Sylvia Sidney
Department: Acting
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
Mars Attacks!
1996
Man on the Ledge
1955
Damien - Omen II
1978
God Told Me To
1976
Raid on Entebbe
1976
Sabotage
1937
A Small Killing
1981
Dead End
1937
Andre's Mother
1990
City Streets
1931
Fury
1936
Behind the High Wall
1956
You and Me
1938
Violent Saturday
1955
Snowbeast
1977
Madame Butterfly
1932
You Only Live Once
1937
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
Thirty Day Princess
1934
Love from a Stranger
1947
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
An Early Frost
1985
Blood on the Sun
1945
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
An American Tragedy
1931
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
Street Scene
1931
Les Miserables
1952
Ladies of the Big House
1931
Behold My Wife!
1934
Pick-up
1933
Siege
1978
Good Dame
1934
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
One Third of a Nation
1939
Accent on Youth
1935
Pals
1987
The Searching Wind
1946
The Secret Night Caller
1975
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
The House That Shadows Built
1931
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
The Miracle Man
1932
The Brass Ring
1983
Five Minutes from the Station
1930
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Beetlejuice
1988
Used People
1992
No Time at All
1958
Mr. Ace
1946
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
Copkiller
1983
Winner Take All
1975
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
The Witching of Ben Wagner
1987
Hammett
1982
Death at Love House
1976
Thru Different Eyes
1929
The Shadow Box
1980
Broadway Nights
1927
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
The Gossip Columnist
1980
Make Me a Star
1932
Having It All
1982
Come Along with Me
1982
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949
Night of 100 Stars
1982
The Sorrows of Satan
1926
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Fantasy Island
1998
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
thirtysomething
1987
Starsky & Hutch
1975
My Three Sons
1960
Naked City
1958
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
The Equalizer
1985
General Electric Theater
1953
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Climax!
1954
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Playwrights '56
1955
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
The Defenders
1961
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Route 66
1960
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Climax!
1954
Dear John
1988
The Love Boat
1977
Playhouse 90
1956
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
Route 66
1960
The Polly Bergen Show
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Cameo Theatre
1950
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
American Playhouse
1982
Kaz
1978
Eight Is Enough
1977