Hedda Hopper
Birthday
1885/05/01
Day of death
1966/02/01 (80 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Elda Furry, Elda Curry, Ella Furry, Elda Millar
Biography
Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 – February 1, 1966) was an American actress and gossip columnist, notorious for feuding with her arch-rival Louella Parsons. She had been a moderately successful actress of stage and screen for years before being offered the chance to write the column Hedda Hopper's Hollywood for the Los Angeles Times in 1938. At the height of her power in the 1940s she commanded a 35 million strong readership. She was well known for her political conservatism, and during the McCarthy e...Read more
Acting
(1950) Sunset Boulevard
as Hedda Hopper
(1937) Topper
as Mrs. Stuyvesant
(1936) Dracula's Daughter
as Lady Esme Hammond
(1939) The Women
as Dolly Dupuyster
(1919) The Third Degree
as Mrs. Howard Jeffries Sr
(1919) Sadie Love
as Mrs. James Wakeley
(1935) One Frightened Night
as Laura Proctor
(1932) Speak Easily
as Mrs. Peets
(1935) Alice Adams
as Mrs. Palmer
(1942) Reap the Wild Wind
as Aunt Henrietta
(1932) The Unwritten Law
as Jean
(1918) The Beloved Traitor
as Myrna Bliss
(1931) The Stolen Jools
as Hedda - Norma's Friend
(1960) Pepe
as Hedda Hopper
(1922) Sherlock Holmes
as Madge Larrabee
(1966) The Oscar
as Hedda Hopper
(1925) Déclassé
as Lady Wildering
(1927) French Dressing
as (uncredited)
(1926) Dance Madness
as Valentina
(1926) Don Juan
as Marchesia Rinaldo
(1926) Fools of Fashion
as Countess de Fragni
(1930) Holiday
as Susan Potter
(1932) As You Desire Me
as Ines Montari
(1932) The Man Who Played God
as Mrs. Alice Chittendon
(1931) The Common Law
as Claire Neville Collis
(1940) Queen of the Mob
as Mrs. Emily Sturgis
(1932) Downstairs
as Countess De Marnac
(1931) Flying High
as Mrs. Smith
(1933) Men Must Fight
as Mrs. Chase
(1938) Maid's Night Out
as Mrs. Harrison
(1931) West of Broadway
as Edith Trent
(1933) Beauty for Sale
as Madame Sonia Barton
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938) Thanks for the Memory
as Polly Griscom
(1936) The Dark Hour
as Mrs. Marian Tallman
(1929) Cat, Dog & Co.
as Be Kind to Animals Society President
(1927) The Drop Kick
as Mrs. Hamill
(1929) Half Marriage
as Mrs. Page
(1935) Lady Tubbs
as Mrs. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
(1937) Dangerous Holiday
as Lottie Courtney
(1942) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
as Self
(1942) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5
as Self
(1942) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
as Self
(1929) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lady Maria
(1941) Life with Henry
as Mrs. Aldrich
(1933) The Barbarian
as Mrs. Loway
(1932) Night World
as Mrs. Rand
(1931) Men Call It Love
as Callie
(1929) His Glorious Night
as Mrs. Collingswood Stratton
(1938) Dangerous to Know
as Mrs. Carson
(1931) Good Sport
as Mrs. Atherton
(1940) Cross-Country Romance
as Mrs. North
(1939) What a Life
as Mrs. Aldrich
(1937) Nothing Sacred
as Dowager on Ship (uncredited)
(1960) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
as Self
(1930) Let Us Be Gay
as Madge Livingston
(1925) Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
as Mrs. Clarice Vidal
(1928) Harold Teen
as Mrs. Hazzit
(1934) Bombay Mail
as Lady Daniels
(1936) Doughnuts and Society
as Mrs. Murray Hill
(1930) High Society Blues
as Mrs. Divine
(1932) Skyscraper Souls
as Ella Dwight
(1939) Midnight
as Stephanie
(1928) The Chorus Kid
as Mrs. Garrett
