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Sylvia Sidney

1910 - 1999

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Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sylvia Sidney is the 1,893rd most popular actor (down from 1,627th in 2019), the 3,435th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,701st in 2019) and the 926th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sylvia Sidney ranks 1,893 out of 13,578. Before her are Henry Silva, Jennifer O'Neill, Mariangela Melato, Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore, and Don Cheadle. After her are Massimo Girotti, Lindsay Duncan, Haing S. Ngor, Julie Delpy, Marcel Dalio, and Paul Guilfoyle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Sylvia Sidney ranks 121. Before her are Sylvester Stadler, Kenneth E. Boulding, Bernard Voorhoof, Félix Candela, Artie Shaw, and Alex North. After her are Saint Alphonsa, Fritz Leiber, Bill Pickering, Jane Bell, Heinz Hoffmann, and Howlin' Wolf. Among people deceased in 1999, Sylvia Sidney ranks 89. Before her are Alf Ramsey, Ilmari Juutilainen, Saul Steinberg, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Yuri Knorozov, and Roy Chiao. After her are Peko Dapčević, Michel Petrucciani, DeForest Kelley, Pierre Bézier, Ron Wyatt, and Curtis Mayfield.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sylvia Sidney ranks 3,435 out of 20,380. Before her are Kristen Stewart (1990), Henry Silva (1928), Allen Newell (1927), John Ritter (1948), Drew Barrymore (1975), and Don Cheadle (1964). After her are Besse Cooper (1896), Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Vitas Gerulaitis (1954), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Djuna Barnes (1892), and Paul Guilfoyle (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sylvia Sidney ranks 926. Before her are Randy Quaid (1950), Richard Basehart (1914), Kristen Stewart (1990), Henry Silva (1928), Drew Barrymore (1975), and Don Cheadle (1964). After her are Paul Guilfoyle (1949), Lance Reddick (1962), Donald O'Connor (1925), Barbara Lawrence (1930), Victor French (1934), and Vic Morrow (1929).

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