Novella Nelson

Novella Nelson

Born: December 17, 1939
Died: August 31, 2017
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.

Movies for Novella Nelson...

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Title: Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Character: Self
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey through the dreamscape of legendary queer poet Nikki Giovanni as she reflects on her life and legacy.
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Mr. SOUL!
Title: Mr. SOUL!
Character: Self
Released: April 27, 2018
Type: Movie
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage. He was hip. He was smart. He was innovative, political, and gay. In his personal fight for social equality, this man ensured the Revolution would be televised. The man was Ellis Haizlip. The Revolution was soul!
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You Were Never Really Here
Title: You Were Never Really Here
Character: Diner Woman
Released: November 8, 2017
Type: Movie
A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
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A Walk Among the Tombstones
Title: A Walk Among the Tombstones
Character: Librarian
Released: September 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
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Nancy, Please
Title: Nancy, Please
Character: Dr. Bannister
Released: April 20, 2012
Type: Movie
A graduate student's vengeful ex-roommate refuses to let him retrieve an important book that he needs for his dissertation on Charles Dickens.
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The Ten
Title: The Ten
Character: Judge Sophia R. Jackson
Released: August 3, 2007
Type: Movie
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
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Stephanie Daley
Title: Stephanie Daley
Character: Dr. Peterson
Released: April 20, 2007
Type: Movie
Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the blood is the after-effects of giving birth. Soon afterward, the body of a newborn baby is found in a toilet, its mouth blocked with toilet paper. Despite Stephanie's insistence that her child was stillborn and that she had no idea that she was pregnant, she is arrested for the murder of the child.
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Title: 30 Rock
Character: Novella Nelson
Released: October 11, 2006
Type: TV
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
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Griffin & Phoenix
Title: Griffin & Phoenix
Character: Maya Restaurant Owner
Released: September 12, 2006
Type: Movie
A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together.
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Premium
Title: Premium
Character: Jayme
Released: January 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate production. Until this time comes, he works at his mother's boyfriend's gas station to repay him for covering his college tuition. One day at the station, his ex-fiancé - and one true love - reappears at the pumps after 3 years of silence. Cool discovers that it is 36 hours until her wedding to a local lawyer. As Cool embarks on last-ditch attempts to win her back, he takes on the biggest "role" of his life while also learning the secret to mastering his craft.
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Dear Wendy
Title: Dear Wendy
Character: Clarabelle
Released: February 4, 2005
Type: Movie
In a blue-collar American town, a group of teens bands together to form the Dandies, a gang of gunslingers led by Dick Dandelion. Following a code of strict pacifism at odds with the fact that they all carry guns, the group eventually lets in Sebastian, the grandson of Dick's childhood nanny, Clarabelle, who fears the other gangs in the area. Dick and company try to protect Clarabelle, but events transpire that push the gang past posturing.
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Birth
Title: Birth
Character: Lee
Released: October 29, 2004
Type: Movie
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.
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Head of State
Title: Head of State
Character: Moderator
Released: March 28, 2003
Type: Movie
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman as his replacement.
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Antwone Fisher
Title: Antwone Fisher
Character: Mrs. Tate
Released: December 19, 2002
Type: Movie
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
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The Gilded Six Bits
Title: The Gilded Six Bits
Character: Mama Banks
Released: February 18, 2001
Type: Movie
The lives of a loving husband and wife collide with that of a wealthy hustler.
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Judy Berlin
Title: Judy Berlin
Character: Carol
Released: October 6, 1999
Type: Movie
Judy Berlin is an aspiring actress whose idealism is at odds with her small suburban community, where a solar eclipse induces town inhabitants (a lonely housewife, a frustrated schoolteacher, and a struggling filmmaker) to search for solace and understanding in themselves and one another.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Judge
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Judge Anne Sciola
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Mrs. Mosley
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: Mama Flora's Family
Character: Pearl (1955-1970)
Released: November 8, 1998
Type: TV
A black matriarch in the early 20th century is determined to free her children from the bonds of prejudice.
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Title: Sex and the City
Character: Madame Lordes
Released: June 6, 1998
Type: TV
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene. 
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A Perfect Murder
Title: A Perfect Murder
Character: Ambassador Alice Wills
Released: June 5, 1998
Type: Movie
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
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The Devil's Advocate
Title: The Devil's Advocate
Character: Botanica Woman
Released: October 17, 1997
Type: Movie
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
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White Lies
Title: White Lies
Character: Leon's Mother
Released: April 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a SoHo art gallery overhears him, she offers to exhibit his work. He plays along, which leads to a series of complications following his newfound double life. He starts falling in love with the assistant director, but her art critic fiancé grows suspicious.
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The Summer of Ben Tyler
Title: The Summer of Ben Tyler
Character: Rosetta Tyler
Released: December 15, 1996
Type: Movie
Set early during World War II, the film has a lot to say about love, honor, relationships, commitment and power. Keeping their promise to their dying black housekeeper, a white family takes in her teenage mentally-slow son. The movie details the joys and conflicts the family faces as a result of their decision.
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Girl 6
Title: Girl 6
Character: Angela's Aunt
Released: March 22, 1996
Type: Movie
A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
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Manny & Lo
Title: Manny & Lo
Character: Georgine
Released: January 22, 1996
Type: Movie
A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.
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Mercy
Title: Mercy
Character: Angela
Released: October 19, 1995
Type: Movie
