Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
August 9, 1910
Died
July 1, 1999 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Sophia Kosow
- Sylvia Sydney
- سیلویا سیدنی
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).
Known For
Acting
7.5
Fantasy Island
1998
6.4
Mars Attacks!
1996
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
5.7
Used People
1992
5.5
Dear John
1988
7.4
Beetlejuice
1988
6.2
thirtysomething
1987
7.1
The Equalizer
1985
5.7
An Early Frost
1985
5.8
Copkiller
1983
6.2
Hammett
1982
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
7.5
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
6.4
Damien - Omen II
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
5.8
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
4.2
Snowbeast
1977
6.1
Eight Is Enough
1977
6.0
Raid on Entebbe
1976
5.8
God Told Me To
1976
4.7
Death at Love House
1976
7.2
Starsky & Hutch
1975
5.4
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973
6.3
Route 66
1960