1910-08-09 The Bronx, 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).
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Mars Attacks! | Grandma Norris | 1996-12-13 |
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Used People | Becky | 1992-12-16 |
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Andre's Mother | Mrs. Downes | 1990-03-07 |
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Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | 1989-06-26 |
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self (archive footage) | 1988-06-05 |
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Beetlejuice | Juno | 1988-03-30 |
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The Witching of Ben Wagner | Grammy (Regina's Grandmother) | 1987-12-31 |
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Pals | Fern Stobbs | 1987-01-01 |
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Finnegan Begin Again | Margaret | 1985-02-24 |
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An Early Frost | Beatrice McKenna | 1985-05-01 |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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Copkiller | Margaret Smith | 1983-03-15 |
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The Brass Ring | Grandmother | 1983-01-01 |
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Hammett | Donaldina Cameron | 1982-06-09 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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Come Along with Me | Mrs. Flanner | 1982-02-16 |
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Having It All | Marney | 1982-10-13 |
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A Small Killing | Sadie Ross | 1981-11-24 |
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The Shadow Box | Felicity | 1980-09-30 |
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F.D.R.: The Last Year | Cousin Polly | 1980-05-15 |
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The Gossip Columnist | Alma Lewellyn | 1980-03-21 |
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Damien - Omen II | Aunt Marion | 1978-06-09 |
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Siege | Lillian Gordon | 1978-04-26 |
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Miss Coral | 1977-07-14 |
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Snowbeast | Mrs. Carrie Rill | 1977-04-28 |
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Raid on Entebbe | Dora Bloch | 1976-12-26 |
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God Told Me To | Elizabeth Mullin | 1976-10-22 |
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Death at Love House | Clara Josephs | 1976-09-02 |
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The Secret Night Caller | Kitty | 1975-02-18 |
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Winner Take All | Anne Barclay | 1975-03-03 |
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Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother | 1973-10-21 |
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Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate | Elizabeth Gibson | 1971-11-09 |
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No Time at All | Mrs. Kramer | 1958-02-13 |
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The Helen Morgan Story | Lulu Morgan | 1957-05-16 |
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Behind the High Wall | Hilda Carmichael | 1956-07-01 |
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Violent Saturday | Elsie Braden | 1955-04-01 |
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Man on the Ledge | Mrs. Cosick | 1955-12-28 |
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Les Miserables | Fantine | 1952-08-14 |
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Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner | Sylvia Sidney | 1949-07-20 |
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Love from a Stranger | Cecily Harrington | 1947-11-15 |
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Mr. Ace | Margaret Wyndham Chase | 1946-08-02 |
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The Searching Wind | Cassie Bowman | 1946-08-09 |
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Blood on the Sun | Iris Hilliard | 1945-04-26 |
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The Wagons Roll at Night | Flo Lorraine | 1941-04-25 |
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Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
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One Third of a Nation | Mary Rogers | 1939-02-10 |
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You and Me | Helen Roberts | 1938-06-01 |
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You Only Live Once | Joan Graham | 1937-01-23 |
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Dead End | Drina Gordon | 1937-08-27 |
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Sabotage | Mrs. Verloc | 1937-01-08 |
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | June Tolliver | 1936-03-13 |
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Fury | Katherine Grant | 1936-06-05 |
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Accent on Youth | Linda Brown | 1935-08-23 |
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Mary Burns, Fugitive | Mary Burns | 1935-11-15 |
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Behold My Wife! | Tonita Storm Cloud | 1934-12-06 |
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Thirty Day Princess | Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina | 1934-05-18 |
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Good Dame | Lillie Taylor | 1934-03-16 |
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Jennie Gerhardt | Jennie Gerhardt | 1933-06-08 |
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Pick-up | Mary Richards | 1933-03-24 |
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Make Me a Star | Sylvia Sidney (uncredited) | 1932-07-01 |
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Merrily We Go to Hell | Joan Prentice | 1932-06-10 |
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The Miracle Man | Helen Smith aka Helen Vail | 1932-04-01 |
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Madame Butterfly | Cho-Cho San | 1932-12-30 |
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City Streets | Nan Cooley | 1931-04-18 |
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An American Tragedy | Roberta 'Bert' Alden | 1931-08-22 |
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Ladies of the Big House | Kathleen Storm McNeil | 1931-12-26 |
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The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
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Street Scene | Rose Maurrant | 1931-09-05 |
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Confessions of a Co-Ed | Patricia Harper | 1931-07-11 |
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Five Minutes from the Station | Carrie Adams | 1930-09-30 |
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Thru Different Eyes | Valerie Briand | 1929-04-13 |
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Broadway Nights | Performer | 1927-05-15 |
