Born 1910 (age 88) · The Bronx, New York, USA
Appears in 110 titles

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).

Filmography

Beetlejuice
7.4
Beetlejuice
1988
as Juno
Mars Attacks!
6.4
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Grandma Norris
Damien - Omen II
6.4
Damien - Omen II
1978
as Aunt Marion
Sabotage
6.7
Sabotage
1937
as Mrs. Verloc
Fury
7.5
Fury
1936
as Katherine Grant
You Only Live Once
7.1
You Only Live Once
1937
as Joan Graham
God Told Me To
5.8
God Told Me To
1976
as Elizabeth Mullin
Dead End
7.0
Dead End
1937
as Drina
Violent Saturday
6.8
Violent Saturday
1955
as Elsie Braden
Hammett
6.2
Hammett
1982
as Donaldina Cameron
Raid on Entebbe
6.1
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Dora Bloch
Merrily We Go to Hell
6.5
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
as Joan Prentice
City Streets
6.3
City Streets
1931
as Nan Cooley
You and Me
6.6
You and Me
1938
as Helen Roberts
Snowbeast
4.4
Snowbeast
1977
as Mrs. Carrie Rill
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
5.9
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Miss Coral
Blood on the Sun
5.9
Blood on the Sun
1945
as Iris Hilliard
Street Scene
6.8
Street Scene
1931
as Rose Maurrant
Used People
5.8
Used People
1992
as Becky
An Early Frost
5.8
An Early Frost
1985
as Beatrice McKenna