Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

Deceased · Born: Aug 9, 1910 · Died: Jul 1, 1999

1998
1996
1992
1988
1985
1978
1947

Personal Details

Born Aug 9, 1910 New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
  • Carlton Alsop

    ( Mar 5, 1947 to Mar 22, 1951 )
  • Luther Adler

    ( Aug 13, 1938 to Feb 27, 1946 )
  • Bennett Cerf

    ( Oct 1, 1935 to Apr 9, 1936 )
Parents
  • Victor Kosow
  • Rebecca Saperstein
  • Sigmund 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).

Career

1998
Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island as Clia
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1993
Diagnosis Murder
Diagnosis Murder as Alice
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1992
Used People
Used People as Becky
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1990
American Playhouse
American Playhouse as Mrs. Downes
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1988
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice as Juno
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The Equalizer
The Equalizer as Judge
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1987
Pals
Pals as Fern Stobbs
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The Witching of Ben Wagner
The Witching of Ben Wagner as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
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1985
An Early Frost
An Early Frost as Beatrice McKenna
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Finnegan Begin Again
Finnegan Begin Again as Margaret
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1983
The Brass Ring
The Brass Ring as Grandmother
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Order of Death
Order of Death as Margaret Smith
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1982
American Playhouse
American Playhouse as Mrs. Flanner
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Having It All
Having It All as Marney
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Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
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1981
A Small Killing
A Small Killing as Sadie Ross
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1980
The Gossip Columnist
The Gossip Columnist as Alma Lewellyn
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The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box as Felicity
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1978
Damien: Omen II
Damien: Omen II as Aunt Marion
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Siege
Siege as Lillian Gordon
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1977
Snowbeast
Snowbeast as Mrs. Carrie Rill
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1976
Death at Love House
Death at Love House as Clara Josephs
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Raid on Entebbe
Raid on Entebbe as Dora Bloch
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God Told Me To
God Told Me To as Elizabeth Mullin
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Starsky and Hutch
Starsky and Hutch
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1975
Winner Take All
Winner Take All as Anne Barclay
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The Secret Night Caller
The Secret Night Caller as Kitty
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1973
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
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1971
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate as Elizabeth Gibson
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1956
Behind the High Wall
Behind the High Wall as Hilda Carmichael
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1955
Violent Saturday
Violent Saturday as Elsie Braden
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1954
Climax!
Climax!
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The Philco Television Playhouse
1952
Les Miserables
Les Miserables as Fantine
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1951
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre as Joyce
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1947
Love from a Stranger
Love from a Stranger as Cecily Harrington
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1946
Mr. Ace
Mr. Ace as Margaret Wyndham Chase
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The Searching Wind
The Searching Wind as Cassie Bowwman
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1945
Blood on the Sun
Blood on the Sun as Iris Hilliard
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1941
The Wagons Roll at Night
The Wagons Roll at Night as Flo Lorraine
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1939
...One Third of a Nation...
...One Third of a Nation... as Mary Rogers
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1938
You and Me
You and Me as Helen
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1937
You Only Live Once
You Only Live Once as Joan Graham
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Dead End
Dead End as Drina Gordon
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Sabotage
Sabotage as Mrs. Verloc
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1936
Fury
Fury as Katherine Grant
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as June Tolliver
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1935
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns, Fugitive as Mary Burns
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Accent on Youth
Accent on Youth as Linda Brown
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1934
Thirty Day Princess
Thirty Day Princess as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
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Behold My Wife!
Behold My Wife! as Tonita Storm Cloud
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1933
Pick-up
Pick-up as Mary Richards
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1932
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly as Cho-Cho San
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The Miracle Man
The Miracle Man as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
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Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell as Joan Prentice
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1931
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
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City Streets
City Streets as Nan Cooley
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Street Scene
Street Scene as Rose Maurrant
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Confessions of a Co-Ed
Confessions of a Co-Ed as Patricia Harper
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Ladies of the Big House
Ladies of the Big House as Kathleen Storm McNeil
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