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