Sylvia Sidney

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).

Filmography

Grandma Norris
Mrs. Cosick
Aunt Marion
Elizabeth Mullin
Dora Bloch
Mrs. Verloc
Sadie Ross
Drina Gordon
Mrs. Downes
Nan Cooley
Katherine Grant
Hilda Carmichael
Helen Roberts
Elsie Braden
Mrs. Carrie Rill
Cho-Cho San
Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Cecily Harrington
Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Beatrice McKenna
Iris Hilliard
Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Patricia Harper
Rose Maurrant
Kathleen Storm McNeil
Tonita Storm Cloud
Mary Richards
Lillian Gordon
Lillie Taylor
Jennie Gerhardt
Linda Brown
Fern Stobbs
Cassie Bowman
(archive footage)
Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Grandmother
Mrs. Kramer
Margaret Wyndham Chase
Margaret Smith
Anne Barclay
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Donaldina Cameron
Clara Josephs
Valerie Briand
Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Mrs. Flanner