ACTOR · FROM THE BRONX, USA
Sylvia Sidney
1910–1999101 credits since 1926
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ABOUT SYLVIA
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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Born9 August 1910
Died1 July 1999
BirthplaceThe Bronx, USA
Known forActing
On Cineora50 of 101 titles
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 50
- Average IMDb
- 6.8
- Highest rated
- Playhouse 90IMDb 8.3
- Working since
- 1926
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 1990s
5 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average
Seriesas Clia · 13 episodes
Movieas Grandma Norris
Seriesas Alice · 1 episode
Movieas Becky
as Mrs. Downes
The 1980s
20 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average
Seriesas Mrs. Lumenski · 1 episode
Movieas Juno
Movieas Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Series1 episode
as Fern Stobbs
Seriesas Judge · 1 episode
Movieas Beatrice McKenna
Movieas Margaret
The 1970s
17 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average
as Agatha Wills · 1 episode
Seriesas Lillian Carlson · 1 episode
as Molly · 1 episode
Movieas Aunt Marion
as Lillian Gordon
Seriesas Natalie Corson · 1 episode
Movieas Miss Coral
Movieas Mrs. Carrie Rill
The 1960s
4 titles · IMDb 7.6 on average
Seriesas Adela Collins · 2 episodes
as Minna Borden · 1 episode
Seriesas Lonnie Taylor · 1 episode
Seriesas Miss Houk · 1 episode
The 1950s
19 titles · IMDb 7.2 on average
as Beulah Ridges · 1 episode
Seriesas Florence Nunda · 1 episode
as Mrs. Kramer
as Lulu Morgan
Seriesas Mrs. Kramer · 1 episode
Movieas Hilda Carmichael
as Mrs. Cosick
Seriesas Mrs. Cosick · 1 episode
The 1940s
8 titles · IMDb 6.2 on average
as Sylvia Sidney
1 episode
as Cecily Harrington
1 episode
as Cassie Bowman
as Margaret Wyndham Chase
Movieas Iris Hilliard
Movieas Flo Lorraine
The 1930s
25 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average
as Mary Rogers
Movieas Helen Roberts
Movieas Drina
Movieas Joan Graham
Movieas Mrs. Verloc
Movieas Katherine Grant
Movieas June Tolliver
as Mary Burns
The 1920s
3 titles · IMDb 6.2 on average
as Valerie Briand
as Performer
Movieas Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Sylvia’s titles.
Cary GrantMerrily We Go to Hell, Thirty Day Princess and 1 more
Fritz LangDirector · Fury, You Only Live Once and 1 more
Alfred NewmanComposer · Dead End, You Only Live Once and 1 more
John LeipoldComposer · Merrily We Go to Hell, Thirty Day Princess and 1 more
Tim BurtonDirector · Beetlejuice and Mars Attacks!
Henry FondaYou Only Live Once and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Martin BalsamRaid on Entebbe and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
