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