Sylvia Sidney
Acting
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).
TV Shows(36)
Fantasy Island
Clia
1998
Diagnosis: Murder
Alice
1993
Dear John
Mrs. Lumenski
1988
thirtysomething
1987
The Equalizer
Judge
1985
American Playhouse
Mrs. Flanner
1982
Magnum, P.I.
Elizabeth Barrett
1980
Supertrain
Agatha Wills
1979
WKRP in Cincinnati
Lillian Carlson
1978
Kaz
Molly
1978
The Love Boat
Natalie Corson
1977
Eight Is Enough
Aunt Fealty
1977
Starsky & Hutch
Olga Grossman
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Defenders
Adela Collins
1961
Special for Women
Minna Borden
1960
Route 66
Lonnie Taylor
1960
My Three Sons
Miss Houk
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Beulah Ridges
1959
Naked City
Florence Nunda
1958
The Polly Bergen Show
Self
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Playhouse 90
Mrs. Kramer
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Mrs. Cosick
1955
Playwrights '56
1955
Climax!
1954
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
General Electric Theater
Gloria Roma
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Joyce
1950
Cameo Theatre
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
Movies(74)
Mars Attacks!
Grandma Norris
1996
Used People
Becky
1992
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Andre's Mother
Mrs. Downes
1990
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
1989
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
1988
Beetlejuice
Juno
1988
The Witching of Ben Wagner
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
1987
Pals
Fern Stobbs
1987
An Early Frost
Beatrice McKenna
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Margaret
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Copkiller
Margaret Smith
1983
The Brass Ring
Grandmother
1983
Having It All
Marney
1982
Hammett
Donaldina Cameron
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Come Along with Me
Mrs. Flanner
1982
A Small Killing
Sadie Ross
1981
The Shadow Box
Felicity
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Cousin Polly
1980
The Gossip Columnist
Alma Lewellyn
1980
Damien - Omen II
Aunt Marion
1978
Siege
Lillian Gordon
1978
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Miss Coral
1977
Snowbeast
Mrs. Carrie Rill
1977
Raid on Entebbe
Dora Bloch
1976
God Told Me To
Elizabeth Mullin
1976
Death at Love House
Clara Josephs
1976
Winner Take All
Anne Barclay
1975
The Secret Night Caller
Kitty
1975
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
1973
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Elizabeth Gibson
1971
No Time at All
Mrs. Kramer
1958
The Helen Morgan Story
Lulu Morgan
1957
Behind the High Wall
Hilda Carmichael
1956
Man on the Ledge
Mrs. Cosick
1955
Violent Saturday
Elsie Braden
1955
Les Miserables
Fantine
1952
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
Sylvia Sidney
1949
Love from a Stranger
Cecily Harrington
1947
The Searching Wind
Cassie Bowman
1946
Mr. Ace
Margaret Wyndham Chase
1946
Blood on the Sun
Iris Hilliard
1945
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
The Wagons Roll at Night
Flo Lorraine
1941
One Third of a Nation
Mary Rogers
1939
You and Me
Helen Roberts
1938
Dead End
Drina
1937
You Only Live Once
Joan Graham
1937
Sabotage
Mrs. Verloc
1937
Fury
Katherine Grant
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
June Tolliver
1936
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns
1935
Accent on Youth
Linda Brown
1935
Behold My Wife!
Tonita Storm Cloud
1934
Thirty Day Princess
Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
1934
Good Dame
Lillie Taylor
1934
Jennie Gerhardt
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
Pick-up
Mary Richards
1933
Madame Butterfly
Cho-Cho San
1932
Make Me a Star
Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
Joan Prentice
1932
The Miracle Man
Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
1932
Ladies of the Big House
Kathleen Storm McNeil
1931
Street Scene
Rose Maurrant
1931
An American Tragedy
Roberta 'Bert' Alden
1931
Confessions of a Co-Ed
Patricia Harper
1931
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931
City Streets
Nan Cooley
1931
Five Minutes from the Station
Carrie Adams
1930
Thru Different Eyes
Valerie Briand
1929
Broadway Nights
Performer
1927
The Sorrows of Satan
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
1926