Born in The Bronx, New York, USA — Aug 09 1910• Died Jul 01 1999

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).
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Alice

Natalie Corson

Elizabeth Barrett

Miss Houk


Olga Grossman

Judge

Florence Nunda

Adela Collins

Lonnie Taylor

Aunt Fealty


Mrs. Lumenski




Lillian Carlson

Mrs. Cosick

Beulah Ridges

Mrs. Kramer

Juno
Joyce

Clia

Mrs. Flanner


Molly

Grandma Norris

Dora Bloch


Gloria Roma

Self

Aunt Marion

Self

Drina

Mrs. Verloc

(archive footage)
Self

Becky

Elizabeth Mullin

Katherine Grant

Helen Roberts

Joan Prentice

Miss Coral

Margaret Smith

Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)

Donaldina Cameron

Rose Maurrant

Lillie Taylor

Roberta 'Bert' Alden

Self (archive footage)

Mrs. Carrie Rill

Nan Cooley

Fern Stobbs

Cousin Polly

Margaret

Sadie Ross

Alma Lewellyn

Joan Graham

Flo Lorraine

Elsie Braden

Elizabeth Gibson

Mrs. Kramer

Marney

June Tolliver

Beatrice McKenna

Iris Hilliard

Grandmother

Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina

Mrs. Downes

Felicity

Mary Rogers

Tonita Storm Cloud

(archive footage)

Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lillian Gordon

Margaret Wyndham Chase

Cho-Cho San

Cecily Harrington

Anne Barclay

Helen Smith aka Helen Vail

Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)

Clara Josephs

Hilda Carmichael

Cassie Bowman

Mrs. Flanner

Patricia Harper

Mrs. Cosick

Jennie Gerhardt

Fantine
Self

Linda Brown

Mary Richards

Mary Burns

Kitty

Valerie Briand

Carrie Adams

Lulu Morgan

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Kathleen Storm McNeil

Performer

Sylvia Sidney