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Elda Furry (May 2, 1885February 1, 1966), known professionally as Hedda Hopper, was an American and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, more than 35 million people read her columns. A strong supporter of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings, Hopper named suspected Communists and was a major proponent of the Hollywood blacklist. Hopper continued to write her gossip column until her death in 1966. Her work appeared in many magazines and later on radio. She had an extended feud with , an arch-rival and fellow gossip columnist.


Early life
Hopper was born Elda Furry in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Margaret (née Miller; 1856–1941) and David Furry, a butcher, both members of the German Baptist Brethren. Her family was of Pennsylvania Dutch (German) descent. The family moved to Altoona when Elda was three.


Career

Acting
She eventually ran away to New York City and began her career in the chorus on the stage. Hopper was not successful in this venture. called the aspiring starlet a "clumsy cow" and brushed off her pleas for a slot in his lavish . After a few years, she joined the theater company of matinee idol , whom she called "Wolfie" and would later marry.

She remained in the chorus and they toured the country. While in the Hopper company, she realized that chorus and jobs were not acting. She wanted to act, and she knew she would have to prove herself before she could hope to get anywhere in the theater. Hearing that Edgar Selwyn was casting his play The Country Boy for a road tour, she went to his office and talked him into letting her audition for the lead. She was given the role and that show toured for thirty-five weeks through forty-eight states. She studied singing during the summer and, in the fall, toured with The Quaker Girl in the second lead, the role. The show closed in Albany.

In 1913, she became the fifth wife of , whose previous wives were named Ella, Ida, Edna and Nella. The similarity in names caused some friction, as he would sometimes call Elda by the name of one of his former wives. Consequently, Elda Hopper paid a $10 to tell her what name she should use, and the answer was "Hedda". She began acting in in 1915. Her motion picture debut was in The Battle of Hearts (1916) with , but she made a major splash in (1918), in which she established her pattern of playing society women. Hopper decided to upstage the film's headline starlet, , by spending all of her $5,000 salary on a lavish wardrobe from the upscale boutique Lucile, which she wore in the film. By 1920, she was commanding $1,000 per week as a free agent in New York; in 1923 she moved to Hollywood and became a contract player for Louis B. Mayer Pictures. She appeared in more than 120 movies over her 23 year acting career.


Writing
As Hopper's movie career waned in the mid-1930s, she looked for other sources of income. In 1935, she agreed to write a weekly Hollywood for The Washington Herald at $50 a week (), which was cancelled after four months when she refused to take a $15 pay cut. In 1937, Hopper was offered another gossip column opportunity, this time with the Los Angeles Times. Her column, entitled "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood", debuted on February 14, 1938. Hopper could not type, nor spell very well, so she dictated her column to a typist over the phone. Hopper used her extensive contacts forged during her acting days to gather material for her column. Her first major scoop had national implications: in 1939, Hopper printed that President Franklin Roosevelt's son was divorcing his wife Betsey after being caught in an affair with a nurse at the .

Part of Hopper's public image was her fondness for wearing extravagant hats,

(2020). 9780297869818, Orion. .
for which the Internal Revenue Service allowed her a $5,000 annual tax deduction as a work expense. During the Second World War, the used photographs of Hopper in her extravagant hats for propaganda, as a symbol of "American decadence". Her annual income was $250,000, enabling her to live a luxurious lifestyle and maintain a mansion in , which she described as "the house that fear built".

After Hopper printed a story about an extramarital affair between and , Cotten ran into Hopper at a social event and pulled out her chair, only to continue pulling it out from under her when she sat down and then kick her in the rear.

(2025). 9780802138781, Grove Press.
The next day, he received dozens of flower bouquet deliveries and congratulatory telegrams from others in the industry, thanking him for having the courage to do what everyone else dreamed of doing. Cotten later threatened Hopper that he would kick her again if she kept slandering him.

Hopper spread rumors that Michael Wilding and had a sexual relationship. Her 1962 book The Whole Truth and Nothing But, which she promoted on the CBS television series What’s My Line?, included a chapter in which Hopper asserted their relationship was a fact. Wilding sued Hopper for libel and won.

(1998). 9781573241366, Conari. .

