Sylvia Sidney
Acting
1910-08-09 · The Bronx, New York, USA
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).
tvFantasy Island
as Clia · 1998 · 7.5
movieMars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris · 1996 · 6.4
tvDiagnosis: Murder
as Alice · 1993 · 7.1
movieUsed People
as Becky · 1992 · 5.8
movieNight of 100 Stars III
as Self · 1990 · 4.0
movieAndre's Mother
as Mrs. Downes · 1990 · 0.0
movieBroadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self · 1989 · 0.0
tvDear John
as Mrs. Lumenski · 1988 · 5.7
movieCary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
as Self (archive footage) · 1988 · 7.0
movieBeetlejuice
as Juno · 1988 · 7.4
movieThe Witching of Ben Wagner
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother) · 1987 · 5.4
tvthirtysomething
as · 1987 · 6.3
moviePals
as Fern Stobbs · 1987 · 5.3
tvThe Equalizer
as Judge · 1985 · 7.1
movieAn Early Frost
as Beatrice McKenna · 1985 · 5.8
movieFinnegan Begin Again
as Margaret · 1985 · 6.5
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage) · 1984 · 9.0
movieCopkiller
as Margaret Smith · 1983 · 5.8
movieThe Brass Ring
as Grandmother · 1983 · 7.0
movieHaving It All
as Marney · 1982 · 6.5
movieHammett
as Donaldina Cameron · 1982 · 6.3
movieNight of 100 Stars
as Self · 1982 · 6.8
movieCome Along with Me
as Mrs. Flanner · 1982 · 6.3
tvAmerican Playhouse
as Mrs. Flanner · 1982 · 6.6