A couple of people steal the daughter of a famous lawyer. Now they want money to give her back, but it's not just the money they want. They want revenge.
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The Keeper
Title: The Keeper
Character: Mrs. Lemont, Mother
Released: September 15, 1995
Type: Movie
Paul Lamont, a corrections officer and law student, leads a comfortable if culturally bankrupt, middle-class existence. Lamont's marriage is already in trouble when he bails out a mysterious Haitian, Jean Baptiste, in the belief that Baptiste has been wrongly accused. Baptiste insinuates himself in Lamont's life and leads him on a journey of discovery. Lamont then finds that acts of conscience can have unforeseen consequences.
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Title: New York Undercover
Character: Prof. Cortez
Released: September 8, 1994
Type: TV
New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases.
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Dead Funny
Title: Dead Funny
Character: Frances
Released: May 21, 1994
Type: Movie
When her practical joker boyfriend dies, a young woman recalls all the pranks he pulled as she tries to figure out who murdered him.
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Weekend at Bernie's II
Title: Weekend at Bernie's II
Character: Mobu
Released: July 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lomax, embezzled $2 million and placed it in a safe deposit box in the Caribbean. Now, the boys are ready to go after the loot, but they can't do it alone -- they need poor Bernie's help. Can the buddies give their ex-boss new life?
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Daybreak
Title: Daybreak
Character: Mrs. Chaney
Released: May 8, 1993
Type: Movie
When a substantial portion of the nation's populace falls victim to a deadly plague, the tyrannical government quarantines them in camps, offering no alternative except death. But a gutsy rebel named Torch sets out to help the afflicted by leading an underground effort to spirit the victims to humane sanctuary.
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Citizen Cohn
Title: Citizen Cohn
Character: Second Annie Lee Moss
Released: August 22, 1992
Type: Movie
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.
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Strictly Business
Title: Strictly Business
Character: Olivia
Released: November 8, 1991
Type: Movie
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to attract her on his own, he seeks the help of his friend Bobby, a free-spirited smooth talker who works in the mail room at Waymon's firm and utilizes the predicament as leverage to advance in the company.
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Green Card
Title: Green Card
Character: Marriage Celebrant
Released: December 23, 1990
Type: Movie
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
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Privilege
Title: Privilege
Character: Yvonne Washington
Released: September 26, 1990
Type: Movie
Privilege is an intelligently conceived, boldly anarchic, and wickedly insightful exposition on the culturally ingrained and socially divisive malaise of isms that artificially define and characterize empowerment in contemporary society: ageism, sexism, economic elitism, and racism. Yvonne Rainer conveys texture through the intercutting of archival footage, video, and film - as well as compositional layering through the film-within-a-film structure, elliptical (and self-referential) fusion of past and present, and the filmmaker's idiosyncratic penchant for superimposed typed text.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Judge Gloria Crutcher
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Mrs. Washington
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Orphans
Title: Orphans
Character: Mattie
Released: September 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Brothers Treat and Philip have only had each other since they were kids, when a small-time criminal abruptly upends their routine lives.
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Title: The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Character: Jazz Singer
Released: May 21, 1987
Type: TV
Molly Dodd — a mid-30s, divorced woman living in New York — faces the comedy and drama of a widely changing career, difficulties of apartment living, love life and its consequences, and more.
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Kojak: The Price of Justice
Title: Kojak: The Price of Justice
Character: Pearl
Released: February 21, 1987
Type: Movie
Top New York cop Theo Kojak finds himself trapped in a tangled web of false trials, jealousies and murderous scheming as he investigates the death of two young boys. Their bodies are discovered in a Harlem river, the boys mother is the major suspect. But what appears to be an open shut case soon becomes something much more sinister.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Miriam Blain
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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The Flamingo Kid
Title: The Flamingo Kid
Character: Lizzy the Housekeeper
Released: December 21, 1984
Type: Movie
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.
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He's Fired, She's Hired
Title: He's Fired, She's Hired
Character: Serena Cole
Released: December 18, 1984
Type: Movie
Advertising executive, Alex Grier, is fired and is unable to find another position, being over-qualified. His wife, Annabelle, with no experience, is hired by the Freddie Fox agency when she uses her husband's résumé to get the job. He remains at home, raising their three children, coaxing his wife while trying to write the "great American novel."
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The Cotton Club
Title: The Cotton Club
Character: Madame St. Clair
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
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A Doctor's Story
Title: A Doctor's Story
Character: Mrs. Thornton
Released: April 23, 1984
Type: Movie
A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
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Title: Chiefs
Character: Nellie Cole
Released: November 13, 1983
Type: TV
Three different police chiefs in three different eras become involved in a growing mystery -- who is the mass murderer behind the killing of transient youths in and around the fictional southern town of Delano over a forty year period?
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Abuse
Title: Abuse
Character: Street Interviewee
Released: March 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who is making a documentary about physical child abuse. The two fall in love, and the elder is faced with the decision of either running away with Thomas or focusing on his career and thereby letting the boy possibly be beaten to death.
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The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Title: The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them the nickname "The Harlem Six." Intent on protecting and clearing the names of their sons, several mothers bonded together to make their story known. This work emerges as a powerful close up of police brutality, and of power dynamics of 1960's Harlem.
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Title: The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Character: Carla Willis
Released: August 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.
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An Unmarried Woman
Title: An Unmarried Woman
Character: Jean
Released: May 24, 1978
Type: Movie
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.