Sylvia Sidney
Birth Name:
Sylvia Sidney
Birth Place:
New York City, New York, United States
Profession
Actress
Fast Facts
- Bequeathed her entire estate to the National Arts Club, a private New York Club established to stimulate, foster and promote public interest in the arts
- Joined the Theater Guild's School for Acting at a teenager to overcome her shyness
- Began her career with supporting roles in numerous gangster films during the 1930s
- Her Broadway career spanned five decades, from 1926 in Prunella to 1977's Vieux Carre
- Awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1990
- Excellent at needlepoint, for which she published who books in the 1970s
Awards
- 1931Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (August):Winner
- 1931Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (June):Winner
- 1932Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (August):Winner
- 1932Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (February):Winner
- 1933Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (August):Winner
- 1933Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (February):Winner
- 1934Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (April):Winner
- 1936Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (August):Winner
- 1936Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (April):Winner
- 1937Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (April):Winner
- 1963Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:Nominated
- 1973NBR Award - Best Supporting Actress:Winner
- 1974Oscar - Best Actress in a Supporting Role:Nominated
- 1974Golden Globe - Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 1974KCFCC Award - Best Supporting Actress:Winner
- 1974NSFC Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
- 1975BAFTA Film Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
- 1986Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television:Winner
- 1986Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special:Nominated
- 1990Saturn Award - Best Supporting Actress:Winner
- 1999OFTA Television Award - Best Actress in a New Drama Series:Nominated