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Hedda Hopper (1885–1966)

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Her father was a butcher. In 1913 she met and married matinée idol DeWolf Hopper Sr. and in 1915 they moved to Hollywood, where both began active film careers. He became a star with Triangle Company, she began in vamp parts and turned to supporting roles. After her divorce she appeared in dozens of films... See full bio »

Born:

Elda Furry
in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 80) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Clark Gable and Hedda Hopper, c. 1950. Clark Gable and Hedda Hopper during the filming of Elizabeth Taylor and columnist Hedda Hopper on the set of
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1966 Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (TV movie)
Hedda, the Mad Hatter (voice)
 
1966 The Oscar
Hedda Hopper
 
1964 The Patsy
Hedda Hopper
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Hostess / Maizie Weldon
– For I Have Loved Strangers (1957) … Hostess
– The Hostess with the Mostest (1957) … Maizie Weldon
 
1953 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
Hostess
– A. Fadeout (1953) … Hostess
 
1950 Sunset Blvd.
Hedda Hopper
 
1947 The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Hedda Hopper (uncredited)
 
1946 Breakfast in Hollywood
Hedda Hopper
 
1942 Reap the Wild Wind
Aunt Henrietta Beresford
 
1941 I Wanted Wings
Mrs. Young (uncredited)
 
1941 Life with Henry
Mrs. Aldrich
 
1940 Cross-Country Romance
Mrs. North
 
1940 Queen of the Mob
Mrs. Emily Sturgis
 
1939 Laugh It Off
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Rockingham
 
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
Hedda Hopper (uncredited)
 
