Novella Nelson
Acting • Born 1939-12-17 – Died 2017-08-31
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.
Filmography
63 credits
White Lies
Movie • 1997
Leon's Mother
The Devil's Advocate
Movie • 1997
Botanica Woman
Orphans
Movie • 1987
Mattie
Weekend at Bernie's II
Movie • 1993
Mobu
Judy Berlin
Movie • 1999
Carol
An Unmarried Woman
Movie • 1978
Jean
Premium
Movie • 2006
Jayme
Antwone Fisher
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Tate
The Gilded Six Bits
Movie • 2001
Mama Banks
Nancy, Please
Movie • 2012
Dr. Bannister
Head of State
Movie • 2003
Moderator
Privilege
Movie • 1990
Yvonne Washington
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Movie • 2023
Self
Stephanie Daley
Movie • 2007
Dr. Peterson
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Movie • 2014
Librarian
A Perfect Murder
Movie • 1998
Ambassador Alice Wills
Griffin & Phoenix
Movie • 2006
Maya Restaurant Owner
The Ten
Movie • 2007
Sophia Jackson
Green Card
Movie • 1990
Marriage Celebrant
Preaching to the Choir
Movie • 2005
Aunt June
Harambee!
Movie • 1996
Queenesther
Dear Wendy
Movie • 2005
Clarabelle
The Cotton Club
Movie • 1984
Madame St. Clair
Birth
Movie • 2004
Lee
You Were Never Really Here
Movie • 2017
Diner Woman
Girl 6
Movie • 1996
Angela's Aunt
Strictly Business
Movie • 1991
Olivia
He's Fired, She's Hired
Movie • 1984
Serena Cole
The Flamingo Kid
Movie • 1984
Lizzy the Housekeeper
The Summer of Ben Tyler
Movie • 1996
Rosetta Tyler
Mercy
Movie • 1995
Angela
Manny & Lo
Movie • 1996
Georgine
Daybreak
Movie • 1993
Mrs. Chaney
Citizen Cohn
Movie • 1992
Second Annie Lee Moss
Dead Funny
Movie • 1994
Frances
A Doctor's Story
Movie • 1984
Mrs. Thornton
Kojak: The Price of Justice
Movie • 1987
Pearl
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Movie • 1979
Carla Willis
The Keeper
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Lemont, Mother
Abuse
Movie • 1983
Street Interviewee
Mr. SOUL!
Movie • 2018
Self
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Movie • 1980
The Littlest Victims
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Munson
Notes For My Daughter
Movie • 1995
Shirley
Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Madame Lordes
Chiefs
TV • 1983
Nellie Cole
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Mrs. Washington
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Novella Nelson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Mrs. Mosley
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Prof. Cortez
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Judge Anne Sciola
Mama Flora's Family
TV • 1998
Pearl (1955-1970)
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
TV • 1987
Jazz Singer
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Gail Fitzwallace
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Judge
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Miriam Blain
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Judge Gloria Crutcher
Whoopi
TV • 2003
Nurse
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Sondra Richards
The Starter Wife
TV • 2007
Nana
Army Wives
TV • 2007
Vivian Burton
Damages
TV • 2007
Older Female Victim
Hothouse
TV • 1988
Olivia