Novella Nelson
- Acting
- December 17, 1939 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
- August 31, 2017
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
Filmography
- Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project · Self
- Mr. SOUL! · Self
- You Were Never Really Here · Diner Woman
- A Walk Among the Tombstones · Librarian
- Nancy, Please · Dr. Bannister
- It's Kind of a Funny Story · Professor
- The Toe Tactic · Victoria Hadaway
- The Ten · Sophia Jackson
- Damages · Older Female Victim
- Army Wives · Vivian Burton
- The Starter Wife · Nana
- Stephanie Daley · Dr. Peterson
- 30 Rock · Novella Nelson
- Griffin & Phoenix · Maya Restaurant Owner
- Premium · Jayme
- Preaching to the Choir · Aunt June
- Dear Wendy · Clarabelle
- Birth · Lee
- Whoopi · Nurse
- Head of State · Moderator
- Antwone Fisher · Mrs. Tate
- The Gilded Six Bits · Mama Banks
- Judy Berlin · Carol
- Third Watch · Sondra Richards
- The West Wing · Gail Fitzwallace
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Mrs. Mosley, Judge Anne Sciola
- Mama Flora's Family · Pearl (1955-1970)
- Sex and the City · Madame Lordes
- A Perfect Murder · Ambassador Alice Wills
- The Devil's Advocate · Botanica Woman
- White Lies · Leon's Mother
- The Summer of Ben Tyler · Rosetta Tyler
- Harambee! · Queenesther
- Manny & Lo · Georgine
- Girl 6 · Angela's Aunt
- Mercy · Angela
- The Keeper · Mrs. Lemont, Mother
- Notes for My Daughter · Shirley
- New York Undercover · Prof. Cortez
- Dead Funny · Frances
- Weekend at Bernie's II · Mobu
- Daybreak · Mrs. Chaney
- Citizen Cohn · Second Annie Lee Moss
- Strictly Business · Olivia
- Green Card · Marriage Celebrant
- Privilege · Yvonne Washington
- Law & Order · Mrs. Washington, Judge Gloria Crutcher
- The Littlest Victims · Mrs. Munson
- Hothouse · Olivia
- Orphans · Mattie
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd · Jazz Singer
- Kojak: The Price of Justice · Pearl
- The Equalizer · Miriam Blain
- The Flamingo Kid · Lizzy the Housekeeper
- He's Fired, She's Hired · Serena Cole
- The Cotton Club · Madame St. Clair
- A Doctor's Story · Mrs. Thornton
- Chiefs · Nellie Cole
- Abuse · Street Interviewee
- The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
- The Seduction of Joe Tynan · Carla Willis
- An Unmarried Woman · Jean