Biography
In 1927. at age 16, she had the ingenue role in the melodrama "Crime" and received strong notices for her work. Over the course of the next 70-plus years, Sidney proved her mettle in a wide-range of productions on stage, screen and TV.
While she had a supporting role in "Thru Different Eyes" (1929), Sidney continued to work on stage and achieved a breakthrough in the title role of "Bad Girl" in 1930. Put under contract at Paramount, she was …
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Career Milestones
| Put under contract at Paramount | ||
1926 | Broadway debut, "The Squall" | |
1926 | Stage acting debut in "The Challenge of Youth" in Washington, DC | |
1927 | Won acclaim as the ingenue in "Crime" | |
1929 | Film acting debut "Thru Different Eyes" | |
1930 | Breakthrough stage role "Bad Girl" | |
1931 | First of six films with director Marion Gering, "Jennie Gerhardt" and "Pick Up" | |
1931 | Loaned to United Artists to appear in King Vidor's "Street Scene" | |
1931 | Starred in film version of "An American Tragedy" | |
1932 | Had title role in "Madame Butterfly" | |
1934 | Paired with Cary Grant in "Thirty Day Princess", co-written by Preston Sturges | |
1935 | Starred as "Mary Burns, Fugitive" | |
1936 | Appeared opposite Spencer Tracy in "Fury"; first of three films directed by Fritz Lang | |
1936 | Starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "Sabatoge" | |
1937 | Played major role in "Dead End", directed by William Wyler | |
1939 | Last Broadway appearance for 11 years, "The Gentle People"; performed with the Group Theatre | |
1942 | Toured in the stage play "Angel Street" | |
1945 | Appeared alongside James Cagney in the melodrama "Blood on the Sun" | |
1946 | Starred opposite Robert Young and Ann Richards in the Lillian Hellman-scripted "The Searching Wind" | |
1951 | Returned to Broadway in "The Fourposter" | |
1952 | Played Fantine in remake of "Les Miserables" | |
1955 | Was a regular performer on the omnibus NBC series "Star Stage" | |
1956 | Last film for 17 years, "Behind the High Wall" | |
1958 | Had title role in the touring company of "Aunti Mame" | |
1962 | Earned first Emmy Award nomination for guest appearance in "The Madman" episode of "The Defenders" | |
1963 | Had featured role in the Broadway production "Enter Laughing" | |
1966 | Assumed the role of Mrs. Banks in the Broadway play "Barefoot in the Park"; also toured in the part | |
1971 | TV-movie debut, "Don Not Fold Spindle or Mutilate" (ABC) | |
1973 | Received Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Joanne Woodward's critical mother in "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" | |
1975 | Had recurring role on the ABC daytime drama "Ryan's Hope" | |
1976 | Returned to Broadway in the short-lived "Me Jack, You Jill" | |
1977 | Appeared in the docudrama "Raid on Entebbe" (NBC) | |
1980 | Portrayed a hospice resident in the TV-movie "The Shadow Box" (ABC), directed by Paul Newman | |
1985 | Garnered second Emmy nomination as Aidan Quinn's understanding grandmother in the ground-breaking NBC TV-movie "An Early Frost" | |
1986 | Was series regular on the short-lived CBS drama "Mornigstar/Eveningstar" | |
1988 | First collaboration with Tim Burton, played the gatekeeper of purgatory in "Beetlejuice" | |
1990 | Co-starred in the PBS drama "Andre's Mother" | |
1990 | Honored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center | |
1990 | Hospitalized with a near-fatal bronchial infection | |
1992 | Appeared alongside Shirley MacLaine in "Used People" | |
1995 | Sustained injuries after being struck by a car | |
1996 | Returned to features in Burton's "Mars Attacks!" | |
1998 | Appeared as a regular in the remake of the ABC series "Fantasy Island" | |
Awards
1963 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By an Actress In a in The Defenders |
1973 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams |
1973 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams |
1973 | National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams |
1974 | BAFTA Award for Supporting Actress in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams |
1985 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in An Early Frost |
1986 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries in An Early Frost |