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Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 – February 1, 1966) was an American actress and gossip columnist, notorious for feuding with her arch-rival Louella Parsons. She had been a moderately successful actress of stage and screen for years before being offered the chance to write the column Hedda Hopper's Hollywood for the Los Angeles Times in 1938. At the height of her power in the 1940s she commanded a 35 million strong readership. She was well known for her political conservatism, and during the McCarthy

Born

May 02, 1885

Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

Feb 01, 1966

Known For

Acting

Movies

158 acting

1 crew

Popularity

1.5

movie

Known For

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

1950

as Hedda Hopper
Dracula's Daughter

Dracula's Daughter

1936

as Lady Esme Hammond
Topper

Topper

1937

as Mrs. Stuyvesant
The Women

The Women

1939

as Dolly Dupuyster
Wings

Wings

1927

as Mrs. Powell (uncredited)
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

2018

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

1937

as Dowager on Ship (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
1950 • as Hedda Hopper
★ 8.3
Dracula's Daughter
Dracula's Daughter
1936 • as Lady Esme Hammond
★ 6.0
Topper
Topper
1937 • as Mrs. Stuyvesant
★ 6.7
The Women
The Women
1939 • as Dolly Dupuyster
★ 7.2
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 • as Aunt Henrietta
★ 6.4
The Oscar
The Oscar
1966 • as Hedda Hopper
★ 5.1
Wings
Wings
1927 • as Mrs. Powell (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Alice Adams
Alice Adams
1935 • as Mrs. Palmer
★ 6.7
Junket Whore
Junket Whore
1998 • as Self
★ 5.5
The Patsy
The Patsy
1964 • as Herself
★ 6.2
movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 • as Self (archive footage)
movie
Sadie Love
1919 • as Mrs. James Wakeley
★ 9.0
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947 • as Herself
★ 6.5
French Dressing
French Dressing
1927 • as (uncredited)
★ 3.7
Dangerous to Know
Dangerous to Know
1938 • as Mrs. Carson
★ 6.6
Reno
Reno
1923 • as Mrs. Kane Norton Tappan
★ 9.0
The Real Charlie Chaplin
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
Disneyland '59
Disneyland '59
1959 • as Self
★ 7.3
Midnight
Midnight
1939 • as Stephanie
★ 7.4
Half Marriage
Half Marriage
1929 • as Mrs. Page
★ 5.8
Don Juan
Don Juan
1926 • as Marchesia Rinaldo
★ 6.6
Our Blushing Brides
Our Blushing Brides
1930 • as Mrs. Russ-Weaver
★ 5.6
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Runaway Girls
Runaway Girls
1928 • as Mrs. Hartley
★ 8.0
Nothing Sacred
Nothing Sacred
1937 • as Dowager on Ship (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Heedless Moths
Heedless Moths
1921 • as His Wife
★ 8.0
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 • as Self
★ 6.3
Harold Teen
Harold Teen
1928 • as Mrs. Hazzit
★ 7.0
Beauty for Sale
Beauty for Sale
1933 • as Madame Sonia Barton
★ 7.2
Women Men Marry
Women Men Marry
1922 • as Eleanor Carter
★ 7.0
Bombay Mail
Bombay Mail
1934 • as Lady Daniels
★ 7.5
The New York Idea
The New York Idea
1920 • as Vida Phillimore
★ 7.0
Pepe
Pepe
1960 • as Hedda Hopper
★ 6.4
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
1937 • as Mrs. Van Klettering
★ 5.5
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
1966 • as Hedda Hatter
★ 5.2
Children of Divorce
Children of Divorce
1927 • as Katherine Flanders
★ 6.0
Holiday
Holiday
1930 • as Susan Potter
★ 6.2
Night World
Night World
1932 • as Mrs. Rand
★ 6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
3 Kids and a Queen
1935 • as Mrs. Cummings
★ 6.8
The Man Who Played God
The Man Who Played God
1932 • as Mrs. Alice Chittendon
★ 7.2
movie
Undressed
1928 • as Mrs. Stanley
★ 7.0
Cat, Dog & Co.
Cat, Dog & Co.
