Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

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).

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Movies starring Sylvia Sidney (74)

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Grandma Norris

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

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)

Pals (1987)

Fern Stobbs

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

A Small Killing (1981)

Sadie Ross

The Shadow Box (1980)

Felicity

F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)

Cousin Polly

The Gossip Columnist (1980)

Alma Lewellyn

Damien - Omen II (1978)

Aunt Marion

Siege (1978)

Lillian Gordon

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

Miss Coral

Snowbeast (1977)

Mrs. Carrie Rill

Raid on Entebbe (1976)

Dora Bloch

God Told Me To (1976)

Elizabeth Mullin

Death at Love House (1976)

Clara Josephs

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

No Time at All (1958)

Mrs. Kramer

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

Lulu Morgan

Behind the High Wall (1956)

Hilda Carmichael

Man on the Ledge (1955)

Mrs. Cosick

Violent Saturday (1955)

Elsie Braden

Les Miserables (1952)

Fantine

Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (1949)

Sylvia Sidney

Love from a Stranger (1947)

Cecily Harrington

The Searching Wind (1946)

Cassie Bowman

Mr. Ace (1946)

Margaret Wyndham Chase

Blood on the Sun (1945)

Iris Hilliard

Breakdowns of 1941 (1941)

Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)

Flo Lorraine

One Third of a Nation (1939)

Mary Rogers

You and Me (1938)

Helen Roberts

Dead End (1937)

Drina

You Only Live Once (1937)

Joan Graham

Sabotage (1937)

Mrs. Verloc

Fury (1936)

Katherine Grant

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)

June Tolliver

Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)

Mary Burns

Accent on Youth (1935)

Linda Brown

Behold My Wife! (1934)

Tonita Storm Cloud

Thirty Day Princess (1934)

Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina

Good Dame (1934)

Lillie Taylor

Jennie Gerhardt (1933)

Jennie Gerhardt

Pick-up (1933)

Mary Richards

Madame Butterfly (1932)

Cho-Cho San

Make Me a Star (1932)

Sylvia Sidney (Uncredited)

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

Joan Prentice

The Miracle Man (1932)

Helen Smith Aka Helen Vail

Ladies of the Big House (1931)

Kathleen Storm Mcneil

Street Scene (1931)

Rose Maurrant

An American Tragedy (1931)

Roberta 'Bert' Alden

Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931)

Patricia Harper

The House That Shadows Built (1931)

(Archive Footage)

City Streets (1931)

Nan Cooley

Five Minutes from the Station (1930)

Carrie Adams

Thru Different Eyes (1929)

Valerie Briand

Broadway Nights (1927)

Performer

The Sorrows of Satan (1926)

Bridesmaid (Uncredited)

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