Acting · The Bronx, New York, USA · Born August 9, 1910
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).
TVFantasy Island
1998
as Clia
MovieMars Attacks!
1996
as Grandma Norris
TVDiagnosis: Murder
1993
as Alice
MovieUsed People
1992
as Becky
MovieNight of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
MovieAndre's Mother
1990
as Mrs. Downes
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self
TVDear John
1988
as Mrs. Lumenski
MovieCary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBeetlejuice
1988
as Juno
MovieThe Witching of Ben Wagner
1987
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
TVthirtysomething
1987
MoviePals
1987
as Fern Stobbs
TVThe Equalizer
1985
as Judge
MovieAn Early Frost
1985
as Beatrice McKenna
MovieFinnegan Begin Again
1985
as Margaret
MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
MovieCopkiller
1983
as Margaret Smith
MovieThe Brass Ring
1983
as Grandmother
MovieHaving It All
1982
as Marney
MovieHammett
1982
as Donaldina Cameron
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
MovieCome Along with Me
1982
as Mrs. Flanner
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Mrs. Flanner
MovieA Small Killing
1981
as Sadie Ross
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Elizabeth Barrett
MovieThe Shadow Box
1980
as Felicity
MovieF.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
as Cousin Polly
MovieThe Gossip Columnist
1980
as Alma Lewellyn
TVSupertrain
1979
as Agatha Wills
TVWKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Lillian Carlson
TVKaz
1978
as Molly
MovieDamien - Omen II
1978
as Aunt Marion
MovieSiege
1978
as Lillian Gordon
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Natalie Corson
MovieI Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Miss Coral
MovieSnowbeast
1977
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
TVEight Is Enough
1977
as Aunt Fealty
MovieRaid on Entebbe
1976
as Dora Bloch
MovieGod Told Me To
1976
as Elizabeth Mullin
MovieDeath at Love House
1976
as Clara Josephs
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
as Olga Grossman
MovieWinner Take All
1975
as Anne Barclay
MovieThe Secret Night Caller
1975
as Kitty
MovieSummer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
MovieDo Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Elizabeth Gibson
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Adela Collins
TVSpecial for Women
1960
as Minna Borden
TVRoute 66
1960
as Lonnie Taylor
TVMy Three Sons
1960
as Miss Houk
TVThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Beulah Ridges
TVNaked City
1958
as Florence Nunda
MovieNo Time at All
1958
as Mrs. Kramer
The Polly Bergen Show
1957
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MovieThe Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Lulu Morgan
TVPlayhouse 90
1956
as Mrs. Kramer
MovieBehind the High Wall
1956
as Hilda Carmichael
MovieMan on the Ledge
1955
as Mrs. Cosick
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Mrs. Cosick
Playwrights '56
1955
MovieViolent Saturday
1955
as Elsie Braden
TVClimax!
1954
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Gloria Roma
TVThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
MovieLes Miserables
1952
as Fantine
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
TVTales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Joyce
Cameo Theatre
1950
MovieScreen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949
as Sylvia Sidney
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
MovieLove from a Stranger
1947
as Cecily Harrington
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
MovieThe Searching Wind
1946
as Cassie Bowman
MovieMr. Ace
1946
as Margaret Wyndham Chase
MovieBlood on the Sun
1945
as Iris Hilliard
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
MovieBreakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Wagons Roll at Night
1941
as Flo Lorraine
MovieOne Third of a Nation
1939
as Mary Rogers
MovieYou and Me
1938
as Helen Roberts
MovieDead End
1937
as Drina
MovieYou Only Live Once
1937
as Joan Graham
MovieSabotage
1937
as Mrs. Verloc
MovieFury
1936
as Katherine Grant
MovieThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as June Tolliver
MovieMary Burns, Fugitive
1935
as Mary Burns
MovieAccent on Youth
1935
as Linda Brown
MovieBehold My Wife!
1934
as Tonita Storm Cloud
MovieThirty Day Princess
1934
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
MovieGood Dame
1934
as Lillie Taylor
MovieJennie Gerhardt
1933
as Jennie Gerhardt
MoviePick-up
1933
as Mary Richards
MovieMadame Butterfly
1932
as Cho-cho San
MovieMake Me a Star
1932
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
MovieMerrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Joan Prentice
MovieThe Miracle Man
1932
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
MovieLadies of the Big House
1931
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
MovieStreet Scene
1931
as Rose Maurrant
MovieAn American Tragedy
1931
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
MovieConfessions of a Co-Ed
1931
as Patricia Harper
MovieThe House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
MovieCity Streets
1931
as Nan Cooley
MovieFive Minutes from the Station
1930
as Carrie Adams
MovieThru Different Eyes
1929
as Valerie Briand
MovieBroadway Nights
1927
as Performer
MovieThe Sorrows of Satan
1926
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
