Sylvia Sidney
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Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American actress of stage, screen and film, with a career spanning over 70 years, who first rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s.
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Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1929 | Thru Different Eyes | Valerie Briand | |
1930 | Five Minutes from the Station | Carrie Adams | Short film |
1931 | City Streets | Nan Cooley | |
1931 | Confessions of a Co-Ed | Patricia Harper | |
1931 | An American Tragedy | Roberta "Bert" Alden | |
1931 | Street Scene | Rose Maurrant | |
1931 | Ladies of the Big House | Kathleen Storm McNeill | |
1932 | The Miracle Man | Helen Smith | |
1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Joan Prentice | |
1932 | Make Me a Star | Unknown | |
1932 | Madame Butterfly | Cho-Cho San | |
1933 | Pick-Up | Mary Richards | |
1933 | Jennie Gerhardt | Jennie Gerhardt | |
1934 | Good Dame | Lillie Taylor | |
1934 | Thirty-Day Princess | Nancy Lane/Princess Catterina | |
1934 | Behold My Wife | Tonita Storm Cloud | |
1935 | Accent on Youth | Linda Brown | |
1935 | Mary Burns, Fugitive | Mary Burns | |
1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | June Tolliver | |
1936 | Fury | Katherine Grant | |
1936 | Sabotage | Mrs. Verloc | |
1937 | You Only Live Once | Joan Graham | |
1937 | Dead End | Drina Gordon | |
1938 | You and Me | Helen Dennis | |
1939 | ...One Third of a Nation... | Mary Rogers | |
1941 | The Wagons Roll at Night | Flo Lorraine | |
1945 | Blood on the Sun | Iris Hilliard | |
1946 | The Searching Wind | Cassie Bowwman | |
1946 | Mr. Ace | Margaret Wyndham Chase | |
1947 | Love from a Stranger | Cecily Harrington | |
1952 | Les Misérables | Fantine | |
1955 | Violent Saturday | Elsie Braden | |
1956 | Behind the High Wall | Hilda Carmichael | |
1971 | Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate | Elizabeth Gibson | Television movie |
1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Mrs. Pritchett | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
1975 | The Secret Night Caller | Kitty | Television movie |
1975 | Winner Take All | Anne Barclay | Television movie |
1976 | God Told Me To | Elizabeth Mullin | |
1976 | Death at Love House | Clara Josephs | Television movie |
1977 | Raid on Entebbe | Dora Bloch | Television movie |
1977 | I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Miss Coral | |
1977 | Snowbeast | Mrs. Carrie Rill | Television movie |
1978 | Damien: Omen II | Aunt Marion | |
1978 | Siege | Lillian Gordon | Television movie |
1980 | The Gossip Columnist | Alma Lewellyn | Television movie |
1980 | F.D.R.: The Last Year | Cousin Polly | Television movie |
1980 | The Shadow Box | Felicity | Television movie |
1981 | A Small Killing | Sadie Ross | Television movie |
1982 | Hammett | Donaldina Cameron | |
1983 | Copkiller | Margaret Smith | |
1983 | The Brass Ring | Grandmother | Television movie |
1985 | Finnegan Begin Again | Margaret Finnegan | Television movie |
1985 | An Early Frost | Beatrice McKenna | Television movie Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
1987 | Pals | Ferb Stobbs | Television movie |
1988 | Beetlejuice | Juno | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress |
1990 | The Witching of Ben Wagner | Grammy | Television movie |
1992 | Used People | Becky | |
1996 | Mars Attacks! | Grandma Florence Norris |
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Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1952 | Cameo Theater | Unknown | Episode: "The Gathering Twilight" |
1952 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | Episode: "Experiment" |
1952 | Tales of Tomorrow | Natalie | Episode: "Time to Go" |
1952 | Lux Video Theater | Joyce | Episode: "Night Be Quiet" |
1952 | Lux Video Theater | Laura Barrie | Episode: "Pattern for Glory" |
1953–1955 | The Ford Television Theatre | Unknown | 2 episodes |
1954 | Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | Episode: "Catch My Boy on Sunday" |
1955 | Star Stage | "famous stage actress" | title unknown<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref> |
1955–1956 | Celebrity Playhouse | Meg Fraser | 2 episodes |
1955–1957 | Climax! | Louella Wheedron | 2 episodes |
1957 | Kraft Television Theater | Unknown | Episode: "Circle of Fear" |
1960 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Beulah | Episode: "Escape" |
1961 | Naked City | Florence | Episode: "A Hole in the City" |
1961 | Route 66 | Hannah Ellis | Episode: "Like a Motherless Child" |
1962 | The Defenders | Adela Collins | 2 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Mrs. Arnold | Episode: "Five Moments Out of Time" |
1964 | Route 66 | Lonnie Taylor | Episode: "Child of a Night" |
1964 | The Nurses | Mrs. Sands | Episode: "To All My Friends on Shore" |
1969 | My Three Sons | Miss Houk | Episode: "Teacher's Pet" |
1975–1976 | Ryan's Hope | Sister Mary Joel | 3 episodes |
1976 | Starsky and Hutch | Olga Grossman | Episode: "Gillian" |
1977 | Westside Medical | Unknown | Episode: "Tears for Two Dollar Wine" |
1977 | Eight Is Enough | Unknown | 2 episodes |
1978 | WKRP in Cincinnati | Mama Carlson | Episode: "Pilot – Part 1" |
1978 | Kaz | Unknown | Episode: "A Fine Romance" |
1979 | Supertrain | Agatha | Episode: "Superstar" |
1979 | California Fever | Mother | Episode: "Movin' Out" |
1981 | The Love Boat | Natalie | Episode: "I Love You Too, Smith" |
1983 | Magnum, P.I. | Elizabeth Barrett | Episode: "Birdman of Budapest" |
1984 | Domestic Life | Mrs. Moscewicz | Episode: "Small Cranes Court" |
1984 | Whiz Kids | Dolly | Episode: "The Lollipop Gang Strikes Back" |
1984 | Trapper John, M.D. | Mildred Prosser | Episode: "Aunt Mildred Is Watching" |
1986 | Morningstar/Eveningstar | Binnie Taylor | 7 episodes |
1988 | Dear John | Mrs. Lumenski | Episode: "Dancing in the Dark" |
1989 | The Equalizer | Judge | Episode: "Trial by Ordeal" |
1989 | Thirtysomething | Rose Waldman | Episode: "Be a Good Girl" |
1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Alice | Episode: "Miracle Cure" |
1998 | Fantasy Island | Clia | 7 episodes |
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