Sylvia Sidney
Acting
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).
Born: August 9, 1910
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Clia
as Grandma Norris
as Alice
as Becky
as Self
as Mrs. Downes
as Mrs. Lumenski
as Self (archive footage)
as Juno
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
as Fern Stobbs
as Judge
as Beatrice McKenna
as Margaret
as (archive footage)
as Margaret Smith
as Grandmother
as Marney
as Donaldina Cameron
as Self
as Mrs. Flanner
as Mrs. Flanner
as Sadie Ross
as Elizabeth Barrett
as Felicity
as Cousin Polly
as Alma Lewellyn
as Mama Carlson
as Molly
as Aunt Marion
as Lillian Gordon
as Natalie Corson
as Miss Coral
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
as Aunt Fealty
as Dora Bloch
as Elizabeth Mullin
as Clara Josephs
as Olga Grossman
as Anne Barclay
as Kitty
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
as Elizabeth Gibson
as Self
as Adela Collins
as Lonnie Taylor
as Hannah Ellis
as Miss Houk
as Beulah Ridges
as Florence Nunda
as Mrs. Kramer
as Lulu Morgan
as Mrs. Kramer
as Hilda Carmichael
as Mrs. Cosick
as Mrs. Cosick
as Elsie Braden
as Louella Wheedron
as Gloria Roma
as Laura Blake
as Fantine
as Cecily Harrington
as Cassie Bowman
as Margaret Wyndham Chase
as Iris Hilliard
as Self
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Flo Lorraine
as Mary Rogers
as Helen Roberts
as Drina Gordon
as Joan Graham
as Mrs. Verloc
as Katherine Grant
as June Tolliver
as Mary Burns
as Linda Brown
as Tonita Storm Cloud
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
as Lillie Taylor
as Jennie Gerhardt
as Mary Richards
as Cho-Cho San
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
as Joan Prentice
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
as Rose Maurrant
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
as Patricia Harper
as (archive footage)
as Nan Cooley
as Carrie Adams
as Valerie Briand
as Performer
as Bridesmaid (uncredited)