Sylvia Sidney
Acting
- Born:
- 1910-08-09
- Died:
- 1999-07-01
- Place of birth:
- The Bronx, New York, USA
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
Filmography
Fantasy Island
Mars Attacks!
Diagnosis: Murder
Used People
Night of 100 Stars III
Andre's Mother
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Dear John
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Beetlejuice
The Witching of Ben Wagner
thirtysomething
Pals
The Equalizer
An Early Frost
Finnegan Begin Again
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Copkiller
The Brass Ring
Having It All
Hammett
Night of 100 Stars
Come Along with Me
American Playhouse
A Small Killing
Magnum, P.I.
The Shadow Box
F.D.R.: The Last Year
The Gossip Columnist
Supertrain
WKRP in Cincinnati
Kaz
Damien - Omen II
Siege
The Love Boat
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Snowbeast
Eight Is Enough
Raid on Entebbe
God Told Me To
Death at Love House
Starsky & Hutch
Winner Take All
The Secret Night Caller
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
The Mike Douglas Show
The Defenders
Special for Women
Route 66
My Three Sons
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Naked City
No Time at All
The Polly Bergen Show
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Helen Morgan Story
Playhouse 90
Behind the High Wall
Man on the Ledge