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Sylvia Sidney

Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 08/08/1910 († 88, 07/01/1999) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen, and film actress whose career spanned 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams in 1973. She later gained attention for her role as Juno, a case worker in the afterlife, in Tim Burton's 1988 film Beetlejuice, for which she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. ()
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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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces her to re-examine her life, as well as her relationships with her mother, her eye doctor husband, her ali ...

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

Certification unknown

1973 | 2.9/5 | 1h 33min
Drama
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Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relatio ...

Sabotage

Certification unknown

1937 | 3.4/5 | 1h 17min
Drama, Thriller, Crime
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A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale recei ...

Mars Attacks!

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1996 | 3.2/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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After an untimely death, a newly dead New England couple seek help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home. ...

Beetlejuice

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1988 | 3.7/5 | 1h 32min
Fantasy, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Sylvia Sidney

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Sylvia Sidney as Actress(68)

as Grandma Norris1996 Mars Attacks!
as Becky1992 Used People
as herself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as herself1989 Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Juno1988 Beetlejuice
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)1987 The Witching of Ben Wagner
as Fern Stobbs1987 Pals
as Margaret1985 Finnegan Begin Again
as Beatrice McKenna1985 An Early Frost
as (archive footage)1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Grandmother1983 The Brass Ring
as Margaret Smith1983 Copkiller
as Mrs. Flanner1982 Come Along with Me
as Marney1982 Having It All
as Donaldina Cameron1982 Hammett
as Sadie Ross1981 A Small Killing
as Felicity1980 The Shadow Box
as Cousin Polly1980 F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Alma Lewellyn1980 The Gossip Columnist
as Aunt Marion1978 Damien: Omen II
as Lillian Gordon1978 Siege
as Miss Coral1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Mrs. Carrie Rill1977 Snowbeast
as Clara Josephs1976 Death at Love House
as Elizabeth Mullin1976 God Told Me To
as Dora Bloch1976 Raid on Entebbe
as Anne Barclay1975 Winner Take All
as Kitty1975 The Secret Night Caller
as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother1973 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
as Elizabeth Gibson1971 Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Hilda Carmichael1956 Behind the High Wall
as Mrs. Cosick1955 Man on the Ledge
as Elsie Braden1955 Violent Saturday
as Fantine1952 Les Miserables
as herself1949 Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
as Cecily Harrington1947 Love from a Stranger
as Cassie Bowwman1946 The Searching Wind
as Margaret Wyndham Chase1946 Mr. Ace
as Iris Hilliard1945 Blood on the Sun
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1941 Breakdowns of 1941
as Flo Lorraine1941 The Wagons Roll at Night
as Mary Rogers1939 One Third of a Nation
as Helen1938 You and Me
as Joan Graham1937 You Only Live Once
as Mrs. Verloc1937 Sabotage
as Drina Gordon1937 Dead End
as June Tolliver1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Katherine Grant1936 Fury
as Mary Burns1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Linda Brown1935 Accent on Youth
as Tonita Storm Cloud1934 Behold My Wife!
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina1934 Thirty Day Princess
as Lillie Taylor1934 Good Dame
as Mary Richards1933 Pick Up
as Jennie Gerhardt1933 Jennie Gerhardt
as Cho-Cho San1932 Madame Butterfly
as Joan Prentice1932 Merrily We Go to Hell
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail1932 The Miracle Man
as Herself (uncredited)1932 Make Me a Star
as Patricia Harper1931 Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden1931 An American Tragedy
as (archive footage)1931 The House That Shadows Built
as Rose Maurrant1931 Street Scene
as Kathleen Storm McNeil1931 Ladies of the Big House
as Nan Cooley1931 City Streets
as Carrie Adams1930 Five Minutes from the Station
as Valerie Briand1929 Thru Different Eyes
as Performer1927 Broadway Nights

TV Shows/Series with Sylvia Sidney as Actress(26)

as Clia1998 Fantasy Island
as Alice1993 Diagnosis: Murder
1987 thirtysomething
as Judge1985 The Equalizer
1980 Magnum, P.I.
as Mama Carlson1978 WKRP in Cincinnati
as Natalie Corson1977 The Love Boat
1977 Eight Is Enough
1975 Starsky & Hutch
as Adela Collins1961 The Defenders
1960 My Three Sons
1960 Route 66
as Lonnie Taylor1960 Route 66
as Beulah Ridges1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Florence Nunda1958 Naked City
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (archive footage) (uncredited)1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 Playwrights '56
1954 Climax!
as Louella Wheedron1954 Climax!
as Gloria Roma1953 GE Theater
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 Tales of Tomorrow
as Joyce1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Laura Barrie1950 Lux Video Theatre
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Full Name: Sylvia Sidney
Born: Monday, 08/08 1910 (August) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 07/01 1999 (July) in New York City (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Luther Adler, Bennett Cerf
Other names for Sylvia Sidney (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Sophia Kosow"
"Sylvia Sydney"
Sylvia Sidney frequently works together with these people:
Phyllis Thaxter (25x, Actress)
Vera Miles (22x, Actress)
Harry Townes (21x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (19x, Actor)
James Gregory (19x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (18x, Actor)
Vincent Price (17x, Actor)
E.G. Marshall (17x, Actor)
Nina Foch (17x, Actress)
Cloris Leachman (16x, Actress)
John Newland (16x, Crew)
Hans Dreier (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2279, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024