Sylvia Sidney

Born: 1910-08-09

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. She later gained attention for her role as Juno, a case worker in the afterlife, in Tim Burton's film Beetlejuice, for which she won a Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actress. She also was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973).


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as Juno
Released: 1988-03-30

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent...

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as Grandma Norris
Released: 1996-12-13

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to...

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Damien: Omen II

as Aunt Marion
Released: 1978-06-09

Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of...

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Sabotage

as Mrs. Verloc
Released: 1937-01-08

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live...

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You Only Live Once

as Joan Graham
Released: 1937-01-23

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a...

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God Told Me To

as Elizabeth Mullin
Released: 1976-10-22

A repressed Catholic NYPD detective uncovers a netherworld of deranged faith, alien insemination...

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Raid on Entebbe

as Dora Bloch
Released: 1976-12-26

Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular...

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Blood on the Sun

as Iris Hilliard
Released: 1945-04-26

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world...

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Dead End

as Drina Gordon
Released: 1937-08-27

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up,...

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Fury

as Katherine Grant
Released: 1936-06-05

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to...

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Snowbeast

as Mrs. Carrie Rill
Released: 1977-04-28

A skier and his wife visit a friend's ski resort during a man beast's rampage, and must hide...

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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

as Miss Coral
Released: 1977-07-14

A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

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Hammett

as Donaldina Cameron
Released: 1982-06-09

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker...

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Violent Saturday

as Elsie Braden
Released: 1955-04-01

Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday,...

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Night of 100 Stars III

as Self
Released: 1990-05-21

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

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An American Tragedy

as Roberta 'Bert' Alden
Released: 1931-08-22

A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

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You and Me

as Helen
Released: 1938-06-01

Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled...

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Les Miserables

as Fantine
Released: 1952-08-14

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a...

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Night of 100 Stars

as Self
Released: 1982-03-08

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...

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Street Scene

as Rose Maurrant
Released: 1931-09-05

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as...

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An Early Frost

as Beatrice McKenna
Released: 1985-05-01

Successful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from...

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Merrily We Go to Hell

as Joan Prentice
Released: 1932-06-10

A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan...

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Thirty Day Princess

as Nancy Lane / Princess Catterina
Released: 1934-05-18

A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She...

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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

as June Tolliver
Released: 1936-03-13

A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

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Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

as Elizabeth Gibson
Released: 1971-11-09

Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl"...

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City Streets

as Nan Cooley
Released: 1931-04-18

A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.

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The Wagons Roll at Night

as Flo Lorraine
Released: 1941-04-25

An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and...

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Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1941-11-14

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.

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One Third of a Nation

as Mary Rogers
Released: 1939-02-10

The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's...

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Mr. Ace

as Margaret Wyndham Chase
Released: 1946-08-02

A rich society woman uses a gangster to win a congressional election.

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Finnegan Begin Again

as Margaret
Released: 1985-02-24

A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician,...

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Used People

as Becky
Released: 1992-12-16

At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets...

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The Helen Morgan Story

as Lulu Morgan
Released: 1957-05-16

Broadway legend Helen Morgan 's life as told by her mother, from her early start in second rate...

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Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

as Mrs. Pritchard - Rita's Mother
Released: 1973-10-21

Rita, a middle aged New York City homemaker, finds herself in an emotional crisis which forces...

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Copkiller

as Margaret Smith
Released: 1983-03-15

A NYPD officer imprisons and tortures an admitted cop-killer, but finds the tables turned when...

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Mary Burns, Fugitive

as Mary Burns
Released: 1935-11-15

A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a...

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The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)
Released: 1931-07-08

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount...

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Death at Love House

as Clara Josephs
Released: 1976-09-02

Donna and Joel Gregory are staying at the estate of Lorna Love while researching a book about...

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F.D.R.: The Last Year

as Cousin Polly
Released: 1980-05-15

Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting...

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Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)
Released: 1984-01-01

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they...

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The Miracle Man

as Helen Smith aka Helen Vail
Released: 1932-04-01

A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's...

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Good Dame

as Lillie Taylor
Released: 1934-03-16

A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks...

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The Gossip Columnist

as Alma Lewellyn
Released: 1980-03-21

New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt...

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Confessions of a Co-Ed

as Patricia Harper
Released: 1931-07-11

A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their...

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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-06-05

A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and...

