Acting
Sylvia Sidney
- Titles
- 74movies36TV shows
- Career
Active from 1930 to 1998, with a break from 1958 to 1970, busiest in 1931 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 40top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Fury87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 51 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.5average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.6
- Crime4.9average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.3average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Romance4.2average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.4, average 5.2
- Wonder2.5, average 3.4
- Physical Comedy1.6, average 2.5
- Absurdist Humor1.3, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Thought-Provoking 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Class Conflict 2
- 1930s Setting 2
- Gritty 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Moral Dilemmas 2
- Psychological Tension 2
- Crime Drama 2
- Character Study 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Leon ShamroyCinematographerYou Only Live Once, Behold My Wife!, Thirty Day Princess, Mary Burns, Fugitive, Good Dame, +2 more
Marion GeringDirectorLadies of the Big House, Pick-up, Madame Butterfly, Thirty Day Princess, Good Dame, +1 more- DDavid AbelCinematographerMerrily We Go to Hell, Ladies of the Big House, Pick-up, Madame Butterfly, The Miracle Man
- JJane LoringEditorMerrily We Go to Hell, Madame Butterfly, Thirty Day Princess, Good Dame
John LeipoldComposerMerrily We Go to Hell, Ladies of the Big House, An American Tragedy, Thirty Day Princess
George RaftActorYou and Me, Pick-up, Mr. Ace
Joanne WoodwardActorSummer Wishes, Winter Dreams, The Shadow Box, Come Along with Me
Cary GrantActorMerrily We Go to Hell, Madame Butterfly, Thirty Day Princess
Fritz LangDirectorYou Only Live Once, Fury, You and Me- LLee GarmesCinematographerAn American Tragedy, City Streets, The Searching Wind
Phillips HolmesActorAn American Tragedy, Confessions of a Co-Ed
Humphrey BogartActorThe Wagons Roll at Night, Dead End
Movies and TV shows
251930s
25 titles · average score 70
62
One Third of a Nation (1939)
as Mary Rogers
74
You and Me (1938)
as Helen Roberts
86
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Joan Graham
77
Dead End (1937)
as Drina
87
Fury (1936)
as Katherine Grant
78
Sabotage (1936)
as Mrs. Verloc
66
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
as June Tolliver
79
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
as Mary Burns
Accent on Youth (1935)
as Linda Brown
67
Thirty Day Princess (1934)
as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
70
Behold My Wife! (1934)
as Tonita Storm Cloud
Good Dame (1934)
as Lillie Taylor
59
Pick-up (1933)
as Mary Richards
62
Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
as Jennie Gerhardt
82
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Joan Prentice
56
Madame Butterfly (1932)
as Cho-cho San
62
The Miracle Man (1932)
as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
57
Make Me a Star (1932)
as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
59
An American Tragedy (1931)
as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
80
Street Scene (1931)
as Rose Maurrant
76
City Streets (1931)
as Nan Cooley
63
Ladies of the Big House (1931)
as Kathleen Storm McNeil
Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931)
as Patricia Harper
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
as (archive footage)
Five Minutes from the Station (1930)
as Carrie Adams