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Sylvia Sidney (I) (1910–1999)

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Sylvia Sidney was born in New York City, in the Bronx borough, on August 8, 1910 with the birth name of Sophia Kosow. Her father was Russian born and her mother was born in Romania. They divorced not long after her birth. Her mother subsequently remarried and Sylvia was adopted by her stepfather, Sigmund Sidney... See full bio »

Born:

Sophia Kosow
in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 88) in New York City, New York, USA
Sylvia Sidney 11/4/50 Still of Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney in Fury Humphrey Bogart and Sylvia Sydney, 1941 Warner Bros. Sylvia Sidney
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1998 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Clia
– Let Go (1998) … Clia
– Estrogen (1998) … Clia
– Secret Self (1998) … Clia
– Dying to Dance (1998) … Clia
– We're Not Worthy (1998) … Clia
See all 7 episodes »
 
1996 Mars Attacks!
Grandma Florence Norris
 
1993 Diagnosis Murder (TV series)
Alice
– Miracle Cure (1993) … Alice
 
1992 Used People
Becky
 
1991 The Man in the Family (TV series)
Mrs. Panetta
– Honor Bound (1991) … Mrs. Panetta
 
1990 Equal Justice (TV series)
Mrs. Rogan
– The Art of the Possible (1990) … Mrs. Rogan
 
1982-1990 American Playhouse (TV series)
Andre's Grandmother / Mrs. Flanner
– Andre's Mother (1990) … Andre's Grandmother
– Come Along with Me (1982) … Mrs. Flanner
 
1990 The Witching of Ben Wagner (TV movie)
Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
 
1989 thirtysomething (TV series)
Rose Waldman
– Be a Good Girl (1989) … Rose Waldman
 
1989 The Equalizer (TV series)
Judge
– Trial by Ordeal (1989) … Judge
 
1988 Dear John (TV series)
Mrs. Lumenski
– Dancing in the Dark (1988) … Mrs. Lumenski
 
1988 Beetlejuice
Juno
 
1987 Pals (TV movie)
Fern Stobbs
 
1986 Morningstar/Eveningstar (TV series)
Binnie Baylor
– Episode #1.7 (1986) … Binnie Baylor
– Episode #1.6 (1986) … Binnie Baylor
– Episode #1.5 (1986) … Binnie Baylor
– Episode #1.4 (1986) … Binnie Baylor
– Episode #1.3 (1986) … Binnie Baylor
See all 7 episodes »
 
1985 An Early Frost (TV movie)
Beatrice McKenna
 
1985 Finnegan Begin Again (TV movie)
Margaret Finnegan
 
1984 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Mildred Prosser
– Aunt Mildred Is Watching (1984) … Mildred Prosser
 
1984 Whiz Kids (TV series)
Dolly
– The Lollypop Gang Strikes Back (1984) … Dolly
 
1984 Domestic Life (TV series)
Mrs. Moskewicz
– Small Cranes Court (1984) … Mrs. Moskewicz
 
1983 Order of Death
Margaret Smith
 
1983 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Elizabeth Barrett
– Birdman of Budapest (1983) … Elizabeth Barrett
 
1983 The Brass Ring (TV movie)
Grandmother
 
1982 Having It All (TV movie)
Marney
 
1982 Hammett
Donaldina Cameron
 
1981 A Small Killing (TV movie)
Sadie Ross
 
1981 The Love Boat (TV series)
Natalie
– I Love You Too, Smith/Mamma and Me/Sally's Paradise (1981) … Natalie
 
1980 The Shadow Box (TV movie)
Felicity
 
1980 F.D.R.: The Last Year (TV movie)
Cousin Polly
 
1980 The Gossip Columnist (TV movie)
Alma Lewellyn
 
1979 California Fever (TV series)
Mother
– Movin' Out (1979) … Mother
 
1979 Supertrain (TV series)
Agatha
– Superstar (1979) … Agatha
 
1978 Kaz (TV series)
– A Fine Romance (1978)
 
1978 WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series)
Mama Carlson
– Pilot: Part 1 (1978) … Mama Carlson
 
1978 Damien: Omen II
Aunt Marion
 
1978 Siege (TV movie)
Lillian Gordon
 
1977 Eight Is Enough (TV series)
– Children of the Groom: Part 1 (1977)
– Children of the Groom: Part 2 (1977)
 
1977 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Miss Coral
 
1977 Snowbeast (TV movie)
Mrs. Carrie Rill
 
1977 Westside Medical (TV series)
– Tears for a Two Dollar Wine
 
1976 Raid on Entebbe (TV movie)
Dora Bloch
 
1976 God Told Me To
Elizabeth Mullin
 
1976 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Olga Grossman
– Gillian (1976) … Olga Grossman
 
1976 Death at Love House (TV movie)
Clara Josephs
 
1975-1976 Ryan's Hope (TV series)
Sister Mary Joel
– Episode #1.128 (1976) … Sister Mary Joel
– Episode #1.50 (1975) … Sister Mary Joel
– Episode #1.49 (1975) … Sister Mary Joel
 
1975 Winner Take All (TV movie)
Anne Barclay
 
1975 The Secret Night Caller (TV movie)
Kitty
 
1973 Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Mrs. Pritchett
 
1971 Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (TV movie)
Elizabeth Gibson
 
1969 My Three Sons (TV series)
Miss Houk
– Teacher's Pet (1969) … Miss Houk
 
1964 The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series)
Mrs. Sands
– To All My Friends on Shore (1964) … Mrs. Sands
 
1961-1964 Route 66 (TV series)
Hannah Ellis / Lonnie
– Child of a Night (1964) … Lonnie
– Like a Motherless Child (1961) … Hannah Ellis
 
1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Mrs. Arnold
– Five Moments Out of Time (1963) … Mrs. Arnold
 
