Sylvia Sidney
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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
Credits
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as Grandma Norris
Beetlejuice (1988)
as Juno
Damien - Omen II (1978)
as Aunt Marion
Used People (1992)
as Becky
Dead End (1937)
as Drina
Fury (1936)
as Katherine Grant
Sabotage (1937)
as Mrs. Verloc
Snowbeast (1977)
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
You and Me (1938)
as Helen Roberts
God Told Me To (1976)
as Elizabeth Mullin
An Early Frost (1985)
as Beatrice McKenna
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
as Dora Bloch
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
as Flo Lorraine
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
as June Tolliver
Copkiller (1983)
as Margaret Smith
Les Miserables (1952)
as Fantine
Street Scene (1931)
as Rose Maurrant
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Joan Graham
Pick-up (1933)
as Mary Richards
City Streets (1931)
as Nan Cooley
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
as Miss Coral
The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blood on the Sun (1945)
as Iris Hilliard
Hammett (1982)
as Donaldina Cameron
An American Tragedy (1931)
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Violent Saturday (1955)
as Elsie Braden
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Joan Prentice
Madame Butterfly (1932)
as Cho-Cho San
Behold My Wife! (1934)
as Tonita Storm Cloud
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
The Shadow Box (1980)
as Felicity
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
as Alma Lewellyn
Siege (1978)
as Lillian Gordon
Winner Take All (1975)
as Anne Barclay
Good Dame (1934)
as Lillie Taylor
Ladies of the Big House (1931)
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
Thru Different Eyes (1929)
as Valerie Briand
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
No Time at All (1958)
as Mrs. Kramer
One Third of a Nation (1939)
as Mary Rogers
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
as Mary Burns
Having It All (1982)
as Marney
Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931)
as Patricia Harper
Behind the High Wall (1956)
as Hilda Carmichael
Love from a Stranger (1947)
as Cecily Harrington
Pals (1987)
as Fern Stobbs
Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
as Jennie Gerhardt
Thirty Day Princess (1934)
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
as Cousin Polly
Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
as Margaret
Mr. Ace (1946)
as Margaret Wyndham Chase
Make Me a Star (1932)
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Death at Love House (1976)
as Clara Josephs
A Small Killing (1981)
as Sadie Ross
The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987)
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Man on the Ledge (1955)
as Mrs. Cosick
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
The Brass Ring (1983)
as Grandmother
Accent on Youth (1935)
as Linda Brown
Five Minutes from the Station (1930)
as Carrie Adams
Broadway Nights (1927)
as Performer
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Lulu Morgan
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)
as Elizabeth Gibson
Andre's Mother (1990)
as Mrs. Downes
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
as (archive footage)
Come Along with Me (1982)
as Mrs. Flanner
The Secret Night Caller (1975)
as Kitty
The Searching Wind (1946)
as Cassie Bowman
The Miracle Man (1932)
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949)
as Sylvia Sidney