Sylvia Sidney

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).

Actor

1926

[ ] The Sorrows of Satan (Bridesmaid (uncredited))

1927

[ ] Broadway Nights (Performer)

1929

[ ] Thru Different Eyes (Valerie Briand)

1930

[ ] Five Minutes from the Station (Carrie Adams)

1931

[ ] City Streets (Nan Cooley)
[ ] An American Tragedy (Roberta 'Bert' Alden)
[ ] Confessions of a Co-Ed (Patricia Harper)
[ ] Street Scene (Rose Maurrant)
[ ] Ladies of the Big House (Kathleen Storm McNeil)
[ ] The House That Shadows Built ((archive footage))

1932

[ ] Madame Butterfly (Cho-Cho San)
[ ] Merrily We Go to Hell (Joan Prentice)
[ ] The Miracle Man (Helen Smith aka Helen Vail)
[ ] Make Me a Star (Sylvia Sidney (uncredited))

1933

[ ] Pick-up (Mary Richards)
[ ] Jennie Gerhardt (Jennie Gerhardt)

1934

[ ] Thirty Day Princess (Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina)
[ ] Behold My Wife! (Tonita Storm Cloud)
[ ] Good Dame (Lillie Taylor)

1935

[ ] Mary Burns, Fugitive (Mary Burns)
[ ] Accent on Youth (Linda Brown)

1936

[ ] Fury (Katherine Grant)
[ ] The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (June Tolliver)

1937

[ ] Sabotage (Mrs. Verloc)
[ ] Dead End (Drina)
[ ] You Only Live Once (Joan Graham)

1938

[ ] You and Me (Helen Roberts)

1939

[ ] One Third of a Nation (Mary Rogers)

1941

[ ] The Wagons Roll at Night (Flo Lorraine)
[ ] Breakdowns of 1941 (Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

1945

[ ] Blood on the Sun (Iris Hilliard)

1946

[ ] The Searching Wind (Cassie Bowman)
[ ] Mr. Ace (Margaret Wyndham Chase)

1947

[ ] Love from a Stranger (Cecily Harrington)

1949

[ ] Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (Sylvia Sidney)

1952

[ ] Les Miserables (Fantine)

1955

[ ] Man on the Ledge (Mrs. Cosick)
[ ] Violent Saturday (Elsie Braden)

1956

[ ] Behind the High Wall (Hilda Carmichael)

1957

[ ] The Helen Morgan Story (Lulu Morgan)

1958

[ ] No Time at All (Mrs. Kramer)

1971

[ ] Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (Elizabeth Gibson)

1973

[ ] Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother)

1975

[ ] The Secret Night Caller (Kitty)
[ ] Winner Take All (Anne Barclay)

1976

[ ] God Told Me To (Elizabeth Mullin)
[ ] Raid on Entebbe (Dora Bloch)
[ ] Death at Love House (Clara Josephs)

1977

[ ] Snowbeast (Mrs. Carrie Rill)
[ ] I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Miss Coral)

1978

[ 4/10 ] Damien - Omen II (Aunt Marion)
[ ] Siege (Lillian Gordon)

1980

[ ] F.D.R.: The Last Year (Cousin Polly)
[ ] The Shadow Box (Felicity)
[ ] The Gossip Columnist (Alma Lewellyn)

1981

[ ] A Small Killing (Sadie Ross)

1982

[ 5/10 ] Hammett (Donaldina Cameron)
[ ] Having It All (Marney)
[ ] Come Along with Me (Mrs. Flanner)
[ ] Night of 100 Stars (Self)

1983

[ ] The Brass Ring (Grandmother)
[ ] Copkiller (Margaret Smith)

1984

[ ] Going Hollywood: The '30s ((archive footage))

1985

[ ] An Early Frost (Beatrice McKenna)
[ ] Finnegan Begin Again (Margaret)

1987

[ ] Pals (Fern Stobbs)
[ ] The Witching of Ben Wagner (Grammy (Regina's Grandmother))

1992

[ ] Used People (Becky)

1996

[ ] Mars Attacks! (Grandma Norris)