Sylvia Sidney
Actor
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
Mars Attacks!
as Grandma Norris 1996
Damien - Omen II
as Aunt Marion 1978
Sabotage
as Mrs. Verloc 1937
Fury
as Katherine Grant 1936
You Only Live Once
as Joan Graham 1937
God Told Me To
as Elizabeth Mullin 1976
Dead End
as Drina 1937
Violent Saturday
as Elsie Braden 1955
Hammett
as Donaldina Cameron 1982
Raid on Entebbe
as Dora Bloch 1976
City Streets
as Nan Cooley 1931
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Joan Prentice 1932
You and Me
as Helen Roberts 1938
Snowbeast
as Mrs. Carrie Rill 1977
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Miss Coral 1977
Blood on the Sun
as Iris Hilliard 1945