Hopper was an advocate for actress , whose career suffered in the early 1940s after she was labelled "Box-Office Poison" and forced to resign from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1945, Hopper reprinted a press release for Mildred Pierce in her column, which described Crawford as a leading contender for the Best Actress Oscar. Such was Hopper's influence that she was credited with swinging the decision in Crawford's favor when she won the award. Hopper's support has been described as the first instance of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to favor a certain nominee.

Hopper lobbied for African American actor to receive an for his performance in the 1946 film Song of the South. Baskett would ultimately receive an honorary award for his performance. Actress compared Hopper to "a ferret".

(2025). 9780307271006, Borzoi Books (Random House). .
sent Hopper a "$35 valentine. The $35 went for a skunk which carried a note: 'Won't you be my valentine? Nobody else will. I stink and so do you.'" Hopper reportedly commented that the skunk was beautifully behaved. She called it Joan, and passed it on to actor and his wife as a present, as they had made the first bid after the story about the unusual gift made the news.

During World War II, Hopper's only child, actor , served in the Navy in Underwater Demolitions. She chastised Douglas Fairbanks Jr., the son of her old friend Douglas Fairbanks, because she thought the younger Fairbanks was shirking his duty to his country. Fairbanks Jr. recalled in his memoirs Salad Days that he was already in uniform serving in the United States Navy, and despised Hopper for her insinuations.Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1988). The Salad Days

Actor recounted an interaction between Hopper and . At the premiere of Taylor and her husband 's film (1965), Hopper began to complain when she saw screenwriter 's screen credit (she had led the charge in blacklisting Trumbo for his Communist party membership). This caused Taylor to turn around and say "Hedda, why don't you just shut the fuck up?"

In 1963, Hopper complained in her column that three out of five Best Actor Oscar nominees were British and only two were American: "The weather's so foul on that tight little isle that, to get in out of the rain, they all gather in theatres and practise Hamlet on each other."

(2025). 9781409049913, Random House.


Feud with Louella Parsons
When Hopper initially came to Hollywood, she and had had a mutually beneficial arrangement. At the time, Hopper was a moderately successful actress, and according to Parsons' successor, Dorothy Manners, "if anything happened on a set—if a star and leading man were having an affair—Hedda would give Louella a call.” In return, Hopper was guaranteed a few lines of copy under Parsons' increasingly influential byline.

After MGM canceled her contract, Hopper struggled to maintain her career as an actress. She was offered a position as a Hollywood columnist by the Esquire Feature Syndicate due to a recommendation by Andy Hervey of MGM’s publicity department.

One of the first papers to pick up “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood” was the Los Angeles Times, a morning paper like Parsons' Examiner. Hopper first publicly scooped Parsons with the divorce of the president's son (a Goldwyn employee), who was involved with a Mayo Clinic nurse, from his wife, Betsey. The story became front-page news across the country.


Citizen Kane
When rumors began to surface that ’ debut film was inspired by the life of William Randolph Hearst, Parsons lunched with the director, and believed his evasions and denials. Hopper arrived uninvited to an early screening of the film and wrote a scathing critique, calling it a "vicious and irresponsible attack on a great man".
(2025). 9780618154463, New York: Viking Press..
As a result, Hearst sent Parsons a letter complaining that he had learned about Citizen Kane from Hopper, and not her.


Ingrid Bergman
In the early 1950s, the Los Angeles Examiner ran on its front page above Parsons's byline: "Ingrid Bergman Baby Due in Three Months at Rome". Bergman left her husband, neurologist Peter Lindstrom, to live in Italy with director Roberto Rossellini, but the news that she might be pregnant was met with some skepticism. Bergman was well known for the angelic role of Sister Benedict in The Bells of St. Mary's.

Hopper, who had been a public supporter of Bergman, believed the actress's denial of the pregnancy, and printed a fervent repudiation of the rumor. However, Bergman was indeed pregnant and Hopper, enraged at being scooped, launched a PR campaign decrying Bergman for being pregnant out of wedlock, and carrying a married man's child. Parsons had allegedly received the tip from , who was incensed at Bergman for being unable to shoot a film for him as promised.