1929 • as Be Kind to Animals Society President
★ 6.7
movie
Laugh It Off
1939 • as Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Rockingham
★ 6.0
Cross-Country Romance
Cross-Country Romance
1940 • as Mrs. North
★ 6.7
The Easiest Way
The Easiest Way
1931 • as Mrs. Clara Williams (uncredited)
★ 5.1
Speak Easily
Speak Easily
1932 • as Mrs. Peets
★ 5.8
The Common Law
The Common Law
1931 • as Claire Neville Collis
★ 5.4
Skyscraper Souls
Skyscraper Souls
1932 • as Ella Dwight
★ 5.5
Companionate Marriage
Companionate Marriage
1928 • as Mrs. Moore
★ 3.3
A Star Is Born World Premiere
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 • as Self
★ 8.0
Tarzan's Revenge
Tarzan's Revenge
1938 • as Penny Reed
★ 4.8
The Snob
The Snob
1924 • as Mrs. Leiter
★ 7.0
You Can't Buy Luck
You Can't Buy Luck
1937 • as Agnes White
★ 4.7
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960 • as Self
★ 6.0
Sinners in Silk
Sinners in Silk
1924 • as Mrs. Stevens
★ 7.0
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929 • as Lady Maria
★ 6.0
movie
Her Excellency, the Governor
1917 • as Sylvia Marlowe
Let Us Be Gay
Let Us Be Gay
1930 • as Madge Livingston
★ 4.1
What a Life
What a Life
1939 • as Mrs. Aldrich
★ 10.0
Maid's Night Out
Maid's Night Out
1938 • as Mrs. Harrison
★ 5.9
Hooray for Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
movie
Black Tears
1927
★ 9.0
Men Call It Love
Men Call It Love
1931 • as Callie
★ 6.0
The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools
1931 • as Hedda - Norma's Friend
★ 5.6
As You Desire Me
As You Desire Me
1932 • as Ines Montari
★ 6.4
I Live My Life
I Live My Life
1935 • as Alvin's Mother
★ 6.6
The Barbarian
The Barbarian
1933 • as Mrs. Loway
★ 5.1
Gambling Wives
Gambling Wives
1924 • as Madame Zoe
★ 10.0
Pleasures of the Rich
Pleasures of the Rich
1926 • as Mona Vincent
★ 10.0
The Battle of Hearts
The Battle of Hearts
1916 • as Maida Rhodes
The Dark Hour
The Dark Hour
1936 • as Mrs. Marian Tallman
★ 5.9
Let’s Be Ritzy
Let’s Be Ritzy
1934 • as Mrs. Burton
★ 10.0
The Whip Woman
The Whip Woman
1928 • as Countess Ferenzi
★ 10.0
Society Fever
Society Fever
1935 • as Mrs. Vandergriff
★ 7.0
The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon
1957 • as Self - Announcer
The Food Gamblers
The Food Gamblers
1917 • as June Justice
Happiness
Happiness
1924 • as Mrs. Chrystal Pole
★ 9.0
Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage
1933 • as Mrs. Worth
★ 7.1
movie
Borrowed Finery
1925 • as Mrs. Bordon
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941 • as Herself - Host
★ 7.0
The Drop Kick
The Drop Kick
1927 • as Mrs. Hamill
★ 5.3
The Man Who Lost Himself
The Man Who Lost Himself
1920 • as Countess of Rochester
★ 9.0
Orchids and Ermine
Orchids and Ermine
1927 • as The Modiste
★ 5.9
Doughnuts and Society
Doughnuts and Society
1936 • as Mrs. Murray Hill
★ 8.0
That's Right – You're Wrong
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939 • as Hedda Hopper (Uncredited)
★ 6.3
Ship Cafe
Ship Cafe
1935 • as Tutor
★ 8.0
Girls Gone Wild
Girls Gone Wild
1929 • as Mrs. Holworthy
★ 9.0
Breakfast in Hollywood
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946 • as Self
★ 6.0
movie
No Ransom
1934 • as Mrs. John Winfield
★ 8.0
West of Broadway
West of Broadway
1931 • as Mrs. Trent
★ 6.8
Queen of the Mob
Queen of the Mob
1940 • as Mrs. Emily Sturgis
★ 6.2
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941 • as Self - Host
★ 7.0
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
1922 • as Madge Larrabee
★ 6.1
Lew Tyler's Wives
Lew Tyler's Wives
1926 • as Virginia Philips
★ 9.0
One Frightened Night
One Frightened Night
1935 • as Laura Proctor
★ 5.6
Why Men Leave Home
Why Men Leave Home
1924 • as Nina Neilson
★ 3.0
War Nurse
War Nurse
1930 • as Matron
★ 5.2
Skinner's Dress Suit
Skinner's Dress Suit
1926 • as Mrs. Colby
★ 7.5
