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

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • My Three Sons

    My Three Sons

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Eight Is Enough

    Eight Is Enough

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Beetlejuice

    Beetlejuice

  • WKRP in Cincinnati

    WKRP in Cincinnati

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • Dear John

    Dear John

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

  • The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • The Ford Television Theatre

    The Ford Television Theatre

  • Playhouse 90

    Playhouse 90

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • City Streets

    City Streets

  • Broadway Nights

    Broadway Nights

  • Fantasy Island

    Fantasy Island

  • Dead End

    Dead End

  • The DuPont Show with June Allyson

    The DuPont Show with June Allyson

  • Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

  • Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

  • Pick-up

    Pick-up

  • Jennie Gerhardt

    Jennie Gerhardt

  • Confessions of a Co-Ed

    Confessions of a Co-Ed

  • Mr. Ace

    Mr. Ace

  • Siege

    Siege

  • Used People

    Used People

  • Violent Saturday

    Violent Saturday

  • American Playhouse

    American Playhouse

  • Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

  • One Third of a Nation

    One Third of a Nation

  • Copkiller

    Copkiller

  • Damien - Omen II

    Damien - Omen II

  • Kaz

    Kaz

  • Hammett

    Hammett

  • The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

  • Raid on Entebbe

    Raid on Entebbe

  • God Told Me To

    God Told Me To

  • Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

  • Merrily We Go to Hell

    Merrily We Go to Hell

  • An American Tragedy

    An American Tragedy

  • Street Scene

    Street Scene

  • Make Me a Star

    Make Me a Star

  • The Sorrows of Satan

    The Sorrows of Satan

  • The Helen Morgan Story

    The Helen Morgan Story

  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

  • An Early Frost

    An Early Frost

  • Pals

    Pals

  • Ladies of the Big House

    Ladies of the Big House

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Blood on the Sun

    Blood on the Sun

  • A Small Killing

    A Small Killing

  • Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Mary Burns, Fugitive

  • The Secret Night Caller

    The Secret Night Caller

  • Thru Different Eyes

    Thru Different Eyes

  • Cameo Theatre

    Cameo Theatre

  • The Wagons Roll at Night

    The Wagons Roll at Night

  • You Only Live Once

    You Only Live Once

  • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

  • Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

  • The Miracle Man

    The Miracle Man

  • Fury

    Fury

  • You and Me

    You and Me

  • The Shadow Box

    The Shadow Box

  • Death at Love House

    Death at Love House

  • Accent on Youth

    Accent on Youth

  • Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

    Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

  • F.D.R.: The Last Year

    F.D.R.: The Last Year

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

    Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

  • Thirty Day Princess

    Thirty Day Princess

  • The House That Shadows Built

    The House That Shadows Built

  • Having It All

    Having It All

  • Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

    Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

  • Andre's Mother

    Andre's Mother

  • Five Minutes from the Station

    Five Minutes from the Station

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Sabotage

    Sabotage

  • Snowbeast

    Snowbeast

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Breakdowns of 1941

    Breakdowns of 1941

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Come Along with Me

    Come Along with Me

  • Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

    Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner

  • Man on the Ledge

    Man on the Ledge

  • Good Dame

    Good Dame

  • Behind the High Wall

    Behind the High Wall

  • The Polly Bergen Show

    The Polly Bergen Show

  • Winner Take All

    Winner Take All

  • Behold My Wife!

    Behold My Wife!

  • The Witching of Ben Wagner

    The Witching of Ben Wagner

  • The Searching Wind

    The Searching Wind

  • The Brass Ring

    The Brass Ring

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • No Time at All

    No Time at All

  • Finnegan Begin Again

    Finnegan Begin Again

  • The Gossip Columnist

    The Gossip Columnist