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 Every young actress thinks she`s a tragedian -- the more tragic roles, the more you cry, the more you suffer, the better an actress you are. But, when I got a little older, a little more mature, I wanted to get out of my image of the victimized kid." I began to say, "Wait a minute. There`s a thing called comedy that takes an even rougher intelligence and more technique and knowledge of the craft." "Fredric March had the reputation of being a ladies man. We made two pictures together, Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) and Good Dame (1934). But he never laid a hand on me, never made a pass at me! Freddie was happily married. He`d tease me by saying, `Look at those boobs!` or `Look at that toosh!`. But it was all in fun."
"Hollywood! It`s like an old chair - if it`s useful, keep it; if not, give it to Goodwill."
"What`s the use of talking about a favorite role if you can`t get it...The role you`re doing ought to be your favorite. If you don`t like a part it`s probably because you`ve a feeling of inadequacy about it."
"Women who try to hide their age just call attention to it. Why lie about it? I don`t feel any younger...I don`t look any younger. Somebody finds out about your real age eventually. It`s easier to be frank about it...I`ve enjoyed every age in my life. I`ve never wanted to go back."
"Prima donnas in anything are bad...Having a child was a great leveling agent. Those babies couldn`t care less that their parents were famous."
"Paramount paid me by the tear."
"What did Hitchcock teach me? To be a puppet and not try to be creative."
"I`d be the girl of the gangster...then the sister who was bringing up the gangster...then the mother of the gangster...and they always had me ironing somebody`s shirt."
Trivia
Miss Sidney was easily identified wherever she drove by her personalized Connecticut license plate which read "SYLIE".
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One child, Jacob Adler (died 1987).
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Honored with a lifetime achivement award by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. [1990]
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She played the tragic, non-singing Cio-Cio San in the film "Madame Butterfly" in 1932 which led to a brand of Japanese condoms being named the "Sylvia Sidneys."
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She became the first star actress to be photographed in 'outdoor technicolor' when she starred in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) in 1936.
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One of her hobbies was needlepoint.
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Daughter Jody, with actor Luther Adler was born October 22, 1939. Although Sylvia and Luther divorced in 1946, they remained friends and frequently turned to each other for professional advice, even appearing together in later stage productions.
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Sylvia's first marriage was to Random House publishing president Bennett Cerf, who later served as the avuncular panelist on the popular nighttime game show "What's My Line?" of the 1950s and 1960s. Married on October 1, 1935, they separated three months later and divorced after just eight. Cerf later quipped, "One should never legalize a hot romance."
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Wrote two books on needlepoint, which were published in the 1970s.
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An antique farmhouse in Roxbury, Connecticut was Miss Sidney's home for decades, before moving to suburban Danbury, Connecticut the last several years of her life.
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Turned down the 'casbah girl' lead in Algiers (1938) opposite 'Charles Boyer'. Hedy Lamarr went on to fame in the role.
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Wrote two books on needlepoint, which were published in the 1970s
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