Reaction
Reportedly, whereas Hopper was more inclined to see their much-publicized antagonism as funny and good for business, Parsons took it personally and saw Hopper as a rival in every possible way. Hopper also referred to Doc Martin (Parsons' third husband) as "that goddamn clap doctor", which infuriated Parsons. Louis B. Mayer assisted Hopper in establishing herself as a columnist, and her role was supported by other studio chiefs, which saw it as a step in offsetting Parsons' monopolistic power. Gossip columnist Liz Smith stated: "The studios created both of them. And they thought they could control both of them. But they became Frankenstein monsters escaped from the labs." Hopper and Parsons had a combined readership of 75 million in a country of 160 million.


Politics
Hopper was a fervent Republican. During the 1944 presidential election, she spoke before a massive rally organized by David O. Selznick in the Los Angeles Coliseum in support of the Dewey-Bricker ticket, as well as Governor of California, who later became Dewey's running mate in 1948, and later the Chief Justice of the United States. The gathering drew 93,000, with Cecil B. DeMille as the master of ceremonies and as one of the speakers. Others in attendance included , , , , , , , , Edward Arnold, and . Despite the good turnout at the rally, most Hollywood celebrities who took a public position sided with the Roosevelt- ticket.David M. Jordan, FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944 (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2011), pp. 231–232

Hopper strongly supported the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings, and was a guest and speaker of the Women's Division at the 1956 Republican National Convention held in to renominate the Eisenhower– ticket.

(2025). 9780814728246, NYU Press.
She was so well known for her conservatism that rumor had it she planned to stand up, unfurl an American flag, and walk out of the 23rd Academy Awards ceremony in March 1951 if , who was known to be a socialist, should win . The rumor was untrue but Hopper joked that she wished she had thought of it. Screenwriter related that when he told Hopper that many people in Hollywood privately called her a because of her extreme conservatism, the gossip columnist began to cry and replied: "Jay, all I've ever tried to be is a good American."


Blacklisting
Hopper was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Hollywood blacklist, using her 35 million strong readership to destroy the careers of those in the entertainment industry whom she suspected of being a Communist, having sympathies, being , or leading dissolute lives. She was a leading member of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, founded in 1944 and devoted to rooting out suspected Communists in Hollywood.
(1990). 9780838634127, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. .
She considered herself to be a guardian of moral standards in Hollywood and bragged that she need only wag her finger at a producer and he would break off an adulterous affair instantly.

One of Hopper's victims was screenwriter , who was blacklisted throughout the late 1940s and 1950s partially through Hopper's consistently negative coverage of his Communist Party membership. When actor hired Trumbo to write the screenplay for Spartacus (1960), Hopper denounced the film in her column, stating that "the a book written by a Commie and the screen script was written by a Commie, so don't go see it." The film was a critical and financial success.

was another target of Hedda Hopper's vitriol because of his alleged Communist sympathies and his relationships with much younger women, which she considered immoral despite her own marriage to a man 27 years her senior. She also objected to him for remaining a British citizen and not becoming an American, which she considered an act of ingratitude towards a country which had given him so much. When in 1943, he denied that he was the father of 22-year old actress Joan Barry’s child, Hopper assisted Barry in filing a against Chaplin, launching a campaign of attrition against him through her column, and calling for him to be deported for his "". She defended her behavior by stating that she wished to make an example of Chaplin as "a warning to others involved in dubious relationships". Her grudge deepened when, later in the year, Chaplin married 18-year old Oona O'Neill and gave the scoop to Louella Parsons out of dislike for Hopper. For years after the paternity trial, Hopper cooperated with the to destabilize Chaplin's career. This involved her printing damaging information leaked by the FBI concerning Chaplin's past Communist affiliations, while Hopper in turn provided the agency with unsavory gossip about Chaplin's personal life gleaned from her informants. Her sustained criticism of Chaplin was one of the factors which contributed to his being denied re-entry to the United States in 1952.

Actress was also blacklisted as a result of Hedda Hopper's sustained negative coverage in her columns. Hopper had supported Bergman in her column throughout the 1940s, advocating for her to land starring roles in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) and Joan of Arc (1948). She was enraged when Bergman lied to her about being pregnant with married director Roberto Rossellini's baby. Hopper had believed Bergman's denial of the pregnancy, printing a fervent repudiation of the rumor in 1949. However, Bergman was indeed pregnant, and the news was leaked to Hopper's arch-rival Louella Parsons, who gained the scoop. Seeking revenge, Hopper launched a PR campaign decrying Bergman for being pregnant out of wedlock and carrying a married man's child.


