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  2. 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.

  3. Sylvia Sidney. Actress: Beetlejuice. Sylvia Sidney was born in The Bronx, New York City, on August 8, 1910 as Sophia Kosow to Jewish parents. Her father was born in Russia and her mother was born in Romania. They divorced not long after her birth.

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  4. Sylvia Sidney was an American actress who appeared in a number of movies in the 1930s and mesmerized moviegoers with her signature moist-eyed performances. She began her career as a stage artist at the age of 16 and debuted in films a year later.

  5. Jul 1, 1999 · Biography. Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, August 8, 1910 – July 1, 1999) was an American stage, screen and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s.

  6. Jul 2, 1999 · Sylvia Sidney, whose vulnerable but spunky persona helped make her the ultimate heroine of realistic movies of the 1930's, died yesterday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.

  7. Feisty and opinionated, Sylvia Sidney was quite the opposite of the waiflike victim of social oppression she played in Hollywood’s Depression Era films. While she disliked playing the victim, her vulnerability and working-class persona resonated with audiences.

  8. Sidney, Sylvia (1910–1999) American actress. Born Sophia Kosow on August 8, 1910, in the Bronx, New York ; died of throat cancer on July 1, 1999; studied acting at the Theater Guild School; married Bennett Cerf (a publisher), in 1935 (divorced 1936); married Luther Adler (an actor), in 1938 (divorced 1947); married Carlton Alsop (a publicist ...