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...

Known For

Sunset Boulevard

as Hedda Hopper

The Women

as Dolly Dupuyster

Topper

as Mrs. Stuyvesant

Cast Credits

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as Self (archive footage)

The Oscar

as Hedda Hopper

Pepe

as Hedda Hopper

The Last Tycoon

as Self - Announcer

Sunset Boulevard

as Hedda Hopper

Reap the Wild Wind

as Aunt Henrietta

Life with Henry

as Mrs. Aldrich

Queen of the Mob

as Mrs. Emily Sturgis

Laugh It Off

as Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Rockingham

That's Right – You're Wrong

as Hedda Hopper (Uncredited)

What a Life

as Mrs. Aldrich

The Women

as Dolly Dupuyster

Midnight

as Stephanie

Thanks for the Memory

as Polly Griscom

Dangerous to Know

as Mrs. Carson

Maid's Night Out

as Mrs. Harrison

Tarzan's Revenge

as Penny Reed

Nothing Sacred

as Dowager on Ship (uncredited)

Vogues of 1938

as Mrs. Van Klettering

Artists & Models

as Mrs. Townsend

Topper

as Mrs. Stuyvesant

Dangerous Holiday

as Lottie Courtney

You Can't Buy Luck

as Agnes White

Bunker Bean

as Mrs. Dorothy Kent

Dracula's Daughter

as Lady Esme Hammond

Doughnuts and Society

as Mrs. Murray Hill

The Dark Hour

as Mrs. Marian Tallman