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Sylvia Sidney
Born · August 9, 1910
Died · July 1, 1999 (88 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Bio
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).
Fantasy Island
Clia · (13 episodes)
7.5
1998
Mars Attacks!
Grandma Norris
6.4
1996
Diagnosis: Murder
Alice · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
Used People
Becky
5.4
1992
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
4.0
1990
Andre's Mother
Mrs. Downes
0.0
1990
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
0.0
1989
Dear John
Mrs. Lumenski · (1 episode)
5.8
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1988
Beetlejuice
Juno
7.4
1988
The Witching of Ben Wagner
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
5.6
1987
thirtysomething
(1 episode)
6.3
1987
Pals
Fern Stobbs
3.7
1987
The Equalizer
Judge · (1 episode)
7.1
1985
An Early Frost
Beatrice McKenna
6.0
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Margaret
6.3
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
10.0
1984
Copkiller
Margaret Smith
5.7
1983
The Brass Ring
Grandmother
7.0
1983
Having It All
Marney
5.0
1982
Hammett
Donaldina Cameron
6.2
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
6.5
1982
Come Along with Me
Mrs. Flanner
6.0
1982
A Small Killing
Sadie Ross
8.0
1981
Magnum, P.I.
Elizabeth Barrett · (1 episode)
7.3
1980
The Shadow Box
Felicity
5.2
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Cousin Polly
7.5
1980
The Gossip Columnist
Alma Lewellyn
7.5
1980
WKRP in Cincinnati
Mama Carlson · (1 episode)
7.5
1978
Damien: Omen II
Aunt Marion
6.4
1978
Siege
Lillian Gordon
5.2
1978
The Love Boat
Natalie Corson · (1 episode)
6.3
1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Miss Coral
6.2
1977
Snowbeast
Mrs. Carrie Rill
4.2
1977
Eight Is Enough
(1 episode)
6.1
1977
Raid on Entebbe
Dora Bloch
6.0
1976
God Told Me To
Elizabeth Mullin
5.8
1976
Death at Love House
Clara Josephs
4.7
1976
Starsky & Hutch
Olga Grossman · (1 episode)
7.2
1975
Winner Take All
Anne Barclay
7.0
1975
The Secret Night Caller
Kitty
6.5
1975
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
5.6
1973
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Elizabeth Gibson
5.9
1971
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (3 episodes)
5.1
1961
The Defenders
Adela Collins · (2 episodes)
6.2
1961
Route 66
Lonnie Taylor · (1 episode)
6.4
1960
Route 66
Hannah Ellis · (1 episode)
6.4
1960
My Three Sons
Miss Houk · (1 episode)
6.5
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Beulah Ridges · (1 episode)
6.3
1959
Naked City
Florence Nunda · (1 episode)
5.3
1958
No Time at All
Mrs. Kramer
0.0
1958
The Polly Bergen Show
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
Lulu Morgan
0.0
1957
Playhouse 90
Mrs. Kramer · (1 episode)
7.5
1956
Behind the High Wall
Hilda Carmichael
5.2
1956
Man on the Ledge
Mrs. Cosick
0.0
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Mrs. Cosick · (1 episode)
5.2
1955
Playwrights '56
(1 episode)
6.0
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (archive footage) (uncredited) · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Violent Saturday
Elsie Braden
6.7
1955
Climax!
(1 episode)
3.0
1954
Climax!
Louella Wheedron · (1 episode)
3.0
1954
Kraft Television Theatre
(2 episodes)
0.0
1953
General Electric Theater
Gloria Roma · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
(1 episode)
7.0
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Laura Blake · (1 episode)
7.0
1952
Les Miserables
Fantine
5.4
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1 episode)
7.0
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
(1 episode)
6.0
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Joyce · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Laura Barrie · (1 episode)
6.0
1950
Cameo Theatre
(1 episode)
0.0
1950
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Sylvia Sidney
0.0
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1 episode)
6.0
1948
Love from a Stranger
Cecily Harrington
5.7
1947
The Searching Wind
Cassie Bowman
0.0
1946
Mr. Ace
Margaret Wyndham Chase
5.6
1946
Blood on the Sun
Iris Hilliard
5.8
1945
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.0
1941
The Wagons Roll at Night
Flo Lorraine
6.3
1941
One Third of a Nation
Mary Rogers
5.8
1939
You and Me
Helen
6.7
1938
Dead End
Drina Gordon
7.0
1937
You Only Live Once
Joan Graham
7.1
1937
Sabotage
Mrs. Verloc
6.7
1937
Fury
Katherine Grant
7.5
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
June Tolliver
6.3
1936
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns
0.0
1935
Accent on Youth
Linda Brown
5.5
1935
Behold My Wife!
Tonita Storm Cloud
7.0
1934
Thirty Day Princess
Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
6.8
1934
Good Dame
Lillie Taylor
6.0
1934
Jennie Gerhardt
Jennie Gerhardt
4.0
1933
Pick-up
Mary Richards
4.8
1933
Madame Butterfly
Cho-Cho San
5.4
1932
Make Me a Star
Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
5.5
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
Joan Prentice
6.4
1932
The Miracle Man
Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
5.7
1932
Ladies of the Big House
Kathleen Storm McNeil
6.0
1931
Street Scene
Rose Maurrant
6.8
1931
An American Tragedy
Roberta 'Bert' Alden
6.1
1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Patricia Harper
5.8
1931
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
7.0
1931
City Streets
Nan Cooley
6.2
1931
Five Minutes from the Station
Carrie Adams
6.0
1930
Thru Different Eyes
Valerie Briand
0.0
1929
Broadway Nights
Performer
6.0
1927