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Sylvia Sidney Acting Filmography (74)

Mars Attacks!
1996·Grandma Norris
Used People
1992·Becky
Andre's Mother
1990·Mrs. Downes
Night of 100 Stars III
1990·Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989·Self
Beetlejuice
1988·Juno
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988·Self (archive footage)
Pals
1987·Fern Stobbs
The Witching of Ben Wagner
1987·Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
An Early Frost
1985·Beatrice McKenna
Finnegan Begin Again
1985·Margaret
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·(archive footage)
The Brass Ring
1983·Grandmother
Copkiller
1983·Margaret Smith
Hammett
1982·Donaldina Cameron
Having It All
1982·Marney
Come Along with Me
1982·Mrs. Flanner
Night of 100 Stars
1982·Self
A Small Killing
1981·Sadie Ross
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980·Cousin Polly
The Shadow Box
1980·Felicity
The Gossip Columnist
1980·Alma Lewellyn
Damien - Omen II
1978·Aunt Marion
Siege
1978·Lillian Gordon
Snowbeast
1977·Mrs. Carrie Rill
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977·Miss Coral
God Told Me To
1976·Elizabeth Mullin
Raid on Entebbe
1976·Dora Bloch
Death at Love House
1976·Clara Josephs
The Secret Night Caller
1975·Kitty
Winner Take All
1975·Anne Barclay
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973·Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971·Elizabeth Gibson
No Time at All
1958·Mrs. Kramer
The Helen Morgan Story
1957·Lulu Morgan
Behind the High Wall
1956·Hilda Carmichael
Man on the Ledge
1955·Mrs. Cosick
Violent Saturday
1955·Elsie Braden
Les Miserables
1952·Fantine
Screen Snapshots 1860: Howdy, Podner
1949·Sylvia Sidney
Love from a Stranger
1947·Cecily Harrington
The Searching Wind
1946·Cassie Bowman
Mr. Ace
1946·Margaret Wyndham Chase
Blood on the Sun
1945·Iris Hilliard
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941·Flo Lorraine
Breakdowns of 1941
1941·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Third of a Nation
1939·Mary Rogers
You and Me
1938·Helen Roberts
Sabotage
1937·Mrs. Verloc
Dead End
1937·Drina
You Only Live Once
1937·Joan Graham
Fury
1936·Katherine Grant
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936·June Tolliver
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935·Mary Burns
Accent on Youth
1935·Linda Brown
Thirty Day Princess
1934·Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Behold My Wife!
1934·Tonita Storm Cloud
Good Dame
1934·Lillie Taylor
Pick-up
1933·Mary Richards
Jennie Gerhardt
1933·Jennie Gerhardt
Madame Butterfly
1932·Cho-Cho San
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932·Joan Prentice
The Miracle Man
1932·Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Make Me a Star
1932·Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
City Streets
1931·Nan Cooley
An American Tragedy
1931·Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931·Patricia Harper
Street Scene
1931·Rose Maurrant
Ladies of the Big House
1931·Kathleen Storm McNeil
The House That Shadows Built
1931·(archive footage)
Five Minutes from the Station
1930·Carrie Adams
Thru Different Eyes
1929·Valerie Briand
Broadway Nights
1927·Performer
The Sorrows of Satan
1926·Bridesmaid (uncredited)