1939 What a Life
Mrs. Aldrich
 
1939 The Women
Dolly Dupuyster
 
1939 Midnight
Stephanie
 
1938/II Thanks for the Memory
Polly Griscom
 
1938 Dangerous to Know
Mrs. Emily Carson
 
1938 Maid's Night Out
Mrs. Harrison
 
1938 Tarzan's Revenge
Penny Reed
 
1937 Nothing Sacred
Dowager on Ship (uncredited)
 
1937 Vogues of 1938
Mrs. Van Klettering (uncredited)
 
1937 Artists & Models
Mrs. Townsend
 
1937 Topper
Mrs. Stuyvesant
 
1937 Dangerous Holiday
Lottie Courtney
 
1937 You Can't Buy Luck
Mrs. Agnes White
 
1936 Bunker Bean
Mrs. Dorothy Kent
 
1936 Dracula's Daughter
Lady Esme Hammond
 
1936 Doughnuts and Society
Mrs. Murray Hill
 
1936 The Dark Hour
Mrs. Tallman
 
1935 Ship Cafe
Tutor
 
1935 Three Kids and a Queen
Mrs. Cummings
 
1935 I Live My Life
Alvin's Mother
 
1935 Alice Adams
Mrs. Palmer
 
1935 Society Fever
Mrs. Vandergriff
 
1935 Lady Tubbs
Mrs. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
 
1935 One Frightened Night
Laura Proctor
 
1934 No Ransom
Mrs. John Winfield
 
1934 Little Man, What Now?
Nurse (uncredited)
 
1934 Let's Be Ritzy
Mrs. Burton
 
1934 Apples to You! (short)
Chairman of the Board's Wife (uncredited)
 
1934 Bombay Mail
Lady Daniels
 
1933 Beauty for Sale
Madame Sonia Barton
 
1933 Pilgrimage
Mrs. Worth (Gary Worth's mother)
 
1933 The Barbarian
Mrs. Loway, American Tourist
 
1933 Men Must Fight
Mrs. Chase
 
1932 The Unwritten Law
Jean
 
1932 Speak Easily
Mrs. Peets
 
1932 Downstairs
Countess De Marnac
 
1932 Skyscraper Souls
Ella Dwight
 
1932 As You Desire Me
Ines Montari
 
1932 Night World
Mrs. Rand
 
1932 The Man Who Played God
Mrs. Alice Chittendon
 
1931 Good Sport
Mrs. Atherton
 
1931 West of Broadway
Mrs. Edith Trent
 
1931 Flying High
Mrs. Smith
 
1931 Rebound
Liz Crawford
 
1931 The Mystery Train
Mrs. Marian Radcliffe
 
1931 The Common Law
Mrs. Claire Collis
 
1931 Shipmates
Auntie
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Hedda - Norma's Friend
 
1931 A Tailor Made Man
Mrs. Stanlaw
 
1931 Men Call It Love
Callie
 
1931 The Prodigal
Christine
 
1931 The Easiest Way
Mrs. Clara Williams (uncredited)
 
1930 War Nurse
Matron
 
1930 Our Blushing Brides
Mrs. Weaver
 
1930 Let Us Be Gay
Madge Livingston
 
1930 Holiday
Susan Potter
 
1930 Murder Will Out
Aunt Pat
 
1930 High Society Blues
Mrs. Divine
 
1930 Such Men Are Dangerous
Muriel Wyndham
 
1929 A Song of Kentucky
Mrs. Coleman
 
1929 The Racketeer
Mrs. Lee
 
1929 Half Marriage
Mrs. Page
 
1929 His Glorious Night
Mrs. Collingswood Stratton
 
1929 Cat, Dog & Co. (short)
Be Kind to Animals Society President (uncredited)
 
1929 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Lady Maria
 
1929 Girls Gone Wild
Mrs. Holworthy
 
1928 Runaway Girls
Mrs. Hartley
 
1928 Undressed
Mrs. Stanley
 
1928 Green Grass Widows
Mrs. Worthing
 
1928 Harold Teen
Mrs. Hazzit
 
1928 The Chorus Kid
Mrs. Garrett
 
1928 The Port of Missing Girls
Mrs. C. King
 
1928 The Whip Woman
Countess Ferenzi
 
1928 Love and Learn
Mrs. Ann Blair
 
1928 Companionate Marriage
Mrs. Moore
 
1927 French Dressing (uncredited)
 
1927 A Reno Divorce
Hedda Frane
 
1927 The Drop Kick
Mrs. Hamill
 
1927 One Woman to Another
Olive Gresham
 
1927 Adam and Evil
Eleanor Leighton
 
1927 The Cruel Truth
Grace Sturdevant
 
1927 Black Tears
 
1927 Wings
Mrs. Powell (uncredited)
 
1927 Children of Divorce
Katherine Flanders
 
1927 Matinee Ladies
Mrs. Aldrich
 
1927 Venus of Venice
Jean's Mother
 
1927 Orchids and Ermine
The Modiste
 
1926 Obey the Law
Society Woman
 
1926 Mona Lisa (short)
Mona Lisa
 
1926 Fools of Fashion
Countess de Fragni
 
1926 Don Juan
Marchesia Rinaldo
 
1926 The Silver Treasure
Mrs. Gould
 
1926 Lew Tyler's Wives
Virginia Philips
 
1926 Skinner's Dress Suit
Mrs. Colby
 
1926 Pleasures of the Rich
Mona Vincent
 
1926 The Caveman
Mrs. Van Dream
 
1926 Dance Madness
 
1925 Borrowed Finery
Mrs. Bordon
 
1925 The Teaser
Margaret Wyndham
 
1925 Raffles
Mrs. Clarice Vidal
 
1925 Zander the Great
Mrs. Caldwell
 
1925 Dangerous Innocence
Muriel Church
 
1925 Declassée
Lady Wildering
 
1925 Her Market Value
Mrs. Bernice Hamilton
 
1924 The Snob
Mrs. Leiter
 
1924 Sinners in Silk
Mrs. Stevens
 
1924 Another Scandal
Cousin Elizabeth MacKenzie
 
1924 Miami
Mary Tate
 
1924 Happiness
Mrs. Chrystal Pole
 
1924 Why Men Leave Home
Nina Neilson
 
1924 Gambling Wives
Madame Zoe
 
1923 Reno
Mrs. Kate Norton Tappan
 
1923 Has the World Gone Mad!
Mrs. Adams
 
1922 Women Men Marry
Eleanor Carter
 
1922 What's Wrong with the Women?
Mrs. Neer (as Mrs. De Wolf Hopper)
 
1922 Sherlock Holmes
Madge Larrabee
 
1921 Conceit
Mrs. Agnes Crombie (as Mrs. De Wolf Hopper)
 
1921 The Inner Chamber
Mrs. Candor (as Mrs. De Wolf Hopper)
 
1921 Heedless Moths
His Wife
 
1920 The New York Idea
Vida Phillimore
 
1920 The Man Who Lost Himself
Countess of Rochester
 
1919 The Isle of Conquest
Mrs. Harmon
 
1919 Sadie Love
Mrs. James Wakeley
 
1919 The Third Degree
Mrs. Howard Jeffries Sr
 
1918 Virtuous Wives
Irma Delabarre (as Mrs. DeWolf Hopper)
 
1918 By Right of Purchase
Society Woman (uncredited)
 
1918 The Beloved Traitor
Myrna Bliss
 
1917 Nearly Married
Hattie King
 
1917 Seven Keys to Baldpate
Myra Thornhill (as Elda Furry)
 
1917 The Food Gamblers
June Justice (as Elda Millar)
 
1917 Her Excellency, the Governor
SylviaMarlowe (as Elda Millar)
 
1916 The Battle of Hearts
Maida Rhodes (as Elda Furry)
 
