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Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 in film|1910 - July
1, 1999 in film|1999) was an United
States|American actor|actress.

Born Sophia Kosow in The Bronx, New York, New
York, Sidney became an actress at the age of 15 as
a way of overcoming shyness.  A student of the
Theater Guild's School for Acting, Sidney appeared
in several of their productions during the 1920s
and earned praise from theater critics.  In 1927
she was seen by a Hollywood talent scout and made
her first film appearance later that year.

During the Great Depression Sidney appeared in a
string of films, playing either the girlfriend or
the sister of a gangster.  Among her films of this
period were An American Tragedy and Street Scene
(both 1931), Sabotage_(movie)|Sabotage (1936) and
Dead End (1937).  Her career diminished somewhat
during the early 1940s and a comeback later in the
decade failed to renew her popularity. 

In 1952 she played the role of Fantine in Les
Misérables (1952 movie)|Les
Misérables, and her performance was widely
praised and allowed her opportunities to develop
as a character actress. She received an Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for
her role in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973).

As an elderly woman she continued to play
supporting roles, and was identifiable by her
husky voice, the result of a lifetime cigarette
smoking habit.  She played the grandmother in the
television production of An Early Frost for which
she won a Golden Globe Award, and she also played
key roles in Beetlejuice (directed by longtime
Sidney fan Tim Burton) and Used People. Her
theatrical swan song was in another film by
Burton, Mars Attacks, in which she played a
Alzheimer disease|senile woman who stumbles upon a
way to stop an alien invasion. On TV, she appeared
as the grandmother of Melanie Mayron in the
comedy-drama Thirtysomething and made her final
acting appearance as a regular on the short-lived
late-1990s revival of Fantasy Island.

She was married three times, including a marriage
to acting teacher Luther Adler from 1938 until
1947. 

She died from throat cancer in New York. 

Sylvia Sidney has a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures at
6245 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Sylvia Sidney (August 8, 1910 in film|1910 - July
1, 1999 in film|1999) was an United
States|American actor|actress.

Born Sophia Kosow in The Bronx, New York, New
York, Sidney became an actress at the age of 15 as
a way of overcoming shyness.  A student of the
Theater Guild's School for Acting, Sidney appeared
in several of their productions during the 1920s
and earned praise from theater critics.  In 1927
she was seen by a Hollywood talent scout and made
her first film appearance later that year.

During the Great Depression Sidney appeared in a
string of films, playing either the girlfriend or
the sister of a gangster.  Among her films of this
period were An American Tragedy and Street Scene
(both 1931), Sabotage_(movie)|Sabotage (1936) and
Dead End (1937).  Her career diminished somewhat
during the early 1940s and a comeback later in the
decade failed to renew her popularity. 

In 1952 she played the role of Fantine in Les
Misérables (1952 movie)|Les
Misérables, and her performance was widely
praised and allowed her opportunities to develop
as a character actress. She received an Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for
her role in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973).

As an elderly woman she continued to play
supporting roles, and was identifiable by her
husky voice, the result of a lifetime cigarette
smoking habit.  She played the grandmother in the
television production of An Early Frost for which
she won a Golden Globe Award, and she also played
key roles in Beetlejuice (directed by longtime
Sidney fan Tim Burton) and Used People. Her
theatrical swan song was in another film by
Burton, Mars Attacks, in which she played a
Alzheimer disease|senile woman who stumbles upon a
way to stop an alien invasion. On TV, she appeared
as the grandmother of Melanie Mayron in the
comedy-drama Thirtysomething and made her final
acting appearance as a regular on the short-lived
late-1990s revival of Fantasy Island.

She was married three times, including a marriage
to acting teacher Luther Adler from 1938 until
1947. 

She died from throat cancer in New York. 

Sylvia Sidney has a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures at
6245 Hollywood Boulevard.