Known for:	Sabotage, Mars Attacks!, Blood on the Sun
Birth name:	Sophia Kosow
Birthday:	8 August 1910, The Bronx, New York, USA
Height:	5' 4" (1.63 m)

Wrote two books on needlepoint, which were published in the 1970s. She became the first star actress to be photographed in 'outdoor technicolor' when she starred in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine in 1936. Honored with a lifetime achivement award by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. [1990] One of her hobbies was needlepoint. One child, Jacob Adler (died 1987). 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." 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. 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." Turned down the 'casbah girl' lead in "Algiers" opposite Charles Boyer. Hedy Lamarr went on to fame in the role.

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