Acting
Sylvia Sidney
EN cinema · 74 credits
Born
9 August 1910
Died
1 July 1999 (aged 88)
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York, USA
Also known as Sophia Kosow · Sylvia Sydney · سیلویا سیدنی
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
Filmography
Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris
Used People
as Becky
Andre's Mother
as Mrs. Downes
Beetlejuice
as Juno
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
Pals
as Fern Stobbs
The Witching of Ben Wagner
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
An Early Frost
as Beatrice McKenna
Finnegan Begin Again
as Margaret
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
The Brass Ring
as Grandmother
Copkiller
as Margaret Smith
Hammett
as Donaldina Cameron
Having It All
as Marney
Come Along with Me
as Mrs. Flanner
A Small Killing
as Sadie Ross
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Cousin Polly
The Shadow Box
as Felicity
The Gossip Columnist
as Alma Lewellyn
Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion
Siege
as Lillian Gordon
Snowbeast
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Miss Coral
God Told Me To
as Elizabeth Mullin
Raid on Entebbe
as Dora Bloch
Death at Love House
as Clara Josephs
Winner Take All
as Anne Barclay
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Elizabeth Gibson
No Time at All
as Mrs. Kramer
The Helen Morgan Story
as Lulu Morgan
Behind the High Wall
as Hilda Carmichael
Man on the Ledge
as Mrs. Cosick
Violent Saturday
as Elsie Braden
Les Miserables
as Fantine
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
as Sylvia Sidney
Love from a Stranger
as Cecily Harrington
The Searching Wind
as Cassie Bowman
Mr. Ace
as Margaret Wyndham Chase
Blood on the Sun
as Iris Hilliard
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Flo Lorraine
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Third of a Nation
as Mary Rogers
You and Me
as Helen Roberts
Dead End
as Drina
You Only Live Once
as Joan Graham
Sabotage
as Mrs. Verloc
Fury
as Katherine Grant
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as June Tolliver
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Mary Burns
Accent on Youth
as Linda Brown
Thirty Day Princess
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Behold My Wife!
as Tonita Storm Cloud
Good Dame
as Lillie Taylor
Pick-up
as Mary Richards
Jennie Gerhardt
as Jennie Gerhardt
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-cho San
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Joan Prentice
The Miracle Man
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Make Me a Star
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
City Streets
as Nan Cooley
An American Tragedy
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Patricia Harper
Street Scene
as Rose Maurrant
Ladies of the Big House
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
Five Minutes from the Station
as Carrie Adams
Thru Different Eyes
as Valerie Briand
Broadway Nights
as Performer
The Sorrows of Satan
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)