Sylvia Sidney
Born: 1910-08-09
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York, USA
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).
Known For
The Sorrows of Satan
1926★ 6.7
The Helen Morgan Story
1957★ 0.0
Beetlejuice
1988★ 7.4
The Miracle Man
1932★ 5.7
Mars Attacks!
1996★ 6.4
A Small Killing
1981★ 8.0
Street Scene
1931★ 6.7
Violent Saturday
1955★ 6.7
An Early Frost
1985★ 5.7
Raid on Entebbe
1976★ 6.0
Les Miserables
1952★ 5.2
Hammett
1982★ 6.2
Broadway Nights
1927★ 6.0
City Streets
1931★ 6.2
Copkiller
1983★ 5.8
Pick-up
1933★ 4.0
Pals
1987★ 3.7
Madame Butterfly
1932★ 5.2
Damien - Omen II
1978★ 6.4
Used People
1992★ 5.7
Come Along with Me
1982★ 6.0
Siege
1978★ 6.2
The Shadow Box
1980★ 4.6
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977★ 5.8
Behold My Wife!
1934★ 7.0
Thru Different Eyes
1929★ 0.0
Mr. Ace
1946★ 5.6
Jennie Gerhardt
1933★ 4.0
The Secret Night Caller
1975★ 6.5
Sabotage
1937★ 6.7
Fury
1936★ 7.4
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971★ 5.9
Dead End
1937★ 7.0
Andre's Mother
1990★ 0.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984★ 10.0
Having It All
1982★ 5.0
You and Me
1938★ 6.5
Snowbeast
1977★ 4.2
Winner Take All
1975★ 7.0
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935★ 0.0
God Told Me To
1976★ 5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982★ 6.7
Thirty Day Princess
1934★ 6.8
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936★ 6.5
Love from a Stranger
1947★ 5.7
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932★ 6.3
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941★ 6.4
You Only Live Once
1937★ 7.1
Death at Love House
1976★ 4.7
One Third of a Nation
1939★ 5.8
Night of 100 Stars III
1990★ 4.0
Ladies of the Big House
1931★ 6.0
Breakdowns of 1941
1941★ 7.0
Blood on the Sun
1945★ 5.8
Behind the High Wall
1956★ 5.1
Finnegan Begin Again
1985★ 6.3
The House That Shadows Built
1931★ 7.0
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973★ 5.4
An American Tragedy
1931★ 6.1
The Witching of Ben Wagner
1987★ 5.2
The Gossip Columnist
1980★ 7.5
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980★ 5.8
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988★ 7.0
Good Dame
1934★ 5.5
No Time at All
1958★ 0.0
The Searching Wind
1946★ 0.0
Man on the Ledge
1955★ 0.0
Make Me a Star
1932★ 5.5
The Brass Ring
1983★ 7.0
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931★ 5.8
Accent on Youth
1935★ 5.5
Five Minutes from the Station
1930★ 6.0