1962 The Defenders (TV series)
Adela Collins
– Madman: Part 2 (1962) … Adela Collins
– Madman: Part 1 (1962) … Adela Collins
 
1961 Naked City (TV series)
Florence
– A Hole in the City (1961) … Florence
 
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Beulah
– Escape (1960) … Beulah
 
1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Gloria Roma
– Lear vs. the Committeeman (1960) … Gloria Roma
 
1957-1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Lulu Morgan / Mrs. Golden / Mrs. Kramer
– No Time at All (1958) … Mrs. Kramer
– The Gentleman from Seventh Avenue (1958) … Mrs. Golden
– The Helen Morgan Story (1957) … Lulu Morgan
 
1957 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– Circle of Fear (1957)
 
1955-1957 Climax! (TV series)
Louella Wheedron
– The Gold Dress (1957) … Louella Wheedron
– The Leaf Out of the Book (1955)
 
1956 Behind the High Wall
Hilda Carmichael
 
1955-1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
Meg Fraser
– More Than Kin (1956) … Meg Fraser
– A House Between Flags (1955)
 
1955 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Mrs. Cosick
– Man on the Ledge (1955) … Mrs. Cosick
 
1955 Playwrights '56 (TV series)
Sophie
– The Heart's a Forgotten Hotel (1955) … Sophie
 
1955 Star Stage (TV series)
– The Toy Lady (1955)
 
1955 Violent Saturday
Elsie Braden
 
1953-1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Laura Blake
– Deception (1955) … Laura Blake
– As the Flames Dies (1953)
 
1953-1955 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– The Hickory Limb (1955)
– Johnny Came Home (1953)
 
1954 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– Catch My Boy on Sunday (1954)
 
1952-1953 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
Adelina / Elizabeth / Judith Traherne / …
– Angel Street (1953) … Elizabeth
– Kind Lady (1953) … Mary Herries
– Dark Victory (1953) … Judith Traherne
– Climax (1953) … Adelina
– The Letter (1952) … Leslie Crosbie
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1953 Joseph Schildkraut Presents (TV series)
– Candle in the Sun (1953)
 
1952 Les Miserables
Fantine
 
1952 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Joyce / Laura Barrie
– Pattern for Glory (1952) … Laura Barrie
– Night Be Quiet (1952) … Joyce
 
1952 Tales of Tomorrow (TV series)
Natalie
– Time to Go (1952) … Natalie
 
1952 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Experiment (1952)
 
1952 Cameo Theatre (TV series)
– The Gathering Twilight (1952)
 
1947 Love from a Stranger
Cecily Harrington
 
1946 Mr. Ace
Margaret Wyndham Chase
 
1946 The Searching Wind
Cassie Bowwman
 
1945 Blood on the Sun
Iris Hilliard
 
1941 The Wagons Roll at Night
Flo Lorraine
 
1939 ...One Third of a Nation...
Mary Rogers (as Sylvia Sydney)
 
1938 You and Me
Helen Dennis
 
1937 Dead End
Drina
 
1937 You Only Live Once
Joan Graham
 
1936 Sabotage
Mrs. Verloc (as Sylvia Sydney)
 
1936 Fury
Katherine Grant
 
1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
June Tolliver
 
1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive
Mary Burns
 
1935 Accent on Youth
Linda Brown
 
1934 Behold My Wife
Tonita Storm Cloud
 
1934 Thirty Day Princess
Nancy Lane/Princess Catterina
 
1934 Good Dame
Lillie Taylor
 
1933 Jennie Gerhardt
Jennie Gerhardt
 
1933 Pick-up
Mary Richards
 
1932 Madame Butterfly
Cho-Cho San
 
1932 Merrily We Go to Hell
Joan Prentice
 
1932 The Miracle Man
Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
 
1931 Ladies of the Big House
Kathleen Storm McNeil
 
1931 Street Scene
Rose Maurrant
 
1931 An American Tragedy
Roberta 'Bert' Alden
 
1931 Confessions of a Co-Ed
Patricia Harper
 
1931 City Streets
Nan Cooley
 
1930 Five Minutes from the Station (short)
Carrie Adams
 
1929 Thru Different Eyes
Valerie Briand
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2002 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Clara Bow: Hollywood's Silent Sexpot (2002) … Herself
 
1989-2001 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001) … Herself
– Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989) … Herself
 
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV movie)
Herself
 
1988 Going Hollywood: The War Years (documentary)
Herself
 
1986 The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
 
1986 The 38th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Herself
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Herself
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
 
1969 The Joan Rivers Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 September 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1965-1967 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 April 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 5 November 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1957 The Polly Bergen Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1957) … Herself
 
1956 Home (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 June 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1951 The Kate Smith Evening Hour (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.3 (1951) … Herself
 
1949 Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner (short)
Herself
 
1946 Screen Snapshots: The Skolsky Party (documentary short)
Herself
 
1932 Make Me a Star
Herself (uncredited)
 
1927 Broadway Nights
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2009 Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (TV documentary)
Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (uncredited)
 
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1941 Breakdowns of 1941 (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1931 The House That Shadows Built (documentary)
 

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Personal Details

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(1928) Stage: Appeared (as "Mary Norton") in "Mirrors" on Broadway. Written by Milton Herbert Gropper. Directed / produced by Albert Lewis. Forrest Theatre: 18 Jan 1928-Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Patricia Barclay, Joan Brown, Dorothea Chard (as "Phyllis Langdon")... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Sylvia Sydney

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Hollywood! It's like an old chair - if it's useful, keep it; if not, give it to Goodwill. See more »

Trivia:

Miss Sidney was easily identified wherever she drove by her personalized Connecticut license plate which read "SYLIE". See more »

Star Sign:

Leo