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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).

Known For: Acting

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

Died: 1999-07-01

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1926	The Sorrows of Satan	Bridesmaid (uncredited)	67
2	1927	Broadway Nights	Performer	60
3	1929	Thru Different Eyes	Valerie Briand	0
4	1930	Five Minutes from the Station	Carrie Adams	60
5	1931	City Streets	Nan Cooley	62
6	1931	The House That Shadows Built	(archive footage)	70
7	1931	Confessions of a Co-Ed	Patricia Harper	58
8	1931	An American Tragedy	Roberta 'Bert' Alden	61
9	1931	Street Scene	Rose Maurrant	68
10	1931	Ladies of the Big House	Kathleen Storm McNeil	60
11	1932	The Miracle Man	Helen Smith aka Helen Vail	57
12	1932	Merrily We Go to Hell	Joan Prentice	64
13	1932	Make Me a Star	Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)	55
14	1932	Madame Butterfly	Cho-Cho San	55
15	1933	Pick-up	Mary Richards	48
16	1933	Jennie Gerhardt	Jennie Gerhardt	40
17	1934	Good Dame	Lillie Taylor	55
18	1934	Thirty Day Princess	Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina	68
19	1934	Behold My Wife!	Tonita Storm Cloud	70
20	1935	Accent on Youth	Linda Brown	55
21	1935	Mary Burns, Fugitive	Mary Burns	0
22	1936	The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	June Tolliver	64
23	1936	Fury	Katherine Grant	74
24	1937	Sabotage	Mrs. Verloc	67
25	1937	You Only Live Once	Joan Graham	71
26	1937	Dead End	Drina Gordon	70
27	1938	You and Me	Helen Roberts	67
28	1939	One Third of a Nation	Mary Rogers	58
29	1941	The Wagons Roll at Night	Flo Lorraine	65
30	1941	Breakdowns of 1941	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	70
31	1945	Blood on the Sun	Iris Hilliard	58
32	1946	Mr. Ace	Margaret Wyndham Chase	56
33	1946	The Searching Wind	Cassie Bowman	0
34	1947	Love from a Stranger	Cecily Harrington	57
35	1949	Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner	Sylvia Sidney	0
36	1952	Les Miserables	Fantine	54
37	1955	Violent Saturday	Elsie Braden	68
38	1955	Man on the Ledge	Mrs. Cosick	0
39	1956	Behind the High Wall	Hilda Carmichael	51
40	1957	The Helen Morgan Story	Lulu Morgan	0
41	1958	No Time at All	Mrs. Kramer	0
42	1971	Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate	Elizabeth Gibson	59
43	1973	Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams	Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother	56
44	1975	The Secret Night Caller	Kitty	65
45	1975	Winner Take All	Anne Barclay	70
46	1976	Death at Love House	Clara Josephs	47
47	1976	God Told Me To	Elizabeth Mullin	59
48	1976	Raid on Entebbe	Dora Bloch	60
49	1977	Snowbeast	Mrs. Carrie Rill	42
50	1977	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden	Miss Coral	60
51	1978	Siege	Lillian Gordon	62
52	1978	Damien - Omen II	Aunt Marion	64
53	1980	The Gossip Columnist	Alma Lewellyn	75
54	1980	F.D.R.: The Last Year	Cousin Polly	58
55	1980	The Shadow Box	Felicity	52
56	1981	A Small Killing	Sadie Ross	80
57	1982	Come Along with Me	Mrs. Flanner	60
58	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	67
59	1982	Hammett	Donaldina Cameron	62
60	1982	Having It All	Marney	50
61	1983	The Brass Ring	Grandmother	70
62	1983	Copkiller	Margaret Smith	58
63	1984	Going Hollywood: The '30s	(archive footage)	100
64	1985	Finnegan Begin Again	Margaret	63
65	1985	An Early Frost	Beatrice McKenna	60
66	1987	Pals	Fern Stobbs	37
67	1987	The Witching of Ben Wagner	Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)	56
68	1988	Beetlejuice	Juno	74
69	1988	Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man	Self (archive footage)	70
70	1989	Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre	Self	0
71	1990	Andre's Mother	Mrs. Downes	0
72	1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self	40
73	1992	Used People	Becky	55
74	1996	Mars Attacks!	Grandma Norris	64

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self	72
2	1947	Kraft Television Theatre		75
3	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		63
4	1950	Cameo Theatre		0
5	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Joyce	63
6	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Laura Barrie	63
7	1951	Tales of Tomorrow		60
8	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
9	1952	The Ford Television Theatre		73
10	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Laura Blake	73
11	1953	General Electric Theater	Gloria Roma	63
12	1953	Kraft Television Theatre		0
13	1954	Climax!		33
14	1954	Climax!	Louella Wheedron	33
15	1955	Playwrights '56		60
16	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Mrs. Cosick	54
17	1956	Playhouse 90	Mrs. Kramer	76
18	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
19	1957	The Polly Bergen Show	Self	0
20	1958	Naked City	Florence Nunda	55
21	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Beulah Ridges	63
22	1960	My Three Sons	Miss Houk	65
23	1960	Route 66	Lonnie Taylor	63
24	1960	Route 66	Hannah Ellis	63
25	1961	The Defenders	Adela Collins	62
26	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
27	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Olga Grossman	73
28	1977	Eight Is Enough		60
29	1977	The Love Boat	Natalie Corson	63
30	1978	Kaz	Molly	50
31	1978	WKRP in Cincinnati	Mama Carlson	75
32	1980	Magnum, P.I.	Elizabeth Barrett	73
33	1982	American Playhouse	Mrs. Flanner	63
34	1985	The Equalizer	Judge	72
35	1987	thirtysomething		63
36	1988	Dear John	Mrs. Lumenski	57
37	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Alice	71
38	1998	Fantasy Island	Clia	75