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  1. jwa.org › encyclopedia › articleSylvia Sidney | Jewish Women's Archive

    Born in the Bronx, New York, on August 8, 1910, Sylvia Kosow Sidney was the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Romania. She attended New York public schools, then the Theatre Guild School in Manhattan from 1921 to 1925.

  2. www.wonderwall.com › entertainment › moviesBeetlejuice actors and actresses - Where are they now?

    She was also engaged to '90s heartthrob Johnny Depp and dated "It" boy Matt Damon following her breakup with Johnny in 1993. ... Sylvia Sidney was a Hollywood icon before she starred in ...

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  4. www.jta.org › 2020/02/27 › cultureThese 7 Jewish actresses shaped Hollywood as we know it

    • Elisabeth Bergner
    • Libby Holman
    • Ruby Myers
    • Sylvia Sidney
    • Luise Rainer
    • Lillian Roth
    • Hedy Lamarr

    The Austrian actress Elisabeth Bergner was nominated for a best actress Oscar in 1935 and even may have helped create the titular character in the film “All About Eve.” Bergner was one of Germany’s most renowned theater and film actresses, known for her androgynous, pants-wearing roles (something pretty unheard of at the time). After moving to Lond...

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    As an openly bisexual American actress who was charged with murdering her husband (inspiring three films), Libby Holman led a controversial life. Even though it was ruled a suicide, the death of Holman’s husband, Zachary Smith Reynolds, tarnished her reputation and coverage of the incident was marred by anti-Semitism. She was also the youngest woma...

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    Ruby Myers, who went by the stage name Sulochana, was an Indian actress of Middle Eastern origin who defied the social norms of her era by starring in early Hindi silent films. During the late 1700s, Jews from Iraq, Syria, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire came to India, establishing the Baghdadi Jewish community. Some of the first women to act...

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    Born to Russian-Jewishimmigrants, stage and film actress Sylvia Sidney rose to fame in the 1930s for playing the partner of gangsters. Sidney starred alongside the leading actors of her day, including Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy. She also was one of the first American actresses to work with Alfred Hitchcock, appearing in “Sabotage...

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    Luise Rainer, who was born in Germany, made history as the first actress to win multiple Academy Awards and to win multiple back to back. Despite a burgeoning career on film and stage in Vienna and Berlin, she moved to Hollywood in the 1930s because of Hitler’s rise to power. After only a few years in the U.S., she won her first Oscar for “The Grea...

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    Lillian Roth began her career as a child star, making her Broadway debut in “The Inner Man” and going on to star in Paramount Pictures films including the Marx Brothers’ “Animal Crackers” (1930). In her personal life, Roth dealt with alcoholismand lacked autonomy in many of her romantic relationships: She married many times. She detailed her tribul...

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    Hedy Lamarr is maybe the only person to both have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Lamarr began her career in European cinema, most notably performing nude in the controversial Czech film “Ecstasy” (1933). After leaving Europe, she became a Hollywood star, with her first role in “Algiers...

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  5. www.timesofisrael.com › the-7-jewish-actresses-whoThe 7 Jewish actresses who shaped Hollywood as we know it

    Mar 1, 2020 · Sylvia Sidney. (Vintage Everyday via JTA) Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants, stage and film actress Sylvia Sidney rose to fame in the 1930s for playing the partner of gangsters.

  6. ew.com › movies › beetlejuice-cast-where-are-they-nowThe cast of Beetlejuice : Where are they now?

    Jul 18, 2023 · As the Maitland's afterlife caseworker, Juno, Sylvia Sidney really knew how to light up a scene — and a pack of cigarettes. With a career dating back to the 1920s, ...

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  7. www.slashfilm.com › 1444532 › beetlejuice-cast-whatWhatever Happened To The Original Cast Of Beetlejuice? - /Film

    Nov 27, 2023 · Sidney died in 1999 at age 88. While Sidney's screen time in "Beetlejuice" is relatively brief, it remained one of her most popular performances.

  8. www.nytimes.com › 1977/06/09 › archivesThe Indomitable Sylvia Sidney - The New York Times

    Jun 9, 1977 · The Indomitable Sylvia Sidney. Share full article. By Anna Quindlen. June 9, 1977 ... Sylvia Sidney always was a nice girl. Sometimes in trouble with the law, sometimes intent on revenge ...