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

Sabotage
Sabotage

1937

as Mrs. Verloc

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Used People
Used People

1992

as Becky

Copkiller
Copkiller

1983

as Margaret Smith

Dead End
Dead End

1937

as Drina

Raid on Entebbe
Raid on Entebbe

1976

as Dora Bloch

You Only Live Once
You Only Live Once

1937

as Joan Graham

Pick-up
Pick-up

1933

as Mary Richards

Fury
Fury

1936

as Katherine Grant

Violent Saturday
Violent Saturday

1955

as Elsie Braden

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936

as June Tolliver

Hammett
Hammett

1982

as Donaldina Cameron

Night of 100 Stars
Blood on the Sun
Blood on the Sun

1945

as Iris Hilliard

God Told Me To
God Told Me To

1976

as Elizabeth Mullin

You and Me
You and Me

1938

as Helen Roberts

Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

as Joan Prentice