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

Pick-up
Pick-up

1933

as Mary Richards

Mr. Ace
Mr. Ace

1946

as Margaret Wyndham Chase

Dead End
Dead End

1937

as Drina

You Only Live Once
You Only Live Once

1937

as Joan Graham

Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars
Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

as Joan Prentice

Fury
Fury

1936

as Katherine Grant

Used People
Used People

1992

as Becky

Behold My Wife!
Behold My Wife!

1934

as Tonita Storm Cloud

Raid on Entebbe
Raid on Entebbe

1976

as Dora Bloch

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Les Miserables
Les Miserables

1952

as Fantine

God Told Me To
God Told Me To

1976

as Elizabeth Mullin

Snowbeast
Snowbeast

1977

as Mrs. Carrie Rill

Breakdowns of 1941
Breakdowns of 1941

1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hammett
Hammett

1982

as Donaldina Cameron