Sylvia Sidney

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Sylvia Sidney

Acting August 9, 1910

The Bronx, New York, USA

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 dozen…

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Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

7.4 1988 Movie
Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

6.4 1996 Movie
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3 1977 TV Show
Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

7.3 1980 TV Show
Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

7.1 1993 TV Show
Damien - Omen II

Damien - Omen II

6.4 1978 Movie
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.0 1944 TV Show
The Equalizer

The Equalizer

7.1 1985 TV Show
Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch

7.3 1975 TV Show
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
The Defenders

The Defenders

6.3 1961 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1998
    Fantasy Island

    TV show Clia

  2. 1996
    Mars Attacks!

    Movie Grandma Norris

  3. 1993
    Diagnosis: Murder

    TV show Alice

  4. 1992
    Used People

    Movie Becky

  5. 1990
    Night of 100 Stars III

    Movie Self

  6. 1990
    Andre's Mother

    Movie Mrs. Downes

  7. 1989
    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    Movie Self

  8. 1988
    Dear John

    TV show Mrs. Lumenski

  9. 1988
    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 1988
    Beetlejuice

    Movie Juno

  11. 1987
    The Witching of Ben Wagner

    Movie Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)

  12. 1987
    thirtysomething

    TV show

  13. 1987
    Pals

    Movie Fern Stobbs

  14. 1985
    The Equalizer

    TV show Judge

  15. 1985
    An Early Frost

    Movie Beatrice McKenna

  16. 1985
    Finnegan Begin Again

    Movie Margaret

More credits
  1. 1984
    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Movie (archive footage)

  2. 1983
    Copkiller

    Movie Margaret Smith

  3. 1983
    The Brass Ring

    Movie Grandmother

  4. 1982
    Having It All

    Movie Marney

  5. 1982
    Hammett

    Movie Donaldina Cameron

  6. 1982
    Night of 100 Stars

    Movie Self

  7. 1982
    Come Along with Me

    Movie Mrs. Flanner

  8. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Mrs. Flanner

  9. 1981
    A Small Killing

    Movie Sadie Ross

  10. 1980
    Magnum, P.I.

    TV show Elizabeth Barrett

  11. 1980
    The Shadow Box

    Movie Felicity

  12. 1980
    F.D.R.: The Last Year

    Movie Cousin Polly

  13. 1980
    The Gossip Columnist

    Movie Alma Lewellyn

  14. 1979
    Supertrain

    TV show Agatha Wills

  15. 1978
    WKRP in Cincinnati

    TV show Lillian Carlson

  16. 1978
    Kaz

    TV show Molly

  17. 1978
    Damien - Omen II

    Movie Aunt Marion

  18. 1978
    Siege

    Movie Lillian Gordon

  19. 1977
    The Love Boat

    TV show Natalie Corson

  20. 1977
    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

    Movie Miss Coral

  21. 1977
    Snowbeast

    Movie Mrs. Carrie Rill

  22. 1977
    Eight Is Enough

    TV show Aunt Fealty

  23. 1976
    Raid on Entebbe

    Movie Dora Bloch

  24. 1976
    God Told Me To

    Movie Elizabeth Mullin