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Sylvia Sidney

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).

  • Known ForActing
  • Born9 August 1910 (age 115)
  • Place of BirthThe Bronx, New York, USA

Sylvia Sidney

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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).

  • Known ForActing
  • Born9 August 1910 (age 115)
  • Place of BirthThe Bronx, New York, USA
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Poster
Mars Attacks!
star
6.4
1996
Poster
Used People
star
5.5
1992
Poster
Andre's Mother
star
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1990
Poster
Night of 100 Stars III
star
4.0
1990
Poster
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
star
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1989
Poster
Beetlejuice
star
7.374
1988
Poster
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
star
7.0
1988
Poster
Pals
star
3.7
1987
Poster
The Witching of Ben Wagner
star
5.6
1987
Poster
An Early Frost
star
6.0
1985
Poster
Finnegan Begin Again
star
6.3
1985
Poster
Going Hollywood: The '30s
star
10.0
1984
Poster
The Brass Ring
star
7.0
1983
Poster
Copkiller
star
5.8
1983
Poster
Hammett
star
6.2
1982
Poster
Having It All
star
5.0
1982
Poster
Come Along with Me
star
6.0
1982
Poster
Night of 100 Stars
star
6.5
1982
Poster
A Small Killing
star
8.0
1981
Poster
F.D.R.: The Last Year
star
5.833
1980
Poster
The Shadow Box
star
5.2
1980
Poster
The Gossip Columnist
star
7.5
1980
Poster
Damien - Omen II
star
6.425
1978
Poster
Siege
star
5.2
1978
Poster
Snowbeast
star
4.2
1977
Poster
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
star
6.2
1977
Poster
God Told Me To
star
5.858
1976
Poster
Raid on Entebbe
star
6.0
1976
Poster
Death at Love House
star
4.7
1976
Poster
The Secret Night Caller
star
6.5
1975
Poster
Winner Take All
star
7.0
1975
Poster
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
star
5.6
1973
Poster
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
star
5.9
1971
Poster
No Time at All
star
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1958
Poster
The Helen Morgan Story
star
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1957
Poster
Behind the High Wall
star
5.1
1956
Poster
Man on the Ledge
star
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1955
Poster
Violent Saturday
star
6.7
1955
Poster
Les Miserables
star
5.4
1952
Poster
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
star
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1949
Poster
Love from a Stranger
star
5.7
1947
Poster
The Searching Wind
star
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1946
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Mr. Ace
star
5.6
1946
Poster
Blood on the Sun
star
5.9
1945
Poster
The Wagons Roll at Night
star
6.4
1941
Poster
Breakdowns of 1941
star
7.0
1941
Poster
One Third of a Nation
star
5.8
1939
Poster
You and Me
star
6.7
1938
Poster
Sabotage
star
6.691
1937
Poster
Dead End
star
7.0
1937
Poster
You Only Live Once
star
7.1
1937
Poster
Fury
star
7.5
1936
Poster
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
star
6.4
1936
Poster
Mary Burns, Fugitive
star
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1935
Poster
Accent on Youth
star
5.5
1935
Poster
Thirty Day Princess
star
6.8
1934
Poster
Behold My Wife!
star
7.0
1934
Poster
Good Dame
star
5.5
1934
Poster
Pick-up
star
4.8
1933
Poster
Jennie Gerhardt
star
4.0
1933
Poster
Madame Butterfly
star
5.5
1932
Poster
Merrily We Go to Hell
star
6.438
1932
Poster
The Miracle Man
star
5.7
1932
Poster
Make Me a Star
star
5.5
1932
Poster
City Streets
star
6.2
1931
Poster
An American Tragedy
star
6.1
1931
Poster
Confessions of a Co-Ed
star
5.8
1931
Poster
Street Scene
star
6.8
1931
Poster
Ladies of the Big House
star
6.0
1931
Poster
The House That Shadows Built
star
7.0
1931
Poster
Five Minutes from the Station
star
6.0
1930
Poster
Thru Different Eyes
star
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1929
Poster
Broadway Nights
star
6.0
1927