Personal Info
Known Credits
73
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1910-08-09 (115 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known For
Sophia KosowSylvia Sydneyسیلویا سیدنی
Sylvia Sidney
Biography
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, W ...
Known For
Acting
1996 --
Mars Attacks!
| Grandma Norris
1992 --
Used People
| Becky
1990 --
Night of 100 Stars III
| Self
1990 --
Andre's Mother
| Mrs. Downes
1989 --
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
| Self
1988 --
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
| Self (archive footage)
1988 --
Beetlejuice
| Juno
1987 --
The Witching of Ben Wagner
| Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
1987 --
Pals
| Fern Stobbs
1985 --
An Early Frost
| Beatrice McKenna
1985 --
Finnegan Begin Again
| Margaret
1984 --
Going Hollywood: The '30s
| (archive footage)
1983 --
Copkiller
| Margaret Smith
1983 --
The Brass Ring
| Grandmother
1982 --
Having It All
| Marney
1982 --
Hammett
| Donaldina Cameron
1982 --
Night of 100 Stars
| Self
1982 --
Come Along with Me
| Mrs. Flanner
1981 --
A Small Killing
| Sadie Ross
1980 --
The Shadow Box
| Felicity
1980 --
F.D.R.: The Last Year
| Cousin Polly
1980 --
The Gossip Columnist
| Alma Lewellyn
1978 --
Damien - Omen II
| Aunt Marion
1978 --
Siege
| Lillian Gordon
1977 --
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
| Miss Coral
1977 --
Snowbeast
| Mrs. Carrie Rill
1976 --
Raid on Entebbe
| Dora Bloch
1976 --
God Told Me To
| Elizabeth Mullin
1976 --
Death at Love House
| Clara Josephs
1975 --
Winner Take All
| Anne Barclay
1975 --
The Secret Night Caller
| Kitty
1973 --
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
| Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
1971 --
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
| Elizabeth Gibson
1958 --
No Time at All
| Mrs. Kramer
1957 --
The Helen Morgan Story
| Lulu Morgan
1956 --
Behind the High Wall
| Hilda Carmichael
1955 --
Man on the Ledge
| Mrs. Cosick
1955 --
Violent Saturday
| Elsie Braden
1952 --
Les Miserables
| Fantine
1949 --
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
| Sylvia Sidney
1947 --
Love from a Stranger
| Cecily Harrington
1946 --
The Searching Wind
| Cassie Bowman
1946 --
Mr. Ace
| Margaret Wyndham Chase
1945 --
Blood on the Sun
| Iris Hilliard
1941 --
Breakdowns of 1941
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941 --
The Wagons Roll at Night
| Flo Lorraine
1939 --
One Third of a Nation
| Mary Rogers
1938 --
You and Me
| Helen Roberts
1937 --
Dead End
| Drina Gordon
1937 --
You Only Live Once
| Joan Graham
1937 --
Sabotage
| Mrs. Verloc
1936 --
Fury
| Katherine Grant
1936 --
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
| June Tolliver
1935 --
Mary Burns, Fugitive
| Mary Burns
1935 --
Accent on Youth
| Linda Brown
1934 --
Behold My Wife!
| Tonita Storm Cloud
1934 --
Thirty Day Princess
| Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
1934 --
Good Dame
| Lillie Taylor
1933 --
Jennie Gerhardt
| Jennie Gerhardt
1933 --
Pick-up
| Mary Richards
1932 --
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
1931 --
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
1930 --
Five Minutes from the Station
| Carrie Adams
1929 --
Thru Different Eyes
| Valerie Briand
1927 --
Broadway Nights
| Performer