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).
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Filmography
all 100
Movies 73
TV Shows 27
self 8
Clia
Fantasy Island (1998)
TV
Grandma Norris
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Movie
6.2
Alice
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
TV
6.46
Becky
Used People (1992)
Movie
Self
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
Movie
Mrs. Downs - Andre's Grandmother
Andre's Mother (1990)
Movie
Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
Movie
Juno
Beetlejuice (1988)
Movie
6.58
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987)
Movie
thirtysomething (1987)
TV
1
Fern Stobbs
Pals (1987)
Movie
Binnie Baylor
Morningstar/Eveningstar (1986)
TV
Judge
The Equalizer (1985)
TV
7.33
Beatrice McKenna
An Early Frost (1985)
Movie
Margaret Finnegan
Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
Movie
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
Movie
Margaret Smith
Copkiller (1983)
Movie
Grandmother
The Brass Ring (1983)
Movie
Marney
Having It All (1982)
Movie
Donaldina Cameron
Hammett (1982)
Movie
Self
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Movie
Mrs. Flanner
Come Along with Me (1982)
Movie
Sadie Ross
A Small Killing (1981)
Movie
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
TV
5.61
Felicity
The Shadow Box (1980)
Movie
Cousin Polly
F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
Movie
Alma Lewellyn
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
Movie
Mother
California Fever (1979)
TV
Mama Carlson
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
TV
4.75
Aunt Marion
Damien: Omen II (1978)
Movie
5.25
Lillian Gordon
Siege (1978)
Movie
Natalie Corson
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Miss Coral
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
Movie
Mrs. Carrie Rill
Snowbeast (1977)
Movie
Eight Is Enough (1977)
TV
Dora Bloch
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
Movie
Elizabeth Mullin
God Told Me To (1976)
Movie
Clara Josephs
Death at Love House (1976)
Movie
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
TV
10
Anne Barclay
Winner Take All (1975)
Movie
Kitty
The Secret Night Caller (1975)
Movie
Rita's Mother
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
Movie
Elizabeth Gibson
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)
Movie
Self
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Adela Collins
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Lonnie Taylor
Route 66 (1960)
TV
My Three Sons (1960)
TV
6
Beulah Ridges
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
TV
Florence Nunda
Naked City (1958)
TV
Mrs. Kramer
No Time at All (1958)
Movie
Lulu Morgan
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Movie
Hilda Carmichael
Behind the High Wall (1956)
Movie
Mrs. Cosick
Man on the Ledge (1955)
Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
TV
Playwrights '56 (1955)
TV
Meg Fraser
Celebrity Playhouse (1955)
TV
Elsie Braden
Violent Saturday (1955)
Movie
5.33
Louella Wheedron
Climax! (1954)
TV
Gloria Roma
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Fantine
Les Miserables (1952)
Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
TV
Joyce / Laura Barrie
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Sylvia Sidney
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949)
Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Cecily Harrington
Love from a Stranger (1947)
Movie
Cassie Bowman
The Searching Wind (1946)
Movie
Margaret Wyndham Chase
Mr. Ace (1946)
Movie
Iris Hilliard
Blood on the Sun (1945)
Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
Movie
Flo Lorraine
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
Movie
Mary Rogers
One Third of a Nation (1939)
Movie
Helen Roberts
You and Me (1938)
Movie
Drina
Dead End (1937)
Movie
Joan Graham
You Only Live Once (1937)
Movie
4
Mrs. Verloc
Sabotage (1937)
Movie
6
Katherine Grant
Fury (1936)
Movie
3.67
June Tolliver
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
Movie
Mary Burns
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
Movie
Linda Brown
Accent on Youth (1935)
Movie
Tonita Storm Cloud
Behold My Wife! (1934)
Movie
Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Thirty Day Princess (1934)
Movie
Lillie Taylor
Good Dame (1934)
Movie
Jennie Gerhardt
Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
Movie
Mary Richards
Pick-up (1933)
Movie
Cho-Cho San
Madame Butterfly (1932)
Movie
Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Make Me a Star (1932)
Movie
Joan Prentice
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
Movie
Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
The Miracle Man (1932)
Movie
Kathleen Storm McNeil
Ladies of the Big House (1931)
Movie
Rose Maurrant
Street Scene (1931)
Movie
6
Roberta Alden
An American Tragedy (1931)
Movie
Patricia Harper
Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931)
Movie
(archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
Movie
Nan Cooley
City Streets (1931)
Movie
Carrie Adams
Five Minutes from the Station (1930)
Movie
Valerie Briand
Thru Different Eyes (1929)
Movie
Performer
Broadway Nights (1927)
Movie
Actress
Joseph Schildkraut Presents
TV
Ratings
Average 5.85
Based on 824 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1927
1938
1959
1946
1998
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1910-08-08
Deathday1999-07-01 (88 years old)
Birth NameSophia Kosow
Birth PlaceThe Bronx, United States of America
ReligionJudaism
RelationshipsBennett Cerf (1935-01-01 - 1936-01-01), Luther Adler (1938-01-01 - 1946-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsSophia Kosow, Sylvia Sydney
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
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