Sylvia Sidney

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Aug 09, 1910 (114 years old)
Death date
Jul 01, 1999

Sylvia Sidney

Known For

Fantasy Island
1h 0m
TV Show 1998

Fantasy Island

Mr. Roarke and his three assistants run a tropical paradise where guests come in to have their wildest dreams and fantasies come true.

Used People
1h 55m
Movie 1992

Used People

At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now a widower, has secretly loved Pearl.

Night of 100 Stars III
3h 0m
Movie 1990

Night of 100 Stars III

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

Andre's Mother
0h 48m
Movie 1990

Andre's Mother

Written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Andre's Mother is the story of Katherine Gerard (Sada Thompson) who has lost her son to AIDS. Set at Andre's memorial service, the film follows Katherine's journey as she confronts the death of her son, the anguish of his lover Cal Porter (Richard Thomas), and, in flashbacks, the key moments of denial and miscommunication with those closest to her. Originally broadcast as part of "American Playhouse" on PBS (season nine, episode four).

Beetlejuice
1h 32m
Movie 1988

Beetlejuice

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

The Witching of Ben Wagner
1h 36m
Movie 1987

The Witching of Ben Wagner

A new family moves into town and their son, Ben, meets a mysterious girl named Regina, who is rumoured to be a witch.

Finnegan Begin Again
1h 55m
Movie 1985

Finnegan Begin Again

A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.

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).

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