Sylvia Sidney

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

112

Gender

Female

Birthday

1910-08-09

Day of death

1999-07-01 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York, USA

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).

Known For

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Dear John

    Dear John

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • Eight Is Enough

    Eight Is Enough

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • American Playhouse

    American Playhouse

  • Beetlejuice

    Beetlejuice

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • WKRP in Cincinnati

    WKRP in Cincinnati

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

  • Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

  • Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

  • The Sorrows of Satan

    The Sorrows of Satan

  • Damien - Omen II

    Damien - Omen II

  • Snowbeast

    Snowbeast

  • A Small Killing

    A Small Killing

  • An Early Frost

    An Early Frost

  • The Brass Ring

    The Brass Ring

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • The Helen Morgan Story

    The Helen Morgan Story

  • City Streets

    City Streets

  • The Shadow Box

    The Shadow Box

  • Andre's Mother

    Andre's Mother

  • Thru Different Eyes

    Thru Different Eyes

  • Dead End

    Dead End

  • Kaz

    Kaz

  • Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

  • Blood on the Sun

    Blood on the Sun

  • Jennie Gerhardt

    Jennie Gerhardt

  • Fury

    Fury

  • Hammett

    Hammett

  • An American Tragedy

    An American Tragedy

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Broadway Nights

    Broadway Nights

  • God Told Me To

    God Told Me To

  • No Time at All

    No Time at All

  • Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Mary Burns, Fugitive

  • Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

    Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

  • Accent on Youth

    Accent on Youth

  • The House That Shadows Built

    The House That Shadows Built

  • Make Me a Star

    Make Me a Star

  • Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

  • The Secret Night Caller

    The Secret Night Caller

  • Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

  • Used People

    Used People

  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

  • Raid on Entebbe

    Raid on Entebbe

  • Violent Saturday

    Violent Saturday

  • Merrily We Go to Hell

    Merrily We Go to Hell

  • Confessions of a Co-Ed

    Confessions of a Co-Ed

  • Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

  • Thirty Day Princess

    Thirty Day Princess

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

  • You and Me

    You and Me

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Sabotage

    Sabotage

  • Five Minutes from the Station

    Five Minutes from the Station

  • The Miracle Man

    The Miracle Man

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Ladies of the Big House

    Ladies of the Big House

  • Cameo Theatre

    Cameo Theatre

  • Good Dame

    Good Dame

  • Pals

    Pals

  • Copkiller

    Copkiller

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Siege

    Siege

  • F.D.R.: The Last Year

    F.D.R.: The Last Year

  • The Wagons Roll at Night

    The Wagons Roll at Night

  • You Only Live Once

    You Only Live Once

  • Mr. Ace

    Mr. Ace

  • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • Breakdowns of 1941

    Breakdowns of 1941

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Pick-up

    Pick-up

  • One Third of a Nation

    One Third of a Nation

  • Street Scene

    Street Scene

  • The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

  • Death at Love House

    Death at Love House

  • Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

    Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

  • The Polly Bergen Show

    The Polly Bergen Show

  • Come Along with Me

    Come Along with Me

  • Winner Take All

    Winner Take All

  • Having It All

    Having It All

  • Man on the Ledge

    Man on the Ledge

  • Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

    Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

  • Finnegan Begin Again

    Finnegan Begin Again

  • Behold My Wife!

    Behold My Wife!

  • The Gossip Columnist

    The Gossip Columnist

  • The Witching of Ben Wagner

    The Witching of Ben Wagner

  • The Searching Wind

    The Searching Wind

  • Behind the High Wall

    Behind the High Wall

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man