Forgotten Faces
Forgotten Faces
1928
★ 7.0
The Prodigal
The Prodigal
1931 • as Christine
★ 4.0
Zander the Great
Zander the Great
1925 • as Mrs. Caldwell
★ 6.2
The Hostess with the Mostes'
The Hostess with the Mostes'
1957 • as Maizie Weldon
Bunker Bean
Bunker Bean
1936 • as Mrs. Dorothy Kent
★ 5.3
The Racketeer
The Racketeer
1929 • as Mrs. Lee
★ 5.1
His Glorious Night
His Glorious Night
1929 • as Mrs. Collingswood Stratton
★ 7.0
Men Must Fight
Men Must Fight
1933 • as Mrs. Chase
★ 6.2
Lady Tubbs
Lady Tubbs
1935 • as Mrs. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
★ 7.5
Downstairs
Downstairs
1932 • as Countess De Marnac
★ 6.6
Another Scandal
Another Scandal
1924 • as Elizabeth MacKenzie
★ 8.0
Life with Henry
Life with Henry
1941 • as Mrs. Aldrich
★ 6.5
Good Sport
Good Sport
1931 • as Mrs. Atherton
★ 5.5
movie
Green Grass Widows
1928 • as Mrs. Worthing
★ 7.0
Matinee Ladies
Matinee Ladies
1927 • as Mrs. Aldrich
★ 9.0
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942 • as Herself
★ 6.0
A Tailor-Made Man
A Tailor-Made Man
1931 • as Mrs. Stanslaw
★ 7.0
A Tailor-Made Man
A Tailor-Made Man
1931 • as Mrs. Stanlaw
★ 7.0
Love and Learn
Love and Learn
1928 • as Mrs. Ann Blair
★ 10.0
Artists & Models
Artists & Models
1937 • as Mrs. Townsend
★ 6.3
Venus of Venice
Venus of Venice
1927 • as Jean's Mother
★ 10.0
Déclassé
Déclassé
1925 • as Lady Wildering
★ 4.0
The Silver Treasure
The Silver Treasure
1926 • as Mrs. Gould
★ 10.0
Flying High
Flying High
1931 • as Mrs. Smith
★ 5.8
movie
Adam and Evil
1927
★ 10.0
The Third Degree
The Third Degree
1919 • as Mrs. Howard Jeffries Sr
★ 7.0
Has the World Gone Mad!
Has the World Gone Mad!
1923 • as Mrs. Adams
★ 9.0
movie
Fools of Fashion
1926 • as Countess de Fragni
★ 9.0
Dangerous Innocence
Dangerous Innocence
1925 • as Muriel Church
★ 8.0
The Teaser
The Teaser
1925 • as Margaret Wyndham
★ 3.0
Dangerous Holiday
Dangerous Holiday
1937 • as Lottie Courtney
★ 5.3
A Reno Divorce
A Reno Divorce
1927 • as Hedda Frane
★ 9.0
Thanks for the Memory
Thanks for the Memory
1938 • as Polly Griscom
★ 5.8
Murder Will Out
Murder Will Out
1930 • as Aunt Pat
★ 7.0
Dance Madness
Dance Madness
1926 • as Valentina
★ 7.0
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1917 • as Myra Thornhill (as Elda Furry)
★ 4.4
Nearly Married
Nearly Married
1917 • as Hattie King
Obey the Law
Obey the Law
1926 • as The Society Woman
★ 10.0
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
1925 • as Mrs. Clarice Vidal
★ 6.4
High Society Blues
High Society Blues
1930 • as Mrs. Divine
★ 8.0
The Port of Missing Girls
The Port of Missing Girls
1928 • as Mrs. C. King
★ 7.0
The Unwritten Law
The Unwritten Law
1932 • as Jean
★ 8.0
Virtuous Wives
Virtuous Wives
1918 • as Irma Delabarre
Rebound
Rebound
1931 • as Liz Crawford
★ 4.7
The Cave Man
The Cave Man
1926 • as Mrs. Van Dream
★ 8.0
Her Market Value
Her Market Value
1925 • as Mrs. Bernice Hamilton
★ 8.0
What's Wrong with the Women?
What's Wrong with the Women?
1922 • as Mrs. Neer
★ 8.0
By Right of Purchase
By Right of Purchase
1918 • as Society Woman (uncredited)
★ 9.0
Such Men Are Dangerous
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930 • as Muriel Wyndham
★ 5.4
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
1942 • as Self
★ 10.0
Shipmates
Shipmates
1931 • as Auntie
★ 5.8
The Beloved Traitor
The Beloved Traitor
1918 • as Myrna Bliss
Miami
Miami
1924 • as Mary Tate
★ 8.0
The Isle of Conquest
The Isle of Conquest
1919 • as Mrs. Harmon
★ 9.0
The Mystery Train
The Mystery Train
1931 • as Mrs. Marian Radcliffe
★ 4.8
The Chorus Kid
The Chorus Kid
1928 • as Mrs. Garrett
★ 7.0
One Woman to Another
One Woman to Another
1927 • as Olive Gresham
★ 10.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5
1942 • as Self
★ 10.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4
1942 • as Self
★ 10.0