Sylvia Sidney
Age: N/A | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Sophia Kosow , Sylvia Sydney
Gender: Female
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 54
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Laura Barrie
Diagnosis: Murder
(1993) Alice
The Equalizer
(1985) Judge
The Defenders
(1961) Adela Collins
Climax!
(1954) Louella Wheedron
Naked City
(1958) Florence Nunda
Route 66
(1960) Lonnie Taylor
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (archive footage) (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Clia | |
| 1996 | Grandma Norris | |
| 1993 | Alice | |
| 1992 | Becky | |
| 1990 | Self | |
| Mrs. Downes | ||
| 1989 | Self | |
| 1988 | Juno | |
| N/A | ||
| Fern Stobbs | ||
| Grammy (Regina's Grandmother) | ||
| 1985 | Judge | |
| Beatrice McKenna | ||
| Margaret | ||
| 1984 | (archive footage) | |
| 1983 | Margaret Smith | |
| Grandmother | ||
| 1982 | Marney | |
| Donaldina Cameron | ||
| Self | ||
| Mrs. Flanner | ||
| 1981 | Sadie Ross | |
| 1980 | N/A | |
| Felicity | ||
| Cousin Polly | ||
| Alma Lewellyn | ||
| 1978 | Mama Carlson | |
| Aunt Marion | ||
| Lillian Gordon | ||
| 1977 | Natalie Corson | |
| Miss Coral | ||
| Mrs. Carrie Rill | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Dora Bloch | |
| Elizabeth Mullin | ||
| Clara Josephs | ||
| 1975 | N/A | |
| Anne Barclay | ||
| Kitty | ||
| 1973 | Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother | |
| 1971 | Elizabeth Gibson | |
| 1961 | Adela Collins | |
| 1960 | N/A | |
| Lonnie Taylor | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | Beulah Ridges | |
| 1958 | Florence Nunda | |
| 1957 | Lulu Morgan | |
| 1956 | Hilda Carmichael | |
| 1955 | Mrs. Cosick | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Elsie Braden | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| Louella Wheedron | ||
| 1953 | Gloria Roma | |
| 1952 | Fantine | |
| 1951 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | Joyce | |
| Laura Barrie | ||
| 1949 | Sylvia Sidney | |
| 1948 | N/A | |
| 1947 | Cecily Harrington | |
| 1946 | Cassie Bowwman | |
| Margaret Wyndham Chase | ||
| 1945 | Iris Hilliard | |
| 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Flo Lorraine | ||
| 1939 | Mary Rogers | |
| 1938 | Helen | |
| 1937 | Drina Gordon | |
| Joan Graham | ||
| Mrs. Verloc | ||
| 1936 | Katherine Grant | |
| June Tolliver | ||
| 1935 | Mary Burns | |
| Linda Brown | ||
| 1934 | Tonita Storm Cloud | |
| Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina | ||
| Lillie Taylor | ||
| 1933 | Jennie Gerhardt | |
| Mary Richards | ||
| 1932 | Cho-Cho San | |
| Sylvia Sidney (uncredited) | ||
| Joan Prentice | ||
| Helen Smith aka Helen Vail | ||
| 1931 | Kathleen Storm McNeil | |
| Rose Maurrant | ||
| Roberta 'Bert' Alden | ||
| Patricia Harper | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Nan Cooley | ||
| 1930 | Carrie Adams | |
| 1929 | Valerie Briand | |
| 1927 | Performer | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