Radio and television
Hopper had an acting role in a radio soap opera, playing Portia Brent on the 's Brenthouse beginning in February 1939.
(1998). 9780195076783, Oxford University Press. .
She debuted as host of her own radio program, The Hedda Hopper Show, on November 6, 1939. Sponsored by Sunkist, she was heard on three times a week for 15 minutes until October 30, 1942. From October 2, 1944, to September 3, 1945, sponsored a once-a-week program. On September 10, 1945, she moved to ABC, still sponsored by Armour, for a weekly program that continued until June 3, 1946. Hopper moved back to CBS beginning on October 5, 1946 with a weekly 15-minute program, This Is Hollywood, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. It ran until June 28, 1947.

Expanding to 30 minutes on , she was host of a variety series, The Hedda Hopper Show, broadcast from October 14, 1950, to November 11, 1950 on Saturdays, then from November 19, 1950, to May 20, 1951 on Sundays. This program featured music, talk and dramatized excerpts from movies with well-known guests, such as Broderick Crawford reprising a scene from All the King's Men (1949).

On January 10, 1960, a television special, Hedda Hopper's Hollywood, aired on . Hosted by Hopper, guest interviews included an eclectic mix of past, current and future stars: , Francis X. Bushman, , , , , , , , , , , , and .

Hopper had several acting roles during the latter part of her career, including brief appearances as herself in the movie Sunset Boulevard (1950) and The Patsy (1964), as well as episodes of I Love Lucy, The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, and The Beverly Hillbillies, starring . Her , From Under My Hat (Doubleday, 1952) was followed by The Whole Truth and Nothing But (1962), also published by Doubleday. She remained active as a writer until her death, producing six daily columns and a Sunday column for the Chicago Tribune syndicate, as well as writing articles for celebrity magazines such as .


Personal life
On May 8, 1913, Hopper married actor and singer in . They had one child, , who later played Paul Drake in the Perry Mason series.
(2025). 9781844494309, Omnibus.
The couple divorced in 1922.
(1991). 9780929387246, Bonus Books. .


Death
Hopper died on February 1, 1966, of double at the age of 80 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
(2025). 9781844494309, Omnibus.
The value of Hopper's estate was $472,661 gross and $306,679 net. She is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Altoona, Pennsylvania.
(2025). 9780762786152, Globe Pequot.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Hopper has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6313½ Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.


