Novella Nelson
Biography
Novella Christine Nelson (December 17, 1939 – August 31, 2017) was an American actress and singer. She established her career as a singer, both on the off-Broadway and Broadway stage and in cabaret-style locales.
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Acting History
2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project as Self
2018Mr. SOUL! as Self
2017You Were Never Really Here as Diner Woman
2014A Walk Among the Tombstones as Librarian
2012Nancy, Please as Dr. Bannister
2007The Ten as Sophia Jackson
2007Damages as Older Female Victim
2007Army Wives as Vivian Burton
2007The Starter Wife as Nana
2007Stephanie Daley as Dr. Peterson
200630 Rock as Novella Nelson
2006Griffin & Phoenix as Maya Restaurant Owner
2006Premium as Jayme
2005Preaching to the Choir as Aunt June
2005Dear Wendy as Clarabelle
2004Birth as Lee
2003Whoopi as Nurse
2003Head of State as Moderator
2002Antwone Fisher as Mrs. Tate
2001The Gilded Six Bits as Mama Banks
1999Judy Berlin as Carol
1999Third Watch as Sondra Richards
1999The West Wing as Gail Fitzwallace
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mrs. Mosley
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Anne Sciola
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge
1998Mama Flora's Family as Pearl (1955-1970)
1998Sex and the City as Madame Lordes
1998A Perfect Murder as Ambassador Alice Wills
1997The Devil's Advocate as Botanica Woman
1997White Lies as Leon's Mother
1996The Summer of Ben Tyler as Rosetta Tyler
1996Harambee! as Queenesther
1996Manny & Lo as Georgine
1996Girl 6 as Angela's Aunt
1995Mercy as Angela
1995The Keeper as Mrs. Lemont, Mother
1995Notes For My Daughter as Shirley
1994New York Undercover as Prof. Cortez
1994Dead Funny as Frances
1993Weekend at Bernie's II as Mobu
1993Daybreak as Mrs. Chaney
1992Citizen Cohn as Second Annie Lee Moss
1991Strictly Business as Olivia
1990Green Card as Marriage Celebrant
1990Privilege as Yvonne Washington
1990Law & Order as Mrs. Washington
1990Law & Order as Judge Gloria Crutcher
1989The Littlest Victims as Mrs. Munson
1988Hothouse as Olivia
1987Orphans as Mattie
1987The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Jazz Singer
1987Kojak: The Price of Justice as Pearl
1985The Equalizer as Miriam Blain
1984The Flamingo Kid as Lizzy the Housekeeper
1984He's Fired, She's Hired as Serena Cole
1984The Cotton Club as Madame St. Clair
1984A Doctor's Story as Mrs. Thornton
1983Chiefs as Nellie Cole
1983Abuse as Street Interviewee
1980The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1979The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Carla Willis
1978An Unmarried Woman as Jean