Sylvia Sidney
"An iconic presence in cinema, defining characters with depth and intensity."
Age
116 years
Origin
USA
Active
1926 — Present
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...
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Fury
Starring as Katherine Grant
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
Highest Rated Masterpieces
Fury
as Katherine Grant
Starsky & Hutch
as Olga Grossman
Beetlejuice
as Juno
Magnum, P.I.
as Elizabeth Barrett
You Only Live Once
as Joan Graham
Diagnosis: Murder
as Alice
Dead End
as Drina
Sabotage
as Mrs. Verloc
Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion
Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris
Media Proof
Filmography Engine
105 Credits found
Fantasy Island
Clia
1998
Mars Attacks!
Grandma Norris
1996
Diagnosis: Murder
Alice
1993
Used People
Becky
1992
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Andre's Mother
Mrs. Downes
1990
Dear John
Mrs. Lumenski
1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self (archive footage)
1988
Beetlejuice
Juno
1988
The Witching of Ben Wagner
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
1987
thirtysomething
Cast
1987
Pals
Fern Stobbs
1987
The Equalizer
Judge
1985
An Early Frost
Beatrice McKenna
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Margaret
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Copkiller
Margaret Smith
1983
The Brass Ring
Grandmother
1983
Having It All
Marney
1982
Hammett
Donaldina Cameron
1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Come Along with Me
Mrs. Flanner
1982
American Playhouse
Mrs. Flanner
1982
A Small Killing
Sadie Ross
1981
Magnum, P.I.
Elizabeth Barrett
1980
The Shadow Box
Felicity
1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Cousin Polly
1980
The Gossip Columnist
Alma Lewellyn
1980
Supertrain
Agatha Wills
1979
WKRP in Cincinnati
Lillian Carlson
1978
Kaz
Molly
1978
Damien - Omen II
Aunt Marion
1978
Siege
Lillian Gordon
1978
The Love Boat
Natalie Corson
1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Miss Coral
1977
Snowbeast
Mrs. Carrie Rill
1977
Eight Is Enough
Aunt Fealty
1977
Raid on Entebbe
Dora Bloch
1976
God Told Me To
Elizabeth Mullin
1976
Death at Love House
Clara Josephs
1976
Starsky & Hutch
Olga Grossman
1975
Winner Take All
Anne Barclay
1975
The Secret Night Caller
Kitty
1975
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
1973
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Elizabeth Gibson
1971
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Defenders
Adela Collins
1961
Special for Women
Minna Borden
1960
Route 66
Lonnie Taylor
1960
My Three Sons
Miss Houk
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Beulah Ridges
1959
Naked City
Florence Nunda
1958
No Time at All
Mrs. Kramer
1958
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
Lulu Morgan
1957
Playhouse 90
Mrs. Kramer
1956
Behind the High Wall
Hilda Carmichael
1956
Man on the Ledge
Mrs. Cosick
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Mrs. Cosick
1955
Violent Saturday
Elsie Braden
1955