Filmography
1916The Battle of HeartsMaida RhodesLost film
Credited as Elda Furry
1917Her Excellency, the GovernorSylvia MarloweLost film
Credited as Elda Milar
1917The Food GamblersJune JusticeLost film
1917Seven Keys to BaldpateMyra ThornhillCredited as Elda Furry
1917Hattie KingAbridged version extant
1918The Beloved TraitorMyrna Bliss
1918By Right of PurchaseSociety WomanIncomplete film
Uncredited
1918Irma DelabarreLost film
Credited as Mrs. DeWolf Hopper
1919The Third DegreeMrs. Howard Jeffries, SrLost film
1919Mrs. James WakeleyLost film
1919The Isle of ConquestMrs. HarmonLost film
1920The Man Who Lost HimselfCountess of RochesterLost film
1920The New York IdeaVida Phillimore
1921His WifeLost film
1921The Inner ChamberMrs. CandorLost film
Credited as Mrs. DeWolf Hopper
1921ConceitMrs. Agnes CrombieCredited as Mrs. DeWolf Hopper
1922Sherlock HolmesMadge Larrabee
1922What's Wrong with the Women?Mrs. NeerLost film
Credited as Mrs. DeWolf Hopper
1922Women Men MarryEleanor Carter
1923Has the World Gone Mad!Mrs. AdamsLost film
1923RenoMrs. Kate Norton Tappan
1924Madame ZoeLost film
1924Why Men Leave HomeNina Neilson
1924HappinessMrs. Chrystal Pole
1924MiamiMary TateLost film
1924Cousin Elizabeth MacKenzieLost film
1924Sinners in SilkMrs. StevensLost film
1924The SnobMrs. LeiterLost film
1925Her Market ValueMrs. Bernice Hamilton
1925Lady Wildering
1925Dangerous InnocenceMuriel ChurchLost film
1925Zander the GreatMrs. Caldwell
1925Raffles, the Amateur CracksmanMrs. Clarice Vidal
1925Margaret WyndhamLost film
1925Mrs. Bordon
1926ValentinaLost film
1926The CavemanMrs. Van Dream
1926Pleasures of the RichMona VincentLost film
1926Skinner's Dress SuitMrs. Colby
1926Lew Tyler's WivesVirginia PhilipsLost film
1926The Silver TreasureMrs. GouldLost film
1926Don JuanMarchesia Rinaldo
1926Fools of FashionCountess de Fragni
1926Obey The LawSociety Woman
1927Orchids and ErmineThe Modiste
1927Venus of VeniceJean's Mother
1927Children of DivorceKatherine Flanders
1927Mrs. AldrichLost film
1927WingsMrs. PowellUncredited
1927Black Tears Lost film
1927The Cruel TruthGrace Sturdevant
1927Adam and EvilEleanor LeightonLost film
1927One Woman to AnotherOlive GreshamLost film
1927The Drop KickMrs. Hamill
1927A Reno DivorceHedda FraneLost film
1927French Dressing Lost film
Uncredited
1928Love and LearnMrs. Ann BlairLost film
1928The Whip WomanCountess FerenziLost film
1928The Port of Missing GirlsMrs. C. King
1928The Chorus KidMrs. GarrettLost film
1928Harold TeenMrs. Hazzit
1928Green Grass WidowsMrs. Worthing
1928UndressedMrs. StanleyLost film
1928Mrs. HartleyLost film
1928Companionate MarriageMrs. MooreLost film
1929Girls Gone WildMrs. HolworthyLost film
1929The Last of Mrs. CheyneyLady Maria
1929His Glorious NightMrs. Collingswood Stratton
1929Half MarriageMrs. Page
1929Mrs. Karen Lee
1929A Song of KentuckyMrs. ColemanLost film
1930Such Men Are DangerousMuriel Wyndham
1930High Society BluesMrs. Divine
1930Murder Will OutAunt PatLost film
1930HolidaySusan Potter
1930Let Us Be GayMadge Livingston
1930Our Blushing BridesMrs. Weaver
1930Matron
1931The Easiest WayMrs. Clara WilliamsUncredited
1931The ProdigalChristine
1931Men Call It LoveCallie
1931A Tailor Made ManMrs. Stanlaw
1931ShipmatesAuntie
1931The Common LawMrs. Clare Collis
1931The Mystery TrainMrs. Marian Radcliffe
1931ReboundLiz Crawford
1931Flying HighMrs. Smith
1931West of BroadwayMrs. Edith Trent
1931Mrs. Atherton
1932The Man Who Played GodMrs. Alice Chittendon
1932Night WorldMrs. Rand
1932As You Desire MeInes Montari
1932Ella Dwight
1932DownstairsCountess De Marnac
1932Mrs. Peets
1932The Unwritten LawJean Evans
1933Men Must FightMrs. Chase
1933The BarbarianMrs. Loway, American Tourist
1933PilgrimageMrs. Worth (Gary Worth's mother)
1933Beauty for SaleMadame Sonia Barton
1934Bombay MailLady Daniels
1934Let's Be RitzyMrs. Burton
1934Little Man, What Now?Nurse
1934Mrs. John Winfield
1935One Frightened NightLaura Proctor
1935Mrs. Vandergriff
1935Mrs. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
1935Alice AdamsMrs. Palmer
1935I Live My LifeAlvin's Mother
1935Three Kids and a QueenMrs. Cummings
1935Tutor
1936The Dark HourMrs. Tallman
1936Doughnuts and SocietyMrs. Murray Hill
1936Dracula's DaughterLady Esme Hammond
1936Bunker BeanMrs. Dorothy Kent
1937You Can't Buy LuckMrs. Agnes White
1937Dangerous HolidayLottie Courtney
1937TopperMrs. Grace Stuyvesant
1937Artists and ModelsMrs. Townsend
1937Vogues of 1938Mrs. Van KletteringUncredited
1937Nothing SacredDowager on ShipUncredited
1938Tarzan's RevengePenny Reed
1938Maid's Night OutMrs. Harrison
1938Dangerous to KnowMrs. Emily Carson
1938Thanks for the MemoryPolly Griscom
1939MidnightStephanie
1939The WomenDolly Dupuyster
1939What a LifeMrs. Aldrich
1939That's Right – You're WrongHerself – Newspaper ColumnistUncredited
1939Laugh It OffElizabeth "Lizzie" Rockingham
1940Queen of the MobMrs. Emily Sturgis
1940Cross-Country RomanceMrs. North
1941Life with HenryMrs. Aldrich
1941I Wanted WingsMrs. YoungUncredited
1942Reap the Wild WindAunt Henrietta Beresford
1950Sunset BoulevardHerself
1960PepeHerself, Cameo appearance
1961The Right ApproachNewspaper ColumnistUncredited
1964The PatsyHerself
1966The OscarHerself

