Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow) was an American stage, screen, and film actress whose career spanned 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams in 1973. She later gained attention for her role as Juno, a case worker in the afterlife, in Tim Burton's 1988 film Beetlejuice, for which she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Fantasy Island (1998)
Starring as Clio
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: We're Not Worthy (Oct 10, 1998)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 26, 1998)
Dear John... (1988)
Guest starring as Mrs. Lumenski
- Episode 1x08: Dancing in the Dark (Dec 15, 1988)
Magnum P.I. (1980)
Guest starring as Elizabeth Barrett
- Episode 3x16: Birdman of Budapest (Feb 10, 1983)
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
Guest starring as Lillian Carlson
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (1) (Sep 18, 1978) [Special Guest Star]
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Natalie Corson
- Episode 4x22: I Love You Too, Smith / Mama and Me / Sally's Paradise (Mar 7, 1981)
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
Guest starring as Mrs. Grossman
- Episode 2x05: Gillian (Oct 16, 1976) [Special Guest Star]
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Sylvia Sidney
(3 episodes)
- Episode 9x206: Jun 15, 1970 (Jun 15, 1970)
- Episode 4x98: Jan 20, 1965 (Jan 20, 1965)
- Episode 4x88: Jan 6, 1965 (Jan 6, 1965)
Route 66 (1960)
Guest starring as Hannah Ellis
- Episode 1x20: Like a Motherless Child (Mar 17, 1961)
Guest starring as Lonnie Taylor
- Episode 4x13: Child of a Night (Jan 3, 1964)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
Guest starring as Sylvia Sidney
- Episode 1960-06-20: Jun 20, 1960 (Jun 20, 1960)
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)
Guest starring as Mrs. Cosick
- Episode 1x07: Man on the Ledge (Dec 28, 1955)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Sylvia Sidney
- Episode 1974-04-02: The 46th Annual Academy Awards (Apr 2, 1974)
The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951)
Guest starring as Sylvia Sidney
- Episode 1x03: Episode #1.3 (Oct 3, 1951)