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
201990s
1 title · average score 57
57
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as Grandma Norris
1980s
4 titles · average score 63
64
thirtysomething (1987)
TV show
70
An Early Frost (1985)
as Beatrice McKenna
62
The Equalizer (1985)
TV show · as Judge
57
Copkiller (1983)
as Margaret Smith
1970s
3 titles · average score 57
52
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
TV show · as Lillian Carlson
62
God Told Me To (1976)
as Elizabeth Mullin
Winner Take All (1975)
as Anne Barclay
1960s
1 title · average score 70
70
The Defenders (1961)
TV show · as Adela Collins
1950s
2 titles · average score 67
79
Playhouse 90 (1956)
TV show · as Mrs. Kramer
55
Les Miserables (1952)
as Fantine
1940s
2 titles · average score 65
The Searching Wind (1946)
as Cassie Bowman
65
Blood on the Sun (1945)
as Iris Hilliard
1930s
7 titles · average score 75
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
56
Madame Butterfly (1932)
as Cho-cho San
80
Street Scene (1931)
as Rose Maurrant