(1928) The Port of Missing Girls
as Mrs. C. King
(1923) Reno
as Mrs. Kane Norton Tappan
(1937) You Can't Buy Luck
as Agnes White
(1937) Vogues of 1938
as Mrs. Van Klettering
(1925) Zander the Great
as Mrs. Caldwell
(1938) Tarzan's Revenge
as Penny Reed
(1931) The Easiest Way
as Mrs. Clara Williams (uncredited)
(1930) War Nurse
as Matron
(1939) That's Right – You're Wrong
as Hedda Hopper (Uncredited)
(1931) The Prodigal
as Christine
(1930) Our Blushing Brides
as Mrs. Russ-Weaver
(1931) Rebound
as Liz Crawford
(1957) The Last Tycoon
as Self - Announcer
(1917) Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Myra Thornhill (as Elda Furry)
(1935) Society Fever
as Mrs. Vandergriff
(1937) Artists & Models
as Mrs. Townsend
(1946) Breakfast in Hollywood
as Self
(1936) Bunker Bean
as Mrs. Dorothy Kent
(1927) A Reno Divorce
as Hedda Frane
(1934) No Ransom
as Mrs. John Winfield
(1966) Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
as Hedda Hatter
(1998) Junket Whore
as Self
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Herself - Host
(1926) The Silver Treasure
as Mrs. Gould
(1939) Laugh It Off
as Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Rockingham
(1934) Let’s Be Ritzy
as Mrs. Burton
(1925) The Teaser
as Margaret Wyndham
(1925) Dangerous Innocence
as Muriel Church
(1927) Children of Divorce
as Katherine Flanders
(1935) I Live My Life
as Alvin's Mother
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
as Herself - Host
(1918) By Right of Purchase
as Society Woman (uncredited)
(1919) The Isle of Conquest
as Mrs. Harmon
(1924) Happiness
as Mrs. Chrystal Pole
(1931) A Tailor-Made Man
as Mrs. Stanslaw
(1931) A Tailor-Made Man
as Mrs. Stanlaw
(1927) Wings
as Mrs. Powell (uncredited)
(1924) The Snob
as Mrs. Leiter
(1924) Why Men Leave Home
as Nina Neilson
(1954) A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
(1931) Shipmates
as Auntie
(1942) Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Herself
(1931) The Mystery Train
as Mrs. Marian Radcliffe
(1925) Her Market Value
as Mrs. Bernice Hamilton
(1927) One Woman to Another
as Olive Gresham
(1947) The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Herself
(1927) Venus of Venice
as Jean's Mother
(1922) Women Men Marry
as Eleanor Carter
(1926) The Cave Man
as Mrs. Van Dream
(1935) 3 Kids and a Queen
as Mrs. Cummings
(2019) Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
as Self (archive footage)
(1917) Nearly Married
as Hattie King
(1929) The Racketeer
as Mrs. Lee
(1935) Ship Cafe
as Tutor
(1927) Orchids and Ermine
as The Modiste
(1927) Adam and Evil
as ---
(1922) What's Wrong with the Women?
as ---
(1930) Such Men Are Dangerous
as Muriel Wyndham
(1959) Disneyland '59
as Self
(1964) The Patsy
as Herself
(1924) Gambling Wives
as Madame Zoe
(1926) Skinner's Dress Suit
as Mrs. Colby
(1928) The Whip Woman
as Countess Ferenzi
(1926) Obey the Law
as The Society Woman
(1928) Love and Learn
as Mrs. Ann Blair
(1933) Pilgrimage
as Mrs. Worth
(1925) Borrowed Finery
as Mrs. Bordon
(2018) Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1924) Another Scandal
as Elizabeth MacKenzie
(1927) Black Tears
as ---
(1918) Virtuous Wives
as Irma Delabarre
(1928) Companionate Marriage
as Mrs. Moore
(1976) Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1957) The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Hedda Hopper
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Herself
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Hedda Hopper
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist