Sylvia Sidney
Acting Born Aug 9, 1910 The Bronx, New York, USA 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- The Love Boat (1977) as Natalie Corson
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Diagnosis: Murder (1993) as Alice
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Elizabeth Barrett
- My Three Sons (1960) as Miss Houk
- The Equalizer (1985) as Judge
- Climax! (1954)
- Climax! (1954) as Louella Wheedron
- thirtysomething (1987)
- Naked City (1958) as Florence Nunda
- Mars Attacks! (1996) as Grandma Norris
- Starsky & Hutch (1975) as Olga Grossman
- Route 66 (1960) as Lonnie Taylor
- Route 66 (1960) as Hannah Ellis
- The Defenders (1961) as Adela Collins
- Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
- Eight Is Enough (1977) as Aunt Fealty
- Dear John (1988) as Mrs. Lumenski
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
- The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) as Mrs. Cosick
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952) as Laura Blake