7.4
Movie
Acting
Sylvia Sidney
- Born
- Died
- (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Credits
- 110 titles
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).
Signature work
Known For
7.4
Movie
6.4
Movie
Mars Attacks!
6.4
Movie
Damien - Omen II
7.3
TV
Magnum, P.I.
6.7
Movie
Sabotage
7.5
Movie
Fury
7.4
TV
Starsky & Hutch
6.2
TV
The Love Boat
7.1
Movie
You Only Live Once
5.8
Movie
God Told Me To
7.0
Movie
Dead End
7.1
TV
Diagnosis: Murder
7.6
TV
WKRP in Cincinnati
6.7
Movie
Violent Saturday
6.2
Movie
Hammett
7.2
TV
The Equalizer
6.0
Movie
Raid on Entebbe
6.4
Movie
Merrily We Go to Hell
Acting credits 110
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Fantasy Island TV | Clia (13 ep) |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! Film | Grandma Norris |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder TV | Alice (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Used People Film | Becky |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III Film | Self |
| 1990 | Andre's Mother Film | Mrs. Downes |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre Film | Self |
| 1988 | Dear John TV | Mrs. Lumenski (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Beetlejuice Film | Juno |
| 1987 | The Witching of Ben Wagner Film | Grammy (Regina's Grandmother) |
| 1987 | thirtysomething TV | (1 ep) |
| 1987 | Pals Film | Fern Stobbs |
| 1985 | The Equalizer TV | Judge (1 ep) |
| 1985 | An Early Frost Film | Beatrice McKenna |
| 1985 | Finnegan Begin Again Film | Margaret |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s Film | (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Copkiller Film | Margaret Smith |
| 1983 | The Brass Ring Film | Grandmother |
| 1982 | Having It All Film | Marney |
| 1982 | Hammett Film | Donaldina Cameron |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars Film | Self |
| 1982 | Come Along with Me Film | Mrs. Flanner |
| 1982 | American Playhouse TV | Mrs. Flanner, Mrs. Downs (1 ep) |
| 1981 | A Small Killing Film | Sadie Ross |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. TV | Elizabeth Barrett (1 ep) |
| 1980 | The Shadow Box Film | Felicity |
| 1980 | F.D.R.: The Last Year Film | Cousin Polly |
| 1980 | The Gossip Columnist Film | Alma Lewellyn |
| 1979 | Supertrain TV | Agatha Wills (1 ep) |
| 1978 | WKRP in Cincinnati TV | Lillian Carlson (1 ep) |
| 1978 | Kaz TV | Molly (1 ep) |
| 1978 | Damien - Omen II Film | Aunt Marion |
| 1978 | Siege Film | Lillian Gordon |
| 1977 | The Love Boat TV | Natalie Corson (1 ep) |
| 1977 | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Film | Miss Coral |
| 1977 | Snowbeast Film | Mrs. Carrie Rill |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough TV | Aunt Fealty (2 ep) |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe Film | Dora Bloch |
| 1976 | God Told Me To Film | Elizabeth Mullin |
| 1976 | Death at Love House Film | Clara Josephs |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch TV | Olga Grossman (1 ep) |
| 1975 | Winner Take All Film | Anne Barclay |
| 1975 | The Secret Night Caller Film | Kitty |
| 1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Film | Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother |
| 1971 | Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate Film | Elizabeth Gibson |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show TV | Self (3 ep) |
| 1961 | The Defenders TV | Adela Collins (2 ep) |
| 1960 | Special for Women TV | Minna Borden (1 ep) |
| 1960 | Route 66 TV | Lonnie Taylor, Hannah Ellis (1 ep) |
| 1960 | My Three Sons TV | Miss Houk (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson TV | Beulah Ridges (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Naked City TV | Florence Nunda (1 ep) |
| 1958 | No Time at All Film | Mrs. Kramer |
| 1957 | The Polly Bergen Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story Film | Lulu Morgan |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 TV | Mrs. Kramer (1 ep) |
| 1956 | Behind the High Wall Film | Hilda Carmichael |
| 1955 | Man on the Ledge Film | Mrs. Cosick |