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Sylvia Sidney

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Sylvia Sidney

Born August 9, 1910 in The Bronx, New York, USADied July 1, 199966 films

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).

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Fury posterFirst watchFury19367.5as Katherine GrantJoe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Beetlejuice poster7.4Beetlejuice1988Mars Attacks! poster6.4Mars Attacks!1996Damien - Omen II poster6.4Damien - Omen II1978Sabotage poster6.7Sabotage1936You Only Live Once poster7.1You Only Live Once1937Dead End poster7.0Dead End1937Violent Saturday poster6.7Violent Saturday1955God Told Me To poster5.8God Told Me To1976

Filmography

66 films as actor
  1. 1996Mars Attacks!Grandma Norris
  2. 1992Used PeopleBecky
  3. 1990Andre's MotherMrs. Downes
  4. 1988BeetlejuiceJuno
  5. 1987The Witching of Ben WagnerGrammy (Regina's Grandmother)
  6. 1987PalsFern Stobbs
  7. 1985An Early FrostBeatrice McKenna
  8. 1985Finnegan Begin AgainMargaret
  9. 1983CopkillerMargaret Smith
  10. 1983The Brass RingGrandmother
  11. 1982Having It AllMarney
  12. 1982HammettDonaldina Cameron
  13. 1982Come Along with MeMrs. Flanner
  14. 1981A Small KillingSadie Ross
  15. 1980The Shadow BoxFelicity
  16. 1980F.D.R.: The Last YearCousin Polly
  17. 1980The Gossip ColumnistAlma Lewellyn
  18. 1978Damien - Omen IIAunt Marion
  19. 1978SiegeLillian Gordon
  20. 1977I Never Promised You a Rose GardenMiss Coral
  21. 1977SnowbeastMrs. Carrie Rill
  22. 1976Raid on EntebbeDora Bloch
  23. 1976God Told Me ToElizabeth Mullin
  24. 1976Death at Love HouseClara Josephs
  25. 1975Winner Take AllAnne Barclay
  26. 1975The Secret Night CallerKitty
  27. 1973Summer Wishes, Winter DreamsMrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
  28. 1971Do Not Fold, Spindle, or MutilateElizabeth Gibson
  29. 1958No Time at AllMrs. Kramer
  30. 1957The Helen Morgan StoryLulu Morgan
  31. 1956Behind the High WallHilda Carmichael
  32. 1955Man on the LedgeMrs. Cosick
  33. 1955Violent SaturdayElsie Braden
  34. 1952Les MiserablesFantine
  35. 1947Love from a StrangerCecily Harrington
  36. 1946The Searching WindCassie Bowman
  37. 1946Mr. AceMargaret Wyndham Chase
  38. 1945Blood on the SunIris Hilliard
  39. 1941The Wagons Roll at NightFlo Lorraine
  40. 1939One Third of a NationMary Rogers
  41. 1938You and MeHelen Roberts
  42. 1937Dead EndDrina
  43. 1937You Only Live OnceJoan Graham
  44. 1936SabotageMrs. Verloc
  45. 1936FuryKatherine Grant
  46. 1936The Trail of the Lonesome PineJune Tolliver
  47. 1935Mary Burns, FugitiveMary Burns
  48. 1935Accent on YouthLinda Brown
  49. 1934Behold My Wife!Tonita Storm Cloud
  50. 1934Thirty Day PrincessNancy Lane / Princess Catterina
  51. 1934Good DameLillie Taylor
  52. 1933Jennie GerhardtJennie Gerhardt
  53. 1933Pick-upMary Richards
  54. 1932Madame ButterflyCho-cho San
  55. 1932Make Me a StarSylvia Sidney (uncredited)
  56. 1932Merrily We Go to HellJoan Prentice
  57. 1932The Miracle ManHelen Smith aka Helen Vail
  58. 1931Ladies of the Big HouseKathleen Storm McNeil
  59. 1931Street SceneRose Maurrant
  60. 1931An American TragedyRoberta 'Bert' Alden
  61. 1931Confessions of a Co-EdPatricia Harper
  62. 1931City StreetsNan Cooley
  63. 1930Five Minutes from the StationCarrie Adams
  64. 1929Thru Different EyesValerie Briand
  65. 1927Broadway NightsPerformer
  66. 1926The Sorrows of SatanBridesmaid (uncredited)