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Sylvia Sidney

AKA: Sophia Kosow
Birthday: 1910-08-09
Died: 1999-07-01
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA


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).

Filmography

Mars Attacks!
Character: Grandma Norris
Damien: Omen II
Character: Aunt Marion
God Told Me To
Character: Elizabeth Mullin

Raid on Entebbe
Character: Dora Bloch
Sabotage
Character: Mrs. Verloc
Dead End
Character: Drina Gordon

City Streets
Character: Nan Cooley
Fury
Character: Katherine Grant
Behind the High Wall
Character: Hilda Carmichael

You and Me
Character: Helen
Violent Saturday
Character: Elsie Braden
Snowbeast
Character: Mrs. Carrie Rill

Merrily We Go to Hell
Character: Joan Prentice
Thirty Day Princess
Character: Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Madame Butterfly
Character: Cho-Cho San

You Only Live Once
Character: Joan Graham
Love from a Stranger
Character: Cecily Harrington
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Character: Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother

An Early Frost
Character: Beatrice McKenna
Blood on the Sun
Character: Iris Hilliard
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Character: June Tolliver

The Wagons Roll at Night
Character: Flo Lorraine
An American Tragedy
Character: Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Street Scene
Character: Rose Maurrant

Mary Burns, Fugitive
Character: Mary Burns
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Character: Patricia Harper
Les Miserables
Character: Fantine

Ladies of the Big House
Character: Kathleen Storm McNeil
Behold My Wife!
Character: Tonita Storm Cloud
Pick-up
Character: Mary Richards

Siege
Character: Lillian Gordon
Good Dame
Character: Lillie Taylor
Jennie Gerhardt
Character: Jennie Gerhardt

One Third of a Nation
Character: Mary Rogers
Pals
Character: Fern Stobbs
The Searching Wind
Character: Cassie Bowwman

The Secret Night Caller
Character: Kitty
The House That Shadows Built
Character: (archive footage)
The Miracle Man
Character: Helen Smith aka Helen Vail

Five Minutes from the Station
Character: Carrie Adams
The Brass Ring
Character: Grandmother
Beetlejuice
Character: Juno

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Character: Elizabeth Gibson
Mr. Ace
Character: Margaret Wyndham Chase
Copkiller
Character: Margaret Smith

Winner Take All
Character: Anne Barclay
Breakdowns of 1941
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Used People
Character: Becky

The Witching of Ben Wagner
Character: Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Hammett
Character: Donaldina Cameron
Accent on Youth
Character: Linda Brown

Death at Love House
Character: Clara Josephs
Thru Different Eyes
Character: Valerie Briand
The Shadow Box
Character: Felicity

Broadway Nights
Character: Performer
Finnegan Begin Again
Character: Margaret
Make Me a Star
Character: Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Character: Miss Coral
The Gossip Columnist
Character: Alma Lewellyn
Having It All
Character: Marney

Come Along with Me
Character: Mrs. Flanner
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Character: Sylvia Sidney
Night of 100 Stars
Character: Self

A Small Killing
Character: Sadie Ross
Andre's Mother
Character: Mrs. Downes
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character: (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars III
Character: Self
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Character: Cousin Polly

Man on the Ledge
Character: Mrs. Cosick
The Helen Morgan Story
Character: Lulu Morgan
No Time at All
Character: Mrs. Kramer

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Character: Self (archive footage)