Novella Nelson
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
as Botanica Woman
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
as Librarian
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
as Professor
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
as Diner Woman
A Perfect Murder (1998)
as Ambassador Alice Wills
Green Card (1990)
as Marriage Celebrant
Strictly Business (1991)
as Olivia
An Unmarried Woman (1978)
as Jean
Birth (2004)
as Lee
Girl 6 (1996)
as Angela's Aunt
The Cotton Club (1984)
as Madame St. Clair
Head of State (2003)
as Moderator
Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
as Mobu
The Ten (2007)
as Sophia Jackson
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
as Self
Antwone Fisher (2002)
as Mrs. Tate
Orphans (1987)
as Mattie
Daybreak (1993)
as Mrs. Chaney
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
as Lizzy the Housekeeper
Griffin & Phoenix (2006)
as Maya Restaurant Owner
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
as Carla Willis
Manny & Lo (1996)
as Georgine
Dear Wendy (2005)
as Clarabelle
White Lies (1997)
as Leon's Mother
Stephanie Daley (2007)
as Dr. Peterson
Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987)
as Pearl
Citizen Cohn (1992)
as Second Annie Lee Moss
The Keeper (1995)
as Mrs. Lemont, Mother
Judy Berlin (1999)
as Carol
The Toe Tactic (2009)
as Victoria Hadaway
Dead Funny (1994)
as Frances
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023)
as Self
Premium (2006)
as Jayme
Mercy (1995)
as Angela
A Doctor's Story (1984)
as Mrs. Thornton
The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)
as Rosetta Tyler
Preaching to the Choir (2005)
as Aunt June
Abuse (1983)
as Street Interviewee
Notes for My Daughter (1995)
as Shirley
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six (1980)
Actor
He's Fired, She's Hired (1984)
as Serena Cole
The Littlest Victims (1989)
as Mrs. Munson
Harambee! (1996)
as Queenesther
Privilege (1990)
as Yvonne Washington
The Gilded Six Bits (2001)
as Mama Banks
Nancy, Please (2012)
as Dr. Bannister