Novella Nelson
Department: Acting
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
White Lies
1997
The Devil's Advocate
1997
Orphans
1987
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
Judy Berlin
1999
An Unmarried Woman
1978
Premium
2006
Antwone Fisher
2002
The Gilded Six Bits
2001
Nancy, Please
2012
Head of State
2003
Privilege
1990
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023
Stephanie Daley
2007
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014
A Perfect Murder
1998
Griffin & Phoenix
2006
The Ten
2007
Green Card
1990
Preaching to the Choir
2005
Harambee!
1996
Dear Wendy
2005
The Cotton Club
1984
Birth
2004
You Were Never Really Here
2017
Girl 6
1996
Strictly Business
1991
Manny & Lo
1996
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979
A Doctor's Story
1984
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984
The Flamingo Kid
1984
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
Citizen Cohn
1992
Daybreak
1993
Dead Funny
1994
The Keeper
1995
Mercy
1995
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
Abuse
1983
Mr. SOUL!
2018
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980
The Littlest Victims
1989
Notes For My Daughter
1995
Sex and the City
1998
Chiefs
1983
30 Rock
2006
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
New York Undercover
1994
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Mama Flora's Family
1998
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
The West Wing
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Equalizer
1985
Law & Order
1990
Whoopi
2003
Third Watch
1999
The Starter Wife
2007
Army Wives
2007
Damages
2007
Hothouse
1988