Sidney Fox

Biography

Sidney Fox was an American stage and film actress who worked in the late 1920s and 1930s. Born in 1907, she moved to New York as a child and by the late 1920s was studying acting. She spent time with a traveling theater troupe and then appeared on Broadway in It Never Rains in 1929 and Lost Sheep in 1930. A Variety critic praised her lively performance in Lost Sheep, and Universal's production head Carl Laemmle Jr. signed her to a multi-year contract. Her movie debut came in Bad Sister (1931), which also introduced Bette Davis. Advertisers named her a WAMPAS Baby Star that year. She starred as Camille L'Espanaye in Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) with Bela Lugosi, and in 1933 she acted opposite Feodor Chaliapin in the English-language Don Quixote. Later she often took bit parts in B-movies, though she starred in School for Girls in 1935.

34years old at death

Born December 10, 1907New York City
Died November 15, 1942Beverly Hills
Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 3 years1931 to 1934

Every film, newest first

1934MidnightIMDb rating 5.6
1932Murders in the Rue MorgueIMDb rating 6.3
1931Strictly DishonorableIMDb rating 5.9
1931The Bad SisterIMDb rating 6.1

Genres

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A change of course
Fox was studying stenography and working as a stenographer when she began pursuing stage roles, and she also worked as a seamstress, a law firm secretary, and a Fifth Avenue mannequin before her acting career took off.
Big break
Fox was signed to a multi-year Universal Studios contract after Carl Laemmle Jr., the studio's head of production, saw her perform as Rhoda Wampas in the 1930 comedy Lost Sheep.

Sidney Fox movies on Netflix

Midnight1934IMDb rating 5.6as Stella Weldon
Murders in the Rue Morgue1932IMDb rating 6.3as Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye
Strictly Dishonorable1931IMDb rating 5.9as Isabelle
The Bad Sister1931IMDb rating 6.1as Marianne Madison

Worked with

Sidney Fox shares two films with Humphrey Bogart, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Humphrey Bogart

Bert Roach

Bette Davis

Henry O'Neill

Bela Lugosi

Leon AmesRobert FloreyDirector, 1 film Hobart HenleyDirector, 1 film Chester ErskineDirector, 1 film

Films together

Humphrey Bogart2 films together, 1931 to 1934
Humphrey Bogart's page
- Midnight1934IMDb rating 5.6Fox as Stella WeldonBogart as Gar Boni
- The Bad Sister1931IMDb rating 6.1Fox as Marianne MadisonBogart as Valentine Corliss
Bert Roach2 films together, 1931 to 1932
Bert Roach's page
- Murders in the Rue Morgue1932IMDb rating 6.3Fox as Mlle. Camille L'EspanayeRoach as Paul
- The Bad Sister1931IMDb rating 6.1Fox as Marianne MadisonRoach as Wade Trumbull
Bette Davis1 film together, 1931
Bette Davis's page
- The Bad Sister1931IMDb rating 6.1Fox as Marianne MadisonDavis as Laura Madison
Henry O'Neill1 film together, 1934
Henry O'Neill's page
- Midnight1934IMDb rating 5.6Fox as Stella WeldonO'Neill as Edgar V. Ingersoll
Bela Lugosi1 film together, 1932
Bela Lugosi's page
- Murders in the Rue Morgue1932IMDb rating 6.3Fox as Mlle. Camille L'EspanayeLugosi as Dr. Mirakle
Leon Ames1 film together, 1932
Leon Ames's page
- Murders in the Rue Morgue1932IMDb rating 6.3Fox as Mlle. Camille L'EspanayeAmes as Pierre Dupin
Robert FloreyDirector, 1 film, 1932
All films by Robert Florey
- Murders in the Rue Morgue1932IMDb rating 6.3Fox as Mlle. Camille L'Espanaye
Hobart HenleyDirector, 1 film, 1931
All films by Hobart Henley
- The Bad Sister1931IMDb rating 6.1Fox as Marianne Madison
Chester ErskineDirector, 1 film, 1934
All films by Chester Erskine
- Midnight1934IMDb rating 5.6Fox as Stella Weldon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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