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

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936

as June Tolliver

You Only Live Once
You Only Live Once

1937

as Joan Graham

Dead End
Dead End

1937

as Drina

Violent Saturday
Violent Saturday

1955

as Elsie Braden

Hammett
Hammett

1982

as Donaldina Cameron

City Streets
City Streets

1931

as Nan Cooley

God Told Me To
God Told Me To

1976

as Elizabeth Mullin

Used People
Used People

1992

as Becky

Fury
Fury

1936

as Katherine Grant

You and Me
You and Me

1938

as Helen Roberts

Blood on the Sun
Blood on the Sun

1945

as Iris Hilliard

Death at Love House
Death at Love House

1976

as Clara Josephs

The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box

1980

as Felicity

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Thru Different Eyes
Thru Different Eyes

1929

as Valerie Briand

Snowbeast
Snowbeast

1977

as Mrs. Carrie Rill

Breakdowns of 1941
Breakdowns of 1941

1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)