Novella Nelson (born December 17, 1939) is an American actress and singer.
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Novella Nelson (born December 17, 1939) is an American actress and singer.
Nelson was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Evelyn Hines and James Nelson. She established her career as a singer, both on the off-Broadway and Broadway stage and in cabaret-style locales. Nelson was a featured performer on Broadway in 1970 in the musical, Purlie, in which she sang DOWN HOME with Cleavon Little and HE CAN DO IT with Melba Moore. In 1975, Nelson directed the play "Le Femme Noir" at the Joseph Papp Public Theater. Her career in films did not begin until she was approaching middle age, with a small part in 1978's An Unmarried Woman. Over the next thirty years, she continued to play small roles in movies Nelson works as an instructor for voice-over actors. In June, 2009, she appeared in a Boston production of Oedipus.

Filmography [edit]

Year
Film
Role

1978
An Unmarried Woman
Jean Starret

1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Carla Willis

1984
The Cotton Club
Madame St. Clair

1984
The Flamingo Kid
Lizzy the Housekeeper

1987
Orphans
Mattie

1990
Privilege
Yvonne Washington

1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Media Jackal

1991
Strictly Business
Olivia

1993
Weekend at Bernie's II
Mobu

1994
Dead Funny
Frances

1995
The Keeper
Mrs. Lemont, Mother

1996
Girl 6
Angela's Aunt

1997
The Devil's Advocate
Botanica Woman

1998
A Perfect Murder
Ambassador Alice Wills

2002
Antwone Fisher
Mrs. Tate

2003
The West Wing episode "Gaza"
Gail Fitzwallace

2003
The West Wing episode "N.S.F. Thurmont"
Gail Fitzwallace

2004
Birth
Lee

2005
Dear Wendy
Clarabelle

2005
"Preaching To The Choir"
Ruth

2007
The Ten
Judge Sophia R. Jackson

2007
August Rush
Social Worker

2010
Night Catches Us
Eloise Johnson

2010
30 Rock episode "The Moms"
Herself

2010
It's Kind of a Funny Story
The Professor

Discography [edit]
- Arcana A1001, made by Desto Records, NYC, unknown date, "Novella Nelson".
- Songs: Mean World; Long Road Home; (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay; Lilac Wine; Johnny (Guns and Drums); I'm Troubled; Do What You Gotta Do; Cold Water Flat; Porgy; I Wish I Knew How It Would feel To Be Free.
- Musicians: Phil Moore, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Frederick Waits, drums; Warren Smith, percussion; Emmanuel Green and Gene Orloff, violins; Selwart Clarke, viola; Kermit Moore, cello.
- Information on this LP from Black Shellac, Records for Collectors, Spring City, PA
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