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Her first Oscar nomination (as Best Supporting Actress for Midnight Cowboy (1969)) is the third shortest performance ever nominated for an Oscar. The other two performances are Judi Dench's in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and 'Beatrice straight''s in Network (1976). Dench and Straight both won "Best Supporting Actress" for their performances.

Was once married to former New York City radio personality Ted Brown.

Portrayed Sally Rogers in the Carl Reiner 1959 television pilot "Head of the Family" which eventually became the basis for "The Dick Van Dyke Show."

As a revue comedy performer, she made her first TV appearance on a Bob Hope NBC show in 1950.

Second husband Gerald Price was a NY stage actor and was instrumental in prompting Sylvia to take an avid interest in developing a stage career in the mid-50s.

Married for the first time at age 16.

Measurements: 38C-24-35 (in her own words), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Infamous for dumping a plate of pasta on the head of dyspeptic theater critic John Simon of New York magazine in The Ginger Man, a New York City restaurant, after he gave her a nasty, scathing review in a 1973 play.

Has one sister living in Las Vegas. Parents were divorced. Father Reuben Lee was a New York City furniture maker. Mother was Belle Fellman-Lee.

Personal Quotes

"People will come and go, but theatrical memorabilia will never let you down as long as you keep it in clear plastic."

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