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1930 Let Us Be Gay ("Bridal Chorus Here Comes the Bride" 1850 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (36 titles)
1964-1965 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 28 October 1965 (1965) … Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 20 May 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1965 The 37th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1963-1965 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Co-Presenter
– Episode dated 15 March 1965 (1965) … Herself
– Episode dated 14 January 1964 (1964) … Herself
– Episode dated 1 March 1963 (1963) … Herself - Co-Presenter
 
1964 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series)
Herself
– Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1964) … Herself
 
1964 The Celebrity Game (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 August 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1951-1963 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Mystery Guest #2
– Episode dated 10 March 1963 (1963) … Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 22 April 1962 (1962) … Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 11 October 1959 (1959) … Herself - Mystery Guest #2
– Episode dated 27 May 1956 (1956) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 20 May 1956 (1956) … Herself - Guest Panelist
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1963 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.105 (1963) … Herself
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 31 October 1961 (1961) … Herself
 
1960 Pepe
Herself
 
1960 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself
– The Movie Premiere of 'Can-Can' (1960) … Herself
 
1960 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (TV documentary)
Herself - Host
 
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Herself
– The Desilu Revue (1959) … Herself
 
1959 Small World (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.8 (1959) … Herself
 
1959 Disneyland '59 (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1958 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.5 (1958) … Herself
 
1957 The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
– Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana (1957) … Herself
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Announcing Next Week's Show
– Around the World in 90 Minutes (1957) … Herself
– The Last Tycoon (1957) … Herself - Announcing Next Week's Show
 
1957 Screen Snapshots: WAIF International Ball (documentary short)
Herself
 
1957 Screen Snapshots: The Walter Winchell Party (documentary short)
Herself - Gossip Columnist
 
1957 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.19 (1957) … Herself
 
1956 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 December 1956 (1956) … Herself
– The Awful Truth (1956) … Herself
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Gossip Columnist
– Episode #5.36 (1955) … Herself - Gossip Columnist
– Episode #5.13 (1955) … Herself - Gossip Columnist
 
1955 I Love Lucy (TV series)
Herself
– The Hedda Hopper Story (1955) … Herself
 
1955 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself - Gossip Columnist
– Episode #7.9 (1955) … Herself - Gossip Columnist
 
1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– William Wellman (1954) … Herself
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Herself
 
1951 Cancer Fund Film Notables Attend Glittering Benefits (documentary short)
Herself
 
1947 Screen Snapshots Series 26, No. 5: Hollywood Movie Columnists (documentary short)
Herself
 
1946/II Unusual Occupations (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1942 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (documentary short)
Herself/narrator
 
1942 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5 (documentary short)
Herself/narrator
 
1942 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4 (documentary short)
Herself - Host
 
1942 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3 (documentary short)
Herself/narrator
 
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (documentary short)
Herself - Host
 
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (documentary short)
Herself - Host
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2010 A Star Is Born: Special Features (video)
 
1996-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Junket Whore (documentary)
Herself
 
1997 Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1981 This Is Elvis
Herself (uncredited)
 
1980 Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1976 All This and World War II (documentary)
Herself
 
1975 Hooray for Hollywood (documentary)
Herself
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Herself
 

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(1910) Stage: Appeared in "A Matinee Idol" on Broadway. Musical comedy. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Elda Curry | Elda Furry | Ella Furry | Mrs. De Wolf Hopper | Mrs. DeWolf Hopper | Elda Millar

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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[on Hollywood] Our town worships success, the bitch goddess whose smile hides a taste for blood. See more »

Trivia:

Ran away from home at the age of 18 and went to New York City where she got a job in the chorus of an opera company. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus