Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney
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).
Name Sylvia Sidney
Also Known As Sophia Kosow, Sylvia Sydney
Birthday 1910-08-09
Deathday 1999-07-01
Gender Female
IMDB Sylvia Sidney profile on IMDB
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
As: Grandma Norris
1996-12-13
Mars Attacks!...
As: Aunt Marion
1978-06-09
Damien: Omen II...
As: Elizabeth Mullin
1976-10-22
God Told Me To...
As: Dora Bloch
1976-12-26
Raid on Entebbe...
As: Mrs. Verloc
1937-01-08
Sabotage...
As: Drina Gordon
1937-08-27
Dead End...
As: Nan Cooley
1931-04-18
City Streets...
As: Katherine Grant
1936-06-05
Fury...
As: Hilda Carmichael
1956-07-01
Behind the High Wall...
As: Helen
1938-06-01
You and Me...
As: Elsie Braden
1955-04-01
Violent Saturday...
As: Mrs. Carrie Rill
1977-04-28
Snowbeast...
As: Joan Prentice
1932-06-10
Merrily We Go to Hel...
As: Nancy Lane / Princes
1934-05-18
Thirty Day Princess...
As: Cho-Cho San
1932-12-30
Madame Butterfly...
As: Joan Graham
1937-01-23
You Only Live Once...
As: Cecily Harrington
1947-11-15
Love from a Stranger...
As: Mrs. Pritchard - Rit
1973-10-21
Summer Wishes, Winte...
As: Beatrice McKenna
1985-05-01
An Early Frost...
As: Iris Hilliard
1945-04-26
Blood on the Sun...
As: June Tolliver
1936-03-13
The Trail of the Lon...
As: Flo Lorraine
1941-04-25
The Wagons Roll at N...
As: Roberta 'Bert' Alden
1931-08-22
An American Tragedy...
As: Rose Maurrant
1931-09-05
Street Scene...
As: Mary Burns
1935-11-15
Mary Burns, Fugitive...
As: Patricia Harper
1931-07-11
Confessions of a Co-...
As: Fantine
1952-08-14
Les Miserables...
As: Kathleen Storm McNei
1931-12-26
Ladies of the Big Ho...
As: Tonita Storm Cloud
1934-12-06
Behold My Wife!...
As: Mary Richards
1933-03-24
Pick-up...
As: Lillian Gordon
1978-04-26
Siege...
As: Lillie Taylor
1934-03-16
Good Dame...
As: Jennie Gerhardt
1933-06-08
Jennie Gerhardt...
As: Mary Rogers
1939-02-10
One Third of a Natio...
As: Fern Stobbs
1987-01-01
Pals...
As: Cassie Bowwman
1946-08-09
The Searching Wind...
As: Kitty
1975-02-18
The Secret Night Cal...
As: (archive footage)
1931-07-08
The House That Shado...
As: Helen Smith aka Hele
1932-04-01
The Miracle Man...
As: Carrie Adams
1930-09-30
Five Minutes from th...
As: Grandmother
1983-01-01
The Brass Ring...
As: Juno
1988-03-30
Beetlejuice...
As: Elizabeth Gibson
1971-11-09
Do Not Fold, Spindle...
As: Margaret Wyndham Cha
1946-08-02
Mr. Ace...
As: Margaret Smith
1983-03-15
Copkiller...
As: Anne Barclay
1975-03-03
Winner Take All...
As: Self (archive footag
1941-11-14
Breakdowns of 1941...
As: Becky
1992-12-16
Used People...
As: Grammy (Regina's Gra
1987-12-31
The Witching of Ben ...
As: Donaldina Cameron
1982-06-09
Hammett...
As: Linda Brown
1935-08-23
Accent on Youth...
As: Clara Josephs
1976-09-02
Death at Love House...
As: Valerie Briand
1929-04-13
Thru Different Eyes...
As: Felicity
1980-09-30
The Shadow Box...
As: Performer
1927-05-15
Broadway Nights...
As: Margaret
1985-02-24
Finnegan Begin Again...
As: Sylvia Sidney (uncre
1932-07-01
Make Me a Star...
As: Miss Coral
1977-07-14
I Never Promised You...
As: Alma Lewellyn
1980-03-21
The Gossip Columnist...
As: Marney
1982-10-13
Having It All...
As: Mrs. Flanner
1982-02-16
Come Along with Me...
As: Sylvia Sidney
1949-07-20
Screen Snapshots 186...
As: Self
1982-03-08
Night of 100 Stars...
As: Sadie Ross
1981-11-24
A Small Killing...
As: Mrs. Downes
1990-03-07
Andre's Mother...
As: (archive footage)
1984-01-01
Going Hollywood: The...
As: Self
1989-06-26
Broadway's Dreamers:...
As: Self
1990-05-21
Night of 100 Stars I...
As: Cousin Polly
1980-05-15
F.D.R.: The Last Yea...
As: Mrs. Cosick
1955-12-28
Man on the Ledge...
As: Lulu Morgan
1957-05-16
The Helen Morgan Sto...
As: Mrs. Kramer
1958-02-13
No Time at All...
As: Self (archive footag
1988-06-05
Cary Grant: A Celebr...
As: Unknown
1960-10-07
Route 66...
As: Alice
1993-10-29
Diagnosis: Murder...
As: Unknown
1948-10-03
The Philco Televisio...
As: Joyce
1950-10-02
Lux Video Theatre...
As: Unknown
1954-10-07
Climax!...
As: Clia
1998-09-26
Fantasy Island...
As: Unknown
1980-12-11
Magnum, P.I....
As: Mama Carlson
1978-09-18
WKRP in Cincinnati...
As: Unknown
1987-09-29
thirtysomething...
As: Unknown
1960-09-29
My Three Sons...
As: Unknown
1975-09-10
Starsky & Hutch...
As: Florence Nunda
1958-09-30
Naked City...
As: Judge
1985-09-18
The Equalizer...
As: Unknown
1977-03-15
Eight Is Enough...
As: Gloria Roma
1953-02-01
General Electric The...
As: Unknown
1955-10-05
The 20th Century Fox...
As: Unknown
1951-10-05
Schlitz Playhouse of...
As: Unknown
1951-08-03
Tales of Tomorrow...
As: Beulah Ridges
1959-09-21
The DuPont Show with...
As: Unknown
1955-10-04
Playwrights '56...
As: Natalie Corson
1977-09-24
The Love Boat...
As: Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (
1955-10-02
Alfred Hitchcock Pre...
As: Adela Collins
1961-09-16
The Defenders...
As: Laura Barrie
1950-10-02
Lux Video Theatre...
As: Louella Wheedron
1954-10-07
Climax!...
As: Lonnie Taylor
1960-10-07
Route 66...
As: Self
1961-12-11
The Mike Douglas Sho...
As: Mrs. Lumenski
1988-10-06
Dear John...