Winona Ryder is an actress in the film Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy-fantasy film directed by Tim Burton , produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros. . The plot revolves around a recently deceased young couple ( Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis ) who become ghosts haunting their former home , and an obnoxious , devious ghost named Betelgeuse ( pronounced `` Beetlejuice '' , portrayed by Michael Keaton ) from the Netherworld who tries to scare away the new inhabitants ( Catherine O'Hara , Jeffrey Jones , and Winona Ryder ) permanently . It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and three Saturn Awards : Best Horror Film , Best Makeup and Best Supporting Actress for Sylvia Sidney , her final award before her death in 1999 . The film spawned an animated television series that Burton produced and a planned unproduced sequel , Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian . Winona Ryder . As Lydia Deetz , a goth teenager in Tim Burton 's Beetlejuice ( 1988 ) , she won critical acclaim and widespread recognition .