+ Television
1951–1963What's My Line?Herself – Mystery Guest7 episodes
1953Goodyear Television PlayhouseHostessEpisode: "A. Fadeout"
1955I Love LucyHerselfEpisode: "The Hedda Hopper Story"
1955The Colgate Comedy HourHerself – Gossip Columnist2 episodes
1956The Bob Hope ShowHerself2 episodes
1956The Tennessee Ernie Ford ShowHerselfEpisode #1.19
1957Playhouse 90Various roles2 episodes
1957The Lucy–Desi Comedy HourHerselfEpisode: "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana"
1958The Garry Moore ShowHerselfEpisode #1.5
1959Small WorldHerselfEpisode #2.8
1959Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseHerselfEpisode: "The Desilu Revue"
1960Hedda Hopper's HollywoodHostTelevision special
1960The Steve Allen ShowHerselfEpisode: "The Movie Premiere of 'Can-Can'"
1961Here's HollywoodHerselfOctober 31, 1961 episode
1964The Beverly HillbilliesHerselfEpisode: "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"
1966The New Alice in WonderlandHedda, the Mad HatterVoice, TV movie, (final film role & posthumous release)


In popular culture

Portrayals
  • The character of Patty Benedict in The Big Knife (1955) played by is likely inspired by Hedda Hopper. In the film, she is an influential gossip columnist who threatens to publish an old scandal involving the main character if he does not give her information on his struggling marriage. The film is an adaption of a play of the same name written by .
  • received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination portraying Hopper in the Malice in Wonderland (1985), opposite as .
  • Cynthia Adler portrayed Hedda Hopper in the documentary (1995).
  • Hopper was portrayed by Katherine Helmond in the television film (1995).
  • played Priscilla Tremaine, a thinly veiled version of Hopper, on the AMC's show The Lot (1999), a comedic about the Golden Age of Hollywood.
  • played Hopper in the movie RKO 281 (1999), which is concerned with the making of (1941).
  • By Ingrid van Bergen in The Man in the Moon (2002). A Radio-ballett with Charlie Chaplin. A piece for Acoustic Stage Dt. Der Mann im Mond. Ein Radio-Ballett mit Charlie Chaplin. Stück für Akustische Bühne. Written by Evelyn Dörr, and broadcast on WDR in 2002.
  • By in the television film James Dean (2001).
  • By in during 2006 and on in 2012.
  • played Hedda Hopper in the movie Trumbo (2015), directed by .
  • played in Hail, Caesar! (2016), the double part of Thora and Thessaly Thacker, two identical twin sister gossip columnists (mimicking the rivalry between Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, but both heavily based on Hopper herself).
  • In the first season of Feud in 2017, Hopper was played by , who received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
  • The New York City Opera announced that it will stage the East Coast premiere of 's Hopper's Wife – a 1997 about an imagined marriage between painter and Hedda Hopper – at Harlem Stage from April 28 through May 1, 2016.


See also


Further reading
  • "Evolution of a Vamp, The," , February 1921, p. 26. Photo-illustrated Hedda Hopper profile.
  • Frost, Jennifer. "Hedda Hopper, Hollywood Gossip, and the Politics of Racial Representation in Film, 1946–1948," Journal of African American History, 93 (Winter 2008), 36–63.
  • Rogers, John E. "An Amazing Lady," Photoplay, October 1932, p. 49. "When Garbo met Hedda." "Amazing Lady" refers to Hopper.


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