Novella Nelson

Actor Dec 17 (died age 77) Brooklyn, New York, USA 1978–2023 (45 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

The Devil's Advocate

Botanica Woman

Film

You Were Never Really Here

Diner Woman

Film

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Librarian

Film

A Perfect Murder

Ambassador Alice Wills

Film

Antwone Fisher

Mrs. Tate

Film

Birth

Lee

Film

The Cotton Club

Madame St. Clair

Film

Green Card

Marriage Celebrant

Filmography

Acting (61)

Movies (44)

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

as Self

Mr. SOUL!

as Self

You Were Never Really Here

2017

as Diner Woman

6.5

A Walk Among the Tombstones

as Librarian

Nancy, Please

as Dr. Bannister

The Ten

as Sophia Jackson

Stephanie Daley

as Dr. Peterson

Griffin & Phoenix

as Maya Restaurant Owner

Premium

as Jayme

Dear Wendy

as Clarabelle

Preaching to the Choir

2005

as Aunt June

Birth

as Lee

Head of State

as Moderator

Antwone Fisher

as Mrs. Tate

The Gilded Six Bits

as Mama Banks

Judy Berlin

1999

as Carol

5.6

A Perfect Murder

1998

as Ambassador Alice Wills

The Devil's Advocate

as Botanica Woman

White Lies

as Leon's Mother

Girl 6

as Angela's Aunt

Harambee!

as Queenesther

Manny & Lo

1996

as Georgine

6.3

The Summer of Ben Tyler

1996

as Rosetta Tyler

5.7

Notes For My Daughter

1995

as Shirley

Mercy

1995

as Angela

6.5

The Keeper

1995

as Mrs. Lemont, Mother

5.0

Dead Funny

1994

as Frances

4.0

Weekend at Bernie's II

as Mobu

Daybreak

as Mrs. Chaney

Citizen Cohn

as Second Annie Lee Moss

Strictly Business

as Olivia

Green Card

as Marriage Celebrant

Privilege

as Yvonne Washington

The Littlest Victims

as Mrs. Munson

Orphans

1987

as Mattie

5.6

Kojak: The Price of Justice

1987

as Pearl

4.2

The Flamingo Kid

1984

as Lizzy the Housekeeper

6.0

The Cotton Club

1984

as Madame St. Clair

6.5

He's Fired, She's Hired

as Serena Cole

A Doctor's Story

as Mrs. Thornton

Abuse

as Street Interviewee

4.3

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

1980

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

as Carla Willis

An Unmarried Woman

as Jean

Television (17)

Damages

2007

as Older Female Victim

Army Wives

as Vivian Burton

The Starter Wife

as Nana

30 Rock

as Novella Nelson

Whoopi

as Nurse

Wonderland

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Mrs. Mosley

The West Wing

as Gail Fitzwallace

Third Watch

as Sondra Richards

Sex and the City

as Madame Lordes

Mama Flora's Family

as Pearl (1955-1970)

New York Undercover

as Prof. Cortez

Law & Order

as Judge Gloria Crutcher

7.3

Hothouse

1988

as Olivia

5.0

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Jazz Singer

The Equalizer

as Miriam Blain

Chiefs

as Nellie Cole