Sylvia Sidney
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday9 August 1910
Died1 July 1999 (age 88)
Place of birthThe Bronx, New York, USA
Known credits110
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, Winter Dreams (1973).
Fantasy Island
1998 · Clia
Mars Attacks!
1996 · Grandma Norris
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Alice
Used People
1992 · Becky
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
Andre's Mother
1990 · Mrs. Downes
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 · Self
Dear John
1988 · Mrs. Lumenski
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Beetlejuice
1988 · Juno
The Witching of Ben Wagner
1987 · Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
thirtysomething
1987
Pals
1987 · Fern Stobbs
The Equalizer
1985 · Judge
An Early Frost
1985 · Beatrice McKenna
Finnegan Begin Again
1985 · Margaret
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
Copkiller
1983 · Margaret Smith
The Brass Ring
1983 · Grandmother
Having It All
1982 · Marney
Hammett
1982 · Donaldina Cameron
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Come Along with Me
1982 · Mrs. Flanner
American Playhouse
1982 · Mrs. Flanner
American Playhouse
1982 · Mrs. Downs
A Small Killing
1981 · Sadie Ross
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Elizabeth Barrett
The Shadow Box
1980 · Felicity
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980 · Cousin Polly
The Gossip Columnist
1980 · Alma Lewellyn
Supertrain
1979 · Agatha Wills
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978 · Lillian Carlson
Kaz
1978 · Molly
Damien - Omen II
1978 · Aunt Marion
Siege
1978 · Lillian Gordon
The Love Boat
1977 · Natalie Corson
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977 · Miss Coral
Snowbeast
1977 · Mrs. Carrie Rill
Eight Is Enough
1977 · Aunt Fealty
Raid on Entebbe
1976 · Dora Bloch
God Told Me To
1976 · Elizabeth Mullin
Death at Love House
1976 · Clara Josephs
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Olga Grossman
Winner Take All
1975 · Anne Barclay
The Secret Night Caller
1975 · Kitty
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973 · Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971 · Elizabeth Gibson
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
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