Sylvia Sidney

Sylvia Sidney

1910-08-09 – 1999-07-01 (age 88) The Bronx, New York, USA
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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).

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Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice

1988

as Juno

Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!

1996

as Grandma Norris

Damien - Omen II
Damien - Omen II

1978

as Aunt Marion

Dead End
Dead End

1937

as Drina

Les Miserables
Les Miserables

1952

as Fantine

Fury
Fury

1936

as Katherine Grant

Sabotage
Sabotage

1937

as Mrs. Verloc

Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly

1932

as Cho-Cho San

City Streets
City Streets

1931

as Nan Cooley

Pals
Pals

1987

as Fern Stobbs

Night of 100 Stars III
Raid on Entebbe
Raid on Entebbe

1976

as Dora Bloch

Night of 100 Stars
Hammett
Hammett

1982

as Donaldina Cameron

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
You and Me
You and Me

1938

as Helen Roberts

Used People
Used People

1992

as Becky

Pick-up
Pick-up

1933

as Mary Richards

Violent Saturday
Violent Saturday

1955

as Elsie Braden