Sylvia Sidney
Born August 09, 1910 (Age: 115)
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The Bronx, New York, USA
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).
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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Filmography
Mars Attacks!
1996
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as Grandma Norris
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Age: 86
Used People
1992
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as Becky
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Age: 82
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
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as Self
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Age: 79
Andre's Mother
1990
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as Mrs. Downes
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Age: 79
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 77
Beetlejuice
1988
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as Juno
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Age: 77
The Witching of Ben Wagner
1987
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as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
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Age: 77
Pals
1987
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as Fern Stobbs
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Age: 76
An Early Frost
1985
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as Beatrice McKenna
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Age: 74
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
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as Margaret
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Age: 74
A Small Killing
1981
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as Sadie Ross
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Age: 71
The Shadow Box
1980
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as Felicity
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Age: 70
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980
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as Cousin Polly
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Age: 69
The Gossip Columnist
1980
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as Alma Lewellyn
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Age: 69
Damien - Omen II
1978
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as Aunt Marion
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Age: 67
Siege
1978
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as Lillian Gordon
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Age: 67
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
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as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
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Age: 63
No Time at All
1958
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as Mrs. Kramer
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Age: 47
Behind the High Wall
1956
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as Hilda Carmichael
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Age: 45
Man on the Ledge
1955
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as Mrs. Cosick
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Age: 45
Violent Saturday
1955
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as Elsie Braden
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Age: 44
Blood on the Sun
1945
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as Iris Hilliard
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Age: 34
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 31
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
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as Flo Lorraine
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Age: 30
Madame Butterfly
1932
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as Cho-Cho San
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Age: 22
Make Me a Star
1932
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as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
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Age: 21
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
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as Joan Prentice
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Age: 21
The Miracle Man
1932
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as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
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Age: 21
Ladies of the Big House
1931
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as Kathleen Storm McNeil
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Age: 21
Street Scene
1931
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as Rose Maurrant
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Age: 21
An American Tragedy
1931
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as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
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Age: 21
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
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as Patricia Harper
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Age: 20
The House That Shadows Built
1931
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 20
City Streets
1931
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as Nan Cooley
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Age: 20
Five Minutes from the Station
1930
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as Carrie Adams
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Age: 20