Novella Nelson
December 17, 1939 (85 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
- 2023 · Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project as Self
- 2018 · Mr. SOUL! as Self
- 2017 · You Were Never Really Here as Diner Woman
- 2014 · A Walk Among the Tombstones as Librarian
- 2012 · Nancy, Please as Dr. Bannister
- 2007 · The Ten as Judge Sophia R. Jackson
- 2007 · Stephanie Daley as Dr. Peterson
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Novella Nelson
- 2006 · Griffin & Phoenix as Maya Restaurant Owner
- 2006 · Premium as Jayme
- 2005 · Preaching to the Choir as Aunt June
- 2005 · Dear Wendy as Clarabelle
- 2004 · Birth as Lee
- 2003 · Whoopi as Nurse
- 2003 · Head of State as Moderator
- 2002 · Antwone Fisher as Mrs. Tate
- 2001 · The Gilded Six Bits as Mama Banks
- 1999 · Judy Berlin as Carol
- 1999 · Third Watch as Sondra Richards
- 1999 · The West Wing as Gail Fitzwallace
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mrs. Mosley
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Anne Sciola
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge
- 1998 · Mama Flora's Family as Pearl (1955-1970)
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Madame Lordes
- 1998 · A Perfect Murder as Ambassador Alice Wills
- 1997 · The Devil's Advocate as Botanica Woman
- 1997 · White Lies as Leon's Mother
- 1996 · The Summer of Ben Tyler as Rosetta Tyler
- 1996 · Harambee! as Queenesther
- 1996 · Girl 6 as Angela's Aunt
- 1996 · Manny & Lo as Georgine
- 1995 · Mercy as Angela
- 1995 · The Keeper as Mrs. Lemont, Mother
- 1994 · New York Undercover as Prof. Cortez
- 1994 · Dead Funny as Frances
- 1993 · Weekend at Bernie's II as Mobu
- 1993 · Daybreak as Mrs. Chaney
- 1992 · Citizen Cohn as Second Annie Lee Moss
- 1991 · Strictly Business as Olivia
- 1990 · Green Card as Marriage Celebrant
- 1990 · Privilege as Yvonne Washington
- 1990 · Law & Order as Mrs. Washington
- 1990 · Law & Order as Judge Gloria Crutcher
- 1987 · Orphans as Mattie
- 1987 · The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd as Jazz Singer
- 1987 · Kojak: The Price of Justice as Pearl
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Miriam Blain
- 1984 · The Flamingo Kid as Lizzy the Housekeeper
- 1984 · He's Fired, She's Hired as Serena Cole
- 1984 · The Cotton Club as Madame St. Clair
- 1984 · A Doctor's Story as Mrs. Thornton
- 1983 · Chiefs as Nellie Cole
- 1983 · Abuse as Street Interviewee
- 1980 · The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six as
- 1979 · The Seduction of Joe Tynan as Carla Willis
- 1978 · An Unmarried Woman as Jean