
Cast
Sylvia Sidney
Acting
Cast
Sylvia Sidney
Known for
Acting
Born
1910-08-09
From
The Bronx, New York, USA
Died
1999-07-01
Also known as Sophia Kosow, Sylvia Sydney, سیلویا سیدنی
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).

Beetlejuice
as Juno

Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris

Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion

Fury
as Katherine Grant

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self

Dead End
as Drina

Sabotage
as Mrs. Verloc

Les Miserables
as Fantine

Night of 100 Stars
as Self

Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho San

Raid on Entebbe
as Dora Bloch

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Miss Coral

Night of 100 Stars III
as Self

Hammett
as Donaldina Cameron

You and Me
as Helen Roberts

City Streets
as Nan Cooley

Pals
as Fern Stobbs

Used People
as Becky

Violent Saturday
as Elsie Braden

An Early Frost
as Beatrice McKenna

You Only Live Once
as Joan Graham

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)

Copkiller
as Margaret Smith

An American Tragedy
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden

F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Cousin Polly

Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Patricia Harper

Snowbeast
as Mrs. Carrie Rill

Mr. Ace
as Margaret Wyndham Chase

Thirty Day Princess
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as June Tolliver

God Told Me To
as Elizabeth Mullin

Having It All
as Marney

Behold My Wife!
as Tonita Storm Cloud

Pick-up
as Mary Richards

Ladies of the Big House
as Kathleen Storm McNeil

Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)

The Secret Night Caller
as Kitty

The Wagons Roll at Night
as Flo Lorraine

Blood on the Sun
as Iris Hilliard

Street Scene
as Rose Maurrant

Merrily We Go to Hell
as Joan Prentice

Jennie Gerhardt
as Jennie Gerhardt

The Gossip Columnist
as Alma Lewellyn

Death at Love House
as Clara Josephs

The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)

Siege
as Lillian Gordon

The Miracle Man
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail

A Small Killing
as Sadie Ross

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Elizabeth Gibson

The Shadow Box
as Felicity

The Helen Morgan Story
as Lulu Morgan

The Sorrows of Satan
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Behind the High Wall
as Hilda Carmichael

The Brass Ring
as Grandmother

Man on the Ledge
as Mrs. Cosick

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother

Accent on Youth
as Linda Brown

Come Along with Me
as Mrs. Flanner

Andre's Mother
as Mrs. Downes

Thru Different Eyes
as Valerie Briand

Finnegan Begin Again
as Margaret

Winner Take All
as Anne Barclay

No Time at All
as Mrs. Kramer

Good Dame
as Lillie Taylor

Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Mary Burns

Make Me a Star
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)

The Witching of Ben Wagner
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)

Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
as Sylvia Sidney

Love from a Stranger
as Cecily Harrington

One Third of a Nation
as Mary Rogers

The Searching Wind
as Cassie Bowman

Five Minutes from the Station
as Carrie Adams

Broadway Nights
as Performer