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Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; [1] August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) 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.
Sylvia Sidney. Actress: Beetlejuice. Sylvia Sidney was born in The Bronx, New York City, on August 8, 1910 as Sophia Kosow to Jewish parents. Her father was born in Russia and her mother was born in Romania. They divorced not long after her birth.
Jul 2, 1999 · Sylvia Sidney, whose vulnerable but spunky persona helped make her the ultimate heroine of realistic movies of the 1930's, died yesterday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.
Jul 2, 1999 · Sylvia Sidney, whose career on stage and screen spanned seven decades, died Thursday of complications from throat cancer at Gotham's Lenox Hill Hospital. She was 88.
Feisty and opinionated, Sylvia Sidney was quite the opposite of the waiflike victim of social oppression she played in Hollywood’s Depression Era films. While she disliked playing the victim, her vulnerability and working-class persona resonated with audiences.
Jul 1, 1999 · Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s.
Jul 20, 1999 · WITH HER wide, soulful eyes, high cheekbones and tremulous lips, Sylvia Sidney was an ideal heroine for the Depression, during which she was frequently a working-class girl stoically...
Jul 2, 1999 · Sylvia Sidney, a durable character actress for seven decades who in her mid-80s appeared in the 1996 hit film “Mars Attacks!” died Thursday in New York. Sidney died at Lennox Hill Hospital of...
Sidney, Sylvia (1910–1999) American actress. Born Sophia Kosow on August 8, 1910, in the Bronx, New York ; died of throat cancer on July 1, 1999; studied acting at the Theater Guild School; married Bennett Cerf (a publisher), in 1935 (divorced 1936); married Luther Adler (an actor), in 1938 (divorced 1947); married Carlton Alsop (a publicist ...
Sylvia Sidney was an American actress of the 1930s who mesmerized moviegoers with her signature moist-eyed performances. Read this biography to know her birthday, childhood, family life, achievements and other fun facts.