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Ladies of the Big House

as Kathleen Storm McNeil
Released: 1931-12-26

A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a...

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Make Me a Star

as Sylvia Sidney (uncredited)
Released: 1932-07-01

A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and...

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Winner Take All

as Anne Barclay
Released: 1975-03-03

The chronicle of an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling.

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No Time at All

as Mrs. Kramer
Released: 1958-02-13

An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears...

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Madame Butterfly

as Cho-Cho San
Released: 1932-12-30

Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his...

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The Shadow Box

as Felicity
Released: 1980-09-30

Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed...

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Pick-up

as Mary Richards
Released: 1933-03-24

The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both...

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The Brass Ring

as Grandmother
Released: 1983-01-01

A mother afflicted with depression comes into conflict with own mother and children when she...

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Accent on Youth

as Linda Brown
Released: 1935-08-23

A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue...

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The Witching of Ben Wagner

as Grammy (Regina's Grandmother)
Released: 1987-12-31

A new family moves into town and their son, Ben, meets a mysterious girl named Regina, who is...

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The Secret Night Caller

as Kitty
Released: 1975-02-18

A man who is the pillar of his community has a secret - he has a compulsion to make obscene...

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Siege

as Lillian Gordon
Released: 1978-04-26

A drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang....

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Man on the Ledge

as Mrs. Cosick
Released: 1955-12-28

Beat cop Bragan is about to go off duty when he discovers a man standing on the ledge of a hotel...

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A Small Killing

as Sadie Ross
Released: 1981-11-24

A college professor is recruited by an undercover cop to pose as a bag lady to track down a drug...

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Behind the High Wall

as Hilda Carmichael
Released: 1956-07-01

A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the...

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Come Along with Me

as Mrs. Flanner
Released: 1982-02-16

Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and...

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Behold My Wife!

as Tonita Storm Cloud
Released: 1934-12-06

After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy...

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Pals

as Fern Stobbs
Released: 1987-01-01

Two retired fishing buddies stumble on an unmarked suitcase filled with three million dollars in...

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Thru Different Eyes

as Valerie Briand
Released: 1929-04-13

Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose...

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Having It All

as Marney
Released: 1982-10-13

Thera Baylin is a fashion designer with a husband in New York and another one in California.

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Andre's Mother

as Mrs. Downes
Released: 1990-03-07

Written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Andre's Mother is the story of...

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Jennie Gerhardt

as Jennie Gerhardt
Released: 1933-06-08

This turn-of-the-century tragedy chronicles the sorrowful travails of a woman who endures a...

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Broadway Nights

as Performer
Released: 1927-05-15

Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway...

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The Searching Wind

as Cassie Bowman
Released: 1946-08-09

Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie...

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Love from a Stranger

as Cecily Harrington
Released: 1947-11-15

Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She...

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Climax!

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Louella Wheedron
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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My Three Sons

as Miss Houk
First aired: 1960-09-29

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his...

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The Equalizer

as Judge
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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The Love Boat

as Natalie Corson
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Diagnosis: Murder

as Alice
First aired: 1993-10-29

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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Magnum, P.I.

as Elizabeth Barrett
First aired: 1980-12-11

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...

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The Defenders

as Adela Collins
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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Starsky & Hutch

as Olga Grossman
First aired: 1975-09-10

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...

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Route 66

as Lonnie Taylor
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Route 66

as Hannah Ellis
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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thirtysomething

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-29

Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late...

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Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner
First aired: 1944-01-20

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...

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Naked City

as Florence Nunda
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mama Carlson
First aired: 1978-09-18

When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of...

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Dear John

as Mrs. Lumenski
First aired: 1988-10-06

Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is...

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Playhouse 90

as Mrs. Kramer
First aired: 1956-10-04

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to...

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Eight Is Enough

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-03-15

Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15,...

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Tales of Tomorrow

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-08-03

Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Mrs. Cosick
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Beulah Ridges
First aired: 1959-09-21

The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from...

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Fantasy Island

as Clia
First aired: 1998-09-26

Mr. Roarke and his three assistants run a tropical paradise where guests come in to have their...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mrs. Sylvia Verloc (archive footage) (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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The Ford Television Theatre

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-02

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...

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The Ford Television Theatre

as Laura Blake
First aired: 1952-10-02

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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General Electric Theater

as Gloria Roma
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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