 · Winner Take All as Anne Barclay
- 1975 · The Secret Night Caller as Kitty
- 1973 · Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
- 1971 · Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate as Elizabeth Gibson
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Defenders as Adela Collins
- 1960 · Route 66 as Lonnie Taylor
- 1960 · Route 66 as Hannah Ellis
- 1960 · My Three Sons as Miss Houk
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Beulah Ridges
- 1958 · Naked City as Florence Nunda
- 1958 · No Time at All as Mrs. Kramer
- 1957 · The Polly Bergen Show as Self
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1957 · The Helen Morgan Story as Lulu Morgan
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as Mrs. Kramer
- 1956 · Behind the High Wall as Hilda Carmichael
- 1955 · Man on the Ledge as Mrs. Cosick
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as Mrs. Cosick
- 1955 · Playwrights '56 as
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1955 · Violent Saturday as Elsie Braden
- 1954 · Climax! as
- 1954 · Climax! as Louella Wheedron
- 1953 · Kraft Television Theatre as
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Gloria Roma
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Laura Blake
- 1952 · Les Miserables as Fantine
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · Tales of Tomorrow as
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Joyce
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Laura Barrie
- 1950 · Cameo Theatre as
- 1949 · Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner as Sylvia Sidney
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1947 · Love from a Stranger as Cecily Harrington
- 1946 · The Searching Wind as Cassie Bowman
- 1946 · Mr. Ace as Margaret Wyndham Chase
- 1945 · Blood on the Sun as Iris Hilliard
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- 1941 · Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941 · The Wagons Roll at Night as Flo Lorraine
- 1939 · One Third of a Nation as Mary Rogers
- 1938 · You and Me as Helen
- 1937 · Dead End as Drina Gordon
- 1937 · You Only Live Once as Joan Graham
- 1937 · Sabotage as Mrs. Verloc
- 1936 · Fury as Katherine Grant
- 1936 · The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as June Tolliver
- 1935 · Mary Burns, Fugitive as Mary Burns
- 1935 · Accent on Youth as Linda Brown
- 1934 · Behold My Wife! as Tonita Storm Cloud
- 1934 · Thirty Day Princess as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
- 1934 · Good Dame as Lillie Taylor
- 1933 · Jennie Gerhardt as Jennie Gerhardt
- 1933 · Pick-up as Mary Richards
- 1932 · Madame Butterfly as Cho-Cho San
- 1932 · Make Me a Star as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
- 1932 · Merrily We Go to Hell as Joan Prentice
- 1932 · The Miracle Man as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
- 1931 · Ladies of the Big House as Kathleen Storm McNeil
- 1931 · Street Scene as Rose Maurrant
- 1931 · An American Tragedy as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
- 1931 · Confessions of a Co-Ed as Patricia Harper
- 1931 · The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)
- 1931 · City Streets as Nan Cooley
- 1930 · Five Minutes from the Station as Carrie Adams
- 1929 · Thru Different Eyes as Valerie Briand
- 1927 · Broadway Nights as Performer