
Sylvia Sidney
Known for: Acting
Born: August 9, 1910
Died: July 1, 1999
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, W…
Known for

Sabotage
1937

Dead End
1937

Fury
1936

You and Me
1938

Madame Butterfly
1932

You Only Live Once
1937

Merrily We Go to Hell
1932

Thirty Day Princess
1934

Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935

Street Scene
1931

Ladies of the Big House
1931

Pick-up
1933

Behold My Wife!
1934

Good Dame
1934

Jennie Gerhardt
1933

One Third of a Nation
1939

Accent on Youth
1935

The Miracle Man
1932

City Streets
1931

Behind the High Wall
1956

Snowbeast
1977

Love from a Stranger
1947

Blood on the Sun
1945

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936

The Wagons Roll at Night
1941

An American Tragedy
1931

Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931

Siege
1978

The Searching Wind
1946

The Helen Morgan Story
1957

The Brass Ring
1983

Five Minutes from the Station
1930

Mr. Ace
1946

Man on the Ledge
1955

Andre's Mother
1990

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973

Pals
1987

Death at Love House
1976

Come Along with Me
1982

Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949

God Told Me To
1976

An Early Frost
1985

Finnegan Begin Again
1985

Les Miserables
1952

The Secret Night Caller
1975

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971

Copkiller
1983

The Witching of Ben Wagner
1987

The Shadow Box
1980

Having It All
1982

A Small Killing
1981

Winner Take All
1975

Damien - Omen II
1978

Used People
1992

Raid on Entebbe
1976

Beetlejuice
1988

Thru Different Eyes
1929

Broadway Nights
1927

Violent Saturday
1955

The Gossip Columnist
1980

The House That Shadows Built
1931

Hammett
1982

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977

F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989

No Time at All
1958

Mars Attacks!
1996

Breakdowns of 1941
1941

Make Me a Star
1932

The Sorrows of Satan
1926

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988

Magnum, P.I.
1980

Fantasy Island
1998

WKRP in Cincinnati
1978

thirtysomething
1987

Starsky & Hutch
1975

My Three Sons
1960

Naked City
1958

Diagnosis: Murder
1993

The Equalizer
1985

General Electric Theater
1953
Lux Video Theatre
1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

Climax!
1954

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Playwrights '56
1955

Tales of Tomorrow
1951

The Defenders
1961

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959

Route 66
1960

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Dear John
1988

The Love Boat
1977

Playhouse 90
1956

Golden Globe Awards
1944
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
The Polly Bergen Show
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Cameo Theatre
1950

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

Kaz
1978

Eight Is Enough
1977

Supertrain
1979

Special for Women
1960

American Playhouse
1982

Night of 100 Stars III
1990

Night of 100 Stars
1982