Fritz Lang was one of my dearest, dearest friends. I loved working with him.

She was skilled at needlepoint. Sidney's Broadway theatre career spanned five decades from her debut performance as a graduate of the Theatre Guild School in the June 1926 3-act fantasy Prunella to the Tennessee Williams play Vieux Carré in 1977. She then was married to actor and acting teacher Luther Adler from 1938 until 1947 by whom Sylvia Sidney had a son Jacob (Jody) (October 22 1939 – 1987) who died of Lou Gehrig's disease.

Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow; August 8 1910 – July 1 1999) was an American character actress of stage screen and film who rose to prominence in the 1930s appearing in numerous crime dramas.