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).
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 1986
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1974 · nominated
Filmography40 titles
WKRP in Cincinnati
Fantasy Island
Fury
Beetlejuice
Winner Take All
Magnum, P.I.
Starsky & Hutch
Diagnosis: Murder
You Only Live Once
Dead End
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
The Brass Ring
Violent Saturday
Street Scene
Route 66
Sabotage
Lux Video Theatre
My Three Sons
You and Me
Having It All
The Wagons Roll at Night
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Merrily We Go to Hell
Mars Attacks!
Damien: Omen II
Tales of Tomorrow
Hammett
Come Along with Me
The Love Boat
Eight Is Enough
The 20th Century Fox Hour
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Blood on the Sun
Used People
Copkiller
God Told Me To
Naked City
Les Miserables
Death at Love House
Snowbeast