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
Grandma Norris
Mars Attacks!
Mrs. Cosick
Man on the Ledge
Aunt Marion
Damien - Omen II
Elizabeth Mullin
God Told Me To
Dora Bloch
Raid on Entebbe
Mrs. Verloc
Sabotage
Sadie Ross
A Small Killing
Drina Gordon
Dead End
Mrs. Downes
Andre's Mother
Nan Cooley
City Streets
Katherine Grant
Fury
Hilda Carmichael
Behind the High Wall
Helen Roberts
You and Me
Elsie Braden
Violent Saturday
Mrs. Carrie Rill
Snowbeast
Cho-Cho San
Madame Butterfly
Joan Graham
You Only Live Once
Joan Prentice
Merrily We Go to Hell
Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Thirty Day Princess
Cecily Harrington
Love from a Stranger
Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Beatrice McKenna
An Early Frost
Iris Hilliard
Blood on the Sun
June Tolliver
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Flo Lorraine
The Wagons Roll at Night
Roberta 'Bert' Alden
An American Tragedy
Mary Burns
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Patricia Harper
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Rose Maurrant
Street Scene
Fantine
Les Miserables
Kathleen Storm McNeil
Ladies of the Big House
Tonita Storm Cloud
Behold My Wife!
Mary Richards
Pick-up
Lillian Gordon
Siege
Lillie Taylor
Good Dame
Jennie Gerhardt
Jennie Gerhardt
Mary Rogers
One Third of a Nation
Linda Brown
Accent on Youth
Fern Stobbs
Pals
Cassie Bowman
The Searching Wind
Kitty
The Secret Night Caller
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Lulu Morgan
The Helen Morgan Story
(archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
Elizabeth Gibson
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
The Miracle Man
Grandmother
The Brass Ring
Carrie Adams
Five Minutes from the Station
Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Juno
Beetlejuice
Becky
Used People
Mrs. Kramer
No Time at All
Margaret Wyndham Chase
Mr. Ace
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Cousin Polly
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Margaret Smith
Copkiller
Anne Barclay
Winner Take All
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1941
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
The Witching of Ben Wagner
Donaldina Cameron
Hammett
Clara Josephs
Death at Love House
Valerie Briand
Thru Different Eyes
Felicity
The Shadow Box
Performer
Broadway Nights
Margaret
Finnegan Begin Again
Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Make Me a Star
Miss Coral
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Alma Lewellyn
The Gossip Columnist
Marney
Having It All
Mrs. Flanner
Come Along with Me
Sylvia Sidney
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
The Sorrows of Satan
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
74
Gender
Female
Birthday
1910-08-09
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known As
Sophia Kosow