Acting

Sylvia Sidney

Born 1910-08-09 · The Bronx, New York, USA

Died 1999-07-01

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).

Credits

Newest first

Fantasy Island
as Clia
1998
Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris
1996
Diagnosis: Murder
as Alice
1993
Used People
as Becky
1992
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
Andre's Mother
as Mrs. Downes
1990
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
1989
Dear John
as Mrs. Lumenski
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Beetlejuice
as Juno
1988
The Witching of Ben Wagner
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
1987
thirtysomething
1987
Pals
as Fern Stobbs
1987
The Equalizer
as Judge
1985
An Early Frost
as Beatrice McKenna
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
as Margaret
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
Copkiller
as Margaret Smith
1983
The Brass Ring
as Grandmother
1983
Having It All
as Marney
1982
Hammett
as Donaldina Cameron
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
Come Along with Me
as Mrs. Flanner
1982
American Playhouse
as Mrs. Flanner
1982
American Playhouse
as Mrs. Downs
1982
A Small Killing
as Sadie Ross
1981
Magnum, P.I.
as Elizabeth Barrett
1980
The Shadow Box
as Felicity
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Cousin Polly
1980
The Gossip Columnist
as Alma Lewellyn
1980
Supertrain
as Agatha Wills
1979
WKRP in Cincinnati
as Lillian Carlson
1978
Kaz
as Molly
1978
Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion
1978
Siege
as Lillian Gordon
1978
The Love Boat
as Natalie Corson
1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Miss Coral
1977
Snowbeast
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
1977
Eight Is Enough
as Aunt Fealty
1977
Raid on Entebbe
as Dora Bloch
1976
God Told Me To
as Elizabeth Mullin
1976
Death at Love House
as Clara Josephs
1976
Starsky & Hutch
as Olga Grossman
1975
Winner Take All
as Anne Barclay
1975
The Secret Night Caller
as Kitty
1975
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
1973
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Elizabeth Gibson
1971
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Defenders
as Adela Collins
1961
Special for Women
as Minna Borden
1960
Route 66
as Lonnie Taylor
1960
Route 66
as Hannah Ellis
1960
My Three Sons
as Miss Houk
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Beulah Ridges
1959
Naked City
as Florence Nunda
1958
No Time at All
as Mrs. Kramer
1958
The Polly Bergen Show
as Self
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
as Lulu Morgan
1957
Playhouse 90
as Mrs. Kramer
1956
Behind the High Wall
as Hilda Carmichael
1956
Man on the Ledge
as Mrs. Cosick
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mrs. Cosick
1955
Playwrights '56
1955
Violent Saturday
as Elsie Braden
1955
Climax!
1954
Climax!
as Louella Wheedron
1954
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
General Electric Theater
as Gloria Roma
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
as Laura Blake
1952
Les Miserables
as Fantine
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
as Joyce
1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Laura Barrie
1950
Cameo Theatre
1950
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
as Sylvia Sidney
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Love from a Stranger
as Cecily Harrington
1947