Job Actress
Years active 1926-1998
Top Roles Helen Dennis, Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina, Drina, Mrs. Sylvia Verloc, Rose Maurrant
Top GenresDrama, Crime, Romance, Film Adaptation, Comedy, Film Noir
Top TopicsBook-Based, Pre-Code Cinema, Supernatural
Top Collaborators (Director), (Director), (Producer), (Producer)
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Sylvia Sidney Overview:

Legendary actress, Sylvia Sidney, was born Sophia Kosow on Aug 8, 1910 in Bronx, NY. Sidney died at the age of 88 on Jul 1, 1999 in New York City, NY .

MINI BIO:

Pretty, plaintive-looking, dark-haired American actress who played plucky working girls battling against environmental odds, and only sometimes winning. Her naturalistic acting style made her one of Paramount's biggest stars of the thirties, but her decision to do stage work in 1939 came at the wrong time in her career, and a film comeback in the mid-forties failed. In the seventies she unexpectedly returned, playing elderly character roles. Has written a book on needlepoint. Married to Luther Adler (1903-1984) from 1938 to 1946, second of three. Nominated for an Academy Award on Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams. Died from throat cancer.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Sidney was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1973Best Supporting ActressSummer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)Mrs. PritchettNominated
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Sylvia Sidney Quotes:

Jerry Corbett: I always said you were swell.
Joan Prentice: Perhaps you won't think so much longer because if being a modern husband gives you privileges, then being a modern wife gives me privileges.


Joan Graham: Anywhere's our home. On the road. Out there on a cold star. Anywhere's our home.


Harry Glynn: I've been thinking.
Mary Richards: No wonder you look so worn out.


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Sylvia Sidney Facts
She became the first star actress to be photographed in 'outdoor technicolor' when she starred in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) in 1936.

She was a lifelong member of the Republican party.

Turned down the Casbah Girl lead in Algiers (1938) opposite Charles Boyer. Hedy Lamarr went on to fame in the role.

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