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, Winter Dreams (1973).

Known For

The Mike Douglas Show

Diagnosis: Murder

The Love Boat

Golden Globe Awards

My Three Sons

Magnum, P.I.

The Equalizer

The Philco Television Playhouse

All Movies (74)

• Mars Attacks!1996 · as Grandma Norris
• Used People1992 · as Becky
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Andre's Mother1990 · as Mrs. Downes
• Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989 · as Self
• Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Beetlejuice1988 · as Juno
• The Witching of Ben Wagner1987 · as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
• Pals1987 · as Fern Stobbs
• An Early Frost1985 · as Beatrice McKenna
• Finnegan Begin Again1985 · as Margaret
• Going Hollywood: The '30s1984 · as (archive footage)
• Copkiller1983 · as Margaret Smith
• The Brass Ring1983 · as Grandmother
• Having It All1982 · as Marney
• Hammett1982 · as Donaldina Cameron
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Come Along with Me1982 · as Mrs. Flanner
• A Small Killing1981 · as Sadie Ross
• The Shadow Box1980 · as Felicity
• F.D.R.: The Last Year1980 · as Cousin Polly
• The Gossip Columnist1980 · as Alma Lewellyn
• Damien - Omen II1978 · as Aunt Marion
• Siege1978 · as Lillian Gordon
• I Never Promised You a Rose Garden1977 · as Miss Coral
• Snowbeast1977 · as Mrs. Carrie Rill
• Raid on Entebbe1976 · as Dora Bloch
• God Told Me To1976 · as Elizabeth Mullin
• Death at Love House1976 · as Clara Josephs
• Winner Take All1975 · as Anne Barclay
• The Secret Night Caller1975 · as Kitty
• Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams1973 · as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
• Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate1971 · as Elizabeth Gibson
• No Time at All1958 · as Mrs. Kramer
• The Helen Morgan Story1957 · as Lulu Morgan
• Behind the High Wall1956 · as Hilda Carmichael
• Man on the Ledge1955 · as Mrs. Cosick
• Violent Saturday1955 · as Elsie Braden
• Les Miserables1952 · as Fantine
• Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner1949 · as Sylvia Sidney
• Love from a Stranger1947 · as Cecily Harrington
• The Searching Wind1946 · as Cassie Bowman
• Mr. Ace1946 · as Margaret Wyndham Chase
• Blood on the Sun1945 · as Iris Hilliard
• Breakdowns of 19411941 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Wagons Roll at Night1941 · as Flo Lorraine
• One Third of a Nation1939 · as Mary Rogers
• You and Me1938 · as Helen Roberts
• Dead End1937 · as Drina
• You Only Live Once1937 · as Joan Graham
• Sabotage1937 · as Mrs. Verloc
• Fury1936 · as Katherine Grant
• The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1936 · as June Tolliver
• Mary Burns, Fugitive1935 · as Mary Burns
• Accent on Youth1935 · as Linda Brown
• Behold My Wife!1934 · as Tonita Storm Cloud
• Thirty Day Princess1934 · as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
• Good Dame1934 · as Lillie Taylor
• Jennie Gerhardt1933 · as Jennie Gerhardt
• Pick-up1933 · as Mary Richards
• Madame Butterfly1932 · as Cho-Cho San
• Make Me a Star1932 · as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
• Merrily We Go to Hell1932 · as Joan Prentice
• The Miracle Man1932 · as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
• Ladies of the Big House1931 · as Kathleen Storm McNeil
• Street Scene1931 · as Rose Maurrant
• An American Tragedy1931 · as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
• Confessions of a Co-Ed1931 · as Patricia Harper
• The House That Shadows Built1931 · as (archive footage)
• City Streets1931 · as Nan Cooley
• Five Minutes from the Station1930 · as Carrie Adams
• Thru Different Eyes1929 · as Valerie Briand
• Broadway Nights1927 · as Performer
• The Sorrows of Satan1926 · as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

All TV Shows (40)

• Fantasy Island1998 · as Clia
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Alice
• Dear John1988 · as Mrs. Lumenski
• thirtysomething1987
• The Equalizer1985 · as Judge
• American Playhouse1982 · as Mrs. Flanner
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Elizabeth Barrett
• Supertrain1979 · as Agatha Wills
• WKRP in Cincinnati1978 · as Lillian Carlson
• Kaz1978 · as Molly
• The Love Boat1977 · as Natalie Corson
• Eight Is Enough1977 · as Aunt Fealty
• Starsky & Hutch1975 · as Olga Grossman
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Defenders1961 · as Adela Collins
• Special for Women1960 · as Minna Borden
• Route 661960 · as Lonnie Taylor
• Route 661960 · as Hannah Ellis
• My Three Sons1960 · as Miss Houk
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as Beulah Ridges
• Naked City1958 · as Florence Nunda
• The Polly Bergen Show1957 · as Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• Playhouse 901956 · as Mrs. Kramer
• The 20th Century Fox Hour1955 · as Mrs. Cosick
• Playwrights '561955
• Climax!1954
• Climax!1954 · as Louella Wheedron
• Kraft Television Theatre1953
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Gloria Roma
• The Ford Television Theatre1952
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Laura Blake
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Tales of Tomorrow1951
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Joyce
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Laura Barrie
• Cameo Theatre1950
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948
• Kraft Television Theatre1947
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self