Sylvia Sidney: movies and TV shows
Sylvia Sidney has 115 credits in the archive: 74 films and 41 TV series, from 1926 to 1998. Highest rated: The Ford Television Theatre (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1926 – 1998 · busiest year: 1931 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Fantasy Island | Clia | TV | 7.4 | 87 |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Grandma Norris | Film | 6.4 | 85 |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Alice | TV | 7.1 | 82 |
| 1992 | Used People | Becky | Film | 5.8 | 81 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 79 |
| 1990 | Andre's Mother | Mrs. Downes | Film | — | 79 |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 1988 | Beetlejuice | Juno | Film | 7.4 | 77 |
| 1988 | Dear John | Mrs. Lumenski | TV | 5.7 | 77 |
| 1988 | Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 1987 | thirtysomething | TV | 6.3 | 76 | |
| 1987 | The Witching of Ben Wagner | Grammy (Regina's Grandmother) | Film | 5.4 | 76 |
| 1987 | Pals | Fern Stobbs | Film | 5.2 | 76 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Judge | TV | 7.1 | 74 |
| 1985 | An Early Frost | Beatrice McKenna | Film | 5.8 | 74 |
| 1985 | Finnegan Begin Again | Margaret | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 73 |
| 1983 | Copkiller | Margaret Smith | Film | 5.8 | 72 |
| 1983 | The Brass Ring | Grandmother | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Mrs. Flanner | TV | 6.6 | 71 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Mrs. Downs | TV | 6.6 | 71 |
| 1982 | Hammett | Donaldina Cameron | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 71 |
| 1982 | Having It All | Marney | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 1982 | Come Along with Me | Mrs. Flanner | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 1981 | A Small Killing | Sadie Ross | Film | 8.5 | 70 |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Elizabeth Barrett | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 1980 | The Shadow Box | Felicity | Film | 5.0 | 69 |
| 1980 | The Gossip Columnist | Alma Lewellyn | Film | 7.3 | 69 |
| 1980 | F.D.R.: The Last Year | Cousin Polly | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 1979 | Supertrain | Agatha Wills | TV | 5.6 | 68 |
| 1978 | WKRP in Cincinnati | Lillian Carlson | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 1978 | Damien - Omen II | Aunt Marion | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 1978 | Kaz | Molly | TV | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1978 | Siege | Lillian Gordon | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Natalie Corson | TV | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1977 | Eight Is Enough | Aunt Fealty | TV | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1977 | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Miss Coral | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 1977 | Snowbeast | Mrs. Carrie Rill | Film | 4.3 | 66 |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe | Dora Bloch | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1976 | God Told Me To | Elizabeth Mullin | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 1976 | Death at Love House | Clara Josephs | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Olga Grossman | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1975 | The Secret Night Caller | Kitty | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1975 | Winner Take All | Anne Barclay | Film | 7.4 | 64 |
| 1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1971 | Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate | Elizabeth Gibson | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Adela Collins | TV | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | Miss Houk | TV | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Lonnie Taylor | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Hannah Ellis | TV | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1960 | Special for Women | Minna Borden | TV | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Beulah Ridges | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Florence Nunda | TV | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1958 | No Time at All | Mrs. Kramer | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1957 | The Polly Bergen Show | Self | TV | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Lulu Morgan | Film | — | 46 |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Mrs. Kramer | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1956 | Behind the High Wall | Hilda Carmichael | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Mrs. Cosick | TV | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | TV | 6.3 | 44 | |
| 1955 | Violent Saturday | Elsie Braden | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1955 | Man on the Ledge | Mrs. Cosick | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1954 | Climax! | TV | 3.8 | 43 | |
| 1954 | Climax! | Louella Wheedron | TV | 3.8 | 43 |
| 1953 | Kraft Television Theatre | TV | 10.0 | 42 | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Gloria Roma | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | TV | 7.8 | 41 | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Laura Blake | TV | 7.8 | 41 |
| 1952 | Les Miserables | Fantine | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | TV | 6.4 | 40 | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 40 | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Joyce | TV | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Laura Barrie | TV | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1950 | Cameo Theatre | TV | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1949 | Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner | Sylvia Sidney | Film | — | 38 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 37 | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | TV | 7.8 | 36 | |
| 1947 | Love from a Stranger | Cecily Harrington | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1946 | Mr. Ace | Margaret Wyndham Chase | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1946 | The Searching Wind | Cassie Bowman | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1945 | Blood on the Sun | Iris Hilliard | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self | TV | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1941 | The Wagons Roll at Night | Flo Lorraine | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1939 | One Third of a Nation | Mary Rogers | Film | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1938 | You and Me | Helen Roberts | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1937 | Sabotage | Mrs. Verloc | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1937 | Dead End | Drina | Film | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | Joan Graham | Film | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1936 | Fury | Katherine Grant | Film | 7.5 | 25 |
| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | June Tolliver | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1935 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Mary Burns | Film | 9.0 | 24 |
| 1935 | Accent on Youth | Linda Brown | Film | 6.7 | 24 |
| 1934 | Behold My Wife! | Tonita Storm Cloud | Film | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1934 | Thirty Day Princess | Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina | Film | 6.8 | 23 |
| 1934 | Good Dame | Lillie Taylor | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1933 | Pick-up | Mary Richards | Film | 5.1 | 22 |
| 1933 | Jennie Gerhardt | Jennie Gerhardt | Film | 5.7 | 22 |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Joan Prentice | Film | 6.5 | 21 |
| 1932 | Madame Butterfly | Cho-cho San | Film | 5.4 | 21 |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | Sylvia Sidney (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 21 |
| 1932 | The Miracle Man | Helen Smith aka Helen Vail | Film | 5.9 | 21 |
| 1931 | Street Scene | Rose Maurrant | Film | 6.8 | 20 |
| 1931 | An American Tragedy | Roberta 'Bert' Alden | Film | 6.3 | 20 |
| 1931 | Ladies of the Big House | Kathleen Storm McNeil | Film | 6.0 | 20 |
| 1931 | City Streets | Nan Cooley | Film | 6.3 | 20 |
| 1931 | Confessions of a Co-Ed | Patricia Harper | Film | 6.2 | 20 |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 20 |
| 1930 | Five Minutes from the Station | Carrie Adams | Film | 6.3 | 19 |
| 1929 | Thru Different Eyes | Valerie Briand | Film | 8.0 | 18 |
| 1927 | Broadway Nights | Performer | Film | 8.0 | 16 |
| 1926 | The Sorrows of Satan | Bridesmaid (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 15 |