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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
Man on the Ledge
Character: Mrs. Cosick
Damien: Omen II
Character: Aunt Marion

God Told Me To
Character: Elizabeth Mullin
Raid on Entebbe
Character: Dora Bloch
Sabotage
Character: Mrs. Verloc

A Small Killing
Character: Sadie Ross
Dead End
Character: Drina Gordon
Andre's Mother
Character: Mrs. Downes

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

Madame Butterfly
Character: Cho-Cho San
You Only Live Once
Character: Joan Graham
Merrily We Go to Hell
Character: Joan Prentice

Thirty Day Princess
Character: Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
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
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Character: Mary Burns

Confessions of a Co-Ed
Character: Patricia Harper
Street Scene
Character: Rose Maurrant
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
Accent on Youth
Character: Linda Brown
Pals
Character: Fern Stobbs

The Searching Wind
Character: Cassie Bowman
The Secret Night Caller
Character: Kitty
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character: (archive footage)

The Helen Morgan Story
Character: Lulu Morgan
The House That Shadows Built
Character: (archive footage)
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Character: Elizabeth Gibson

The Miracle Man
Character: Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
The Brass Ring
Character: Grandmother
Five Minutes from the Station
Character: Carrie Adams

Night of 100 Stars III
Character: Self
Beetlejuice
Character: Juno

Used People
Character: Becky
No Time at All
Character: Mrs. Kramer
Mr. Ace
Character: Margaret Wyndham Chase

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Character: Self (archive footage)
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Character: Cousin Polly
Copkiller
Character: Margaret Smith

Winner Take All
Character: Anne Barclay
Breakdowns of 1941
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Witching of Ben Wagner
Character: Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)

Hammett
Character: Donaldina Cameron
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

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Character: Miss Coral
The Gossip Columnist
Character: Alma Lewellyn
Make Me a Star
Character: Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)

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