Sylvia Sidney
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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris
1996
Man on the Ledge
as Mrs. Cosick
1955
Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion
1978
God Told Me To
as Elizabeth Mullin
1976
Raid on Entebbe
as Dora Bloch
1976
Sabotage
as Mrs. Verloc
1937
A Small Killing
as Sadie Ross
1981
Dead End
as Drina
1937
Andre's Mother
as Mrs. Downes
1990
City Streets
as Nan Cooley
1931
Fury
as Katherine Grant
1936
Behind the High Wall
as Hilda Carmichael
1956
You and Me
as Helen Roberts
1938
Violent Saturday
as Elsie Braden
1955
Snowbeast
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
1977
Madame Butterfly
as Cho-Cho San
1932
You Only Live Once
as Joan Graham
1937
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Joan Prentice
1932
Thirty Day Princess
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
1934
Love from a Stranger
as Cecily Harrington
1947
TV Appearances
Magnum, P.I.
as Elizabeth Barrett
1980
Fantasy Island
as Clia
1998
WKRP in Cincinnati
as Lillian Carlson
1978
thirtysomething
1987
Starsky & Hutch
as Olga Grossman
1975
My Three Sons
as Miss Houk
1960
Naked City
as Florence Nunda
1958
Diagnosis: Murder
as Alice
1993
The Equalizer
as Judge
1985
General Electric Theater
as Gloria Roma
1953
Lux Video Theatre
as Joyce
1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951