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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 17, 1939
Died
August 31, 2017
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Novella Christine Nelson
Novella Nelson
0.4 Popularity
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
6.2
Self
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023
7.0
Self
Mr. SOUL!
2018
6.5
Diner Woman
You Were Never Really Here
2017
6.3
Librarian
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014
5.2
Dr. Bannister
Nancy, Please
2012
4.8
Sophia Jackson
The Ten
2007
7.4
Older Female Victim
Damages
2007
7.5
Vivian Burton
Army Wives
2007
4.4
Nana
The Starter Wife
2007
5.7
Dr. Peterson
Stephanie Daley
2007
Credits
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
as Self
2023
6.2
Mr. SOUL!
as Self
2018
7.0
You Were Never Really Here
as Diner Woman
2017
6.5
A Walk Among the Tombstones
as Librarian
2014
6.3
Nancy, Please
as Dr. Bannister
2012
5.2
The Ten
as Sophia Jackson
2007
4.8
Damages
as Older Female Victim
2007
7.4
Army Wives
as Vivian Burton
2007
7.5
The Starter Wife
as Nana
2007
4.4
Stephanie Daley
as Dr. Peterson
2007
5.7
30 Rock
as Novella Nelson
2006
7.5
Griffin & Phoenix
as Maya Restaurant Owner
2006
7.1
Premium
as Jayme
2006
4.8
Preaching to the Choir
as Aunt June
2005
0.0
Dear Wendy
as Clarabelle
2005
5.8
Birth
as Lee
2004
6.0
Whoopi
as Nurse
2003
8.7
Head of State
as Moderator
2003
5.6
Antwone Fisher
as Mrs. Tate
2002
6.9
The Gilded Six Bits
as Mama Banks
2001
0.0
Judy Berlin
as Carol
1999
5.6
Third Watch
as Sondra Richards
1999
7.9
The West Wing
as Gail Fitzwallace
1999
8.2
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mrs. Mosley
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judge Anne Sciola
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judge
1999
7.9
🎬
Mama Flora's Family
as Pearl (1955-1970)
1998
7.3
Sex and the City
as Madame Lordes
1998
7.4
A Perfect Murder
as Ambassador Alice Wills
1998
6.5
The Devil's Advocate
as Botanica Woman
1997
7.5
White Lies
as Leon's Mother
1997
1.7
The Summer of Ben Tyler
as Rosetta Tyler
1996
5.7
Harambee!
as Queenesther
1996
0.0
Manny & Lo
as Georgine
1996
6.2
Girl 6
as Angela's Aunt
1996
5.0
Mercy
as Angela
1995
6.5
The Keeper
as Mrs. Lemont, Mother
1995
5.0
🎬
Notes For My Daughter
as Shirley
1995
0.0
New York Undercover
as Prof. Cortez
1994
7.2
Dead Funny
as Frances
1994
4.0
Weekend at Bernie's II
as Mobu
1993
5.0
Daybreak
as Mrs. Chaney
1993
5.1
Citizen Cohn
as Second Annie Lee Moss
1992
6.0
Strictly Business
as Olivia
1991
5.3
Green Card
as Marriage Celebrant
1990
6.1
Privilege
as Yvonne Washington
1990
3.8
Law & Order
as Mrs. Washington
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Judge Gloria Crutcher
1990
7.4
The Littlest Victims
as Mrs. Munson
1989
0.0
Hothouse
as Olivia
1988
5.0
Orphans
as Mattie
1987
5.6
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Jazz Singer
1987
6.0
Kojak: The Price of Justice
as Pearl
1987
4.2
The Equalizer
as Miriam Blain
1985
7.1
The Flamingo Kid
as Lizzy the Housekeeper
1984
6.0
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Serena Cole
1984
6.0
The Cotton Club
as Madame St. Clair
1984
6.5
A Doctor's Story
as Mrs. Thornton
1984
6.0
Chiefs
as Nellie Cole
1983
8.0
Abuse
as Street Interviewee
1983
4.3
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980
0.0
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Carla Willis
1979
5.7
An Unmarried Woman
as Jean
1978
6.7