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
- Pathos6.0average 5.2
- Romance4.3average 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
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Tragic Romance 2
- Family Drama 2
- Psychological Suspense 2
- Character Study 2
- Contemporary Realism 2
- New York Setting 2
- Melodrama 2
- Crime Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Leon ShamroyCinematographerYou Only Live Once, Thirty Day Princess, Mary Burns, Fugitive, Behold My Wife!, Jennie Gerhardt, +2 more
Marion GeringDirectorPick-up, Ladies of the Big House, Thirty Day Princess, Madame Butterfly, Jennie Gerhardt, +1 more- DDavid AbelCinematographerMerrily We Go to Hell, Pick-up, Ladies of the Big House, Madame Butterfly, The Miracle Man
- JJane LoringEditorMerrily We Go to Hell, Thirty Day Princess, Madame Butterfly, Good Dame
John LeipoldComposerMerrily We Go to Hell, Ladies of the Big House, An American Tragedy, Thirty Day Princess
Joanne WoodwardActorSummer Wishes, Winter Dreams, Come Along with Me, The Shadow Box
Cary GrantActorMerrily We Go to Hell, Thirty Day Princess, Madame Butterfly
George RaftActorYou and Me, Pick-up, Mr. Ace- LLee GarmesCinematographerAn American Tragedy, City Streets, The Searching Wind
Fritz LangWriterYou Only Live Once, Fury, You and Me
Henry FondaActorYou Only Live Once, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Barton MacLaneActorYou Only Live Once, You and Me
Movies and TV shows
201980s
20 titles · average score 66
76
Beetlejuice (1988)
as Juno
62
Dear John (1988)
TV show · as Mrs. Lumenski
Pals (1987)
as Fern Stobbs
57
The Witching of Ben Wagner (1987)
as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
64
thirtysomething (1987)
TV show
70
An Early Frost (1985)
as Beatrice McKenna
72
Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
as Margaret
62
The Equalizer (1985)
TV show · as Judge
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
The Brass Ring (1983)
as Grandmother
57
Copkiller (1983)
as Margaret Smith
Come Along with Me (1982)
as Mrs. Flanner
Having It All (1982)
as Marney
69
American Playhouse (1982)
TV show · as Mrs. Downs / Mrs. Flanner
67
Hammett (1982)
as Donaldina Cameron
A Small Killing (1981)
as Sadie Ross
82
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
TV show · as Elizabeth Barrett
58
The Shadow Box (1980)
as Felicity
F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
as Cousin Polly
The Gossip Columnist (1980)
as Alma Lewellyn