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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.

Film

Year Title Role Notes
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

Television

Year Title Role Notes
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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