Hedda Hopper

Born: 1885-05-01

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 era she named suspected communists. Hopper continued to write gossip until the end, her work appearing in many magazines and later on radio. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Wings

as Mrs. Powell (uncredited)
Released: 1927-08-12

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps...

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Sunset Boulevard

as Hedda Hopper
Released: 1950-08-10

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into...

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Midnight

as Stephanie
Released: 1939-03-24

An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.

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The Women

as Dolly Dupuyster
Released: 1939-09-01

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

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Reap the Wild Wind

as Aunt Henrietta
Released: 1942-03-26

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the...

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Queen of the Mob

as Mrs. Emily Sturgis
Released: 1940-06-28

Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...

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Topper

as Mrs. Stuyvesant
Released: 1937-07-16

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as...

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Dracula's Daughter

as Lady Esme Hammond
Released: 1936-05-11

A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.

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Nothing Sacred

as Dowager on Ship (uncredited)
Released: 1937-11-25

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing...

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The Stolen Jools

as Hedda - Norma's Friend
Released: 1931-04-04

Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended...

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1983-02-25

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...

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You Can't Buy Luck

as Agnes White
Released: 1937-04-30

When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove...

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Alice Adams

as Mrs. Palmer
Released: 1935-08-23

In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but...

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The Patsy

as Herself
Released: 1964-06-24

When a star comedian dies, his comedy team decides to train a 'nobody' to play the Star in a big...

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Thanks for the Memory

as Polly Griscom
Released: 1938-11-11

Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife...

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The Last Tycoon

as Self - Announcer
Released: 1957-03-14

Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working...

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Dangerous to Know

as Mrs. Carson
Released: 1938-03-11

Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying,...

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Venus of Venice

as Jean's Mother
Released: 1927-03-20

A slick caper movie about a petty thief falls for a wealthy American artist.

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Cross-Country Romance

as Mrs. North
Released: 1940-07-12

A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.

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The Barbarian

as Mrs. Loway
Released: 1933-05-12

An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.

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What a Life

as Mrs. Aldrich
Released: 1939-10-05

Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

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Pepe

as Hedda Hopper
Released: 1960-12-21

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood...

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Children of Divorce

as Katherine Flanders
Released: 1927-04-25

A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another...

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Speak Easily

as Mrs. Peets
Released: 1932-08-13

A professor gets mixed up with chorus girls in a Broadway musical.

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self
Released: 1940-07-31

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including...

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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as Lady Maria
Released: 1929-07-06

There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present....

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The Drop Kick

as Mrs. Hamill
Released: 1927-09-25

College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when he pays an innocent...

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The Dark Hour

as Mrs. Marian Tallman
Released: 1936-02-17

A pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of...

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Holiday

as Susan Potter
Released: 1930-07-03

A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy...

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Life with Henry

as Mrs. Aldrich
Released: 1941-01-23

Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.

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The Racketeer

as Mrs. Lee
Released: 1929-11-09

A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous...

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Downstairs

as Countess De Marnac
Released: 1932-08-06

In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs...

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Don Juan

as Marchesia Rinaldo
Released: 1926-08-06

If there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that...

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Love and Learn

as Mrs. Ann Blair
Released: 1928-01-14

In love with political candidate Anthony Cowles, heroine Nancy Blair gets wind of the...

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Why Men Leave Home

as Nina Neilson
Released: 1924-03-03

John and Irene Emerson's marriage begins well enough, but it is not long before John becomes...

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Half Marriage

as Mrs. Page
Released: 1929-10-12

A young couple marries in secret. Judy's afraid her parents won't approve of Dick and she'll...

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The Whip Woman

as Countess Ferenzi
Released: 1928-02-05

A different kind of a story about a different kind of a girl---a modern, young cavewoman who...

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4

as Self
Released: 1942-01-01

Fourth film in the Hedda Hopper series.

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Breakfast in Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1946-02-26

The goings on of a few members of a radio show's audience is the premise for this feature film...

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Doughnuts and Society

as Mrs. Murray Hill
Released: 1936-03-27

Kate Flannagan and Belle Dugan operate a downtown coffee shop and, while dispensing their...

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Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?

as Hedda Hatter
Released: 1966-03-30

A loose adaptation and parody of the Lewis Carroll tale by Hanna-Barbera Productions. A...

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Skyscraper Souls

as Ella Dwight
Released: 1932-07-16

Skyscraper Souls is a Pre-Code 1932 drama film starring Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan....

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The Port of Missing Girls

as Mrs. C. King
Released: 1928-03-19

Neglected by her moneyed parents and disillusioned with her boyfriend Buddie Larkins, vocalist...

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Skinner's Dress Suit

as Mrs. Colby
Released: 1926-04-18

Honey Skinner is proud of her successful husband. When he tells her he's going to ask for a...

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The Common Law

as Claire Neville Collis
Released: 1931-07-17

When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent...

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One Woman to Another

as Olive Gresham
Released: 1927-09-17

One Woman to Another (1927)

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The Beloved Traitor

as Myrna Bliss
Released: 1918-02-24

Wanting her sweetheart, Judd Minot, a Maine fisherman, to develop his sculpting talents, Mary...

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The Unwritten Law

as Jean
Released: 1932-11-26

A film producer is found murdered on a ship, and among the suspects are a young woman whose...

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Her Market Value

as Mrs. Bernice Hamilton
Released: 1925-02-09

Her Market Value is a 1925 American silent melodrama film directed by Paul Powell and starring...

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Lady Tubbs

as Mrs. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
Released: 1935-07-02

A cook in a railroad construction camp inherits $500,000. She pretends to be English royalty and...

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

as Herself - Host
Released: 1941-12-05

Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends...

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Beauty for Sale

as Madame Sonia Barton
Released: 1933-09-01

A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy...

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A Tailor-Made Man

as Mrs. Stanslaw
Released: 1931-03-28

John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night,...

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A Tailor-Made Man

as Mrs. Stanlaw
Released: 1931-03-28

John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night,...

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One Frightened Night

as Laura Proctor
Released: 1935-05-01

Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide...

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The Oscar

as Hedda Hopper
Released: 1966-03-04

An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to...

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High Society Blues

as Mrs. Divine
Released: 1930-03-23

After selling his business in Iowa, Eli Granger and his family move to an exclusive Scarsdale...

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Sherlock Holmes

as Madge Larrabee
Released: 1922-03-07

Sherlock Holmes is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut...

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Pilgrimage

as Mrs. Worth
Released: 1933-07-12

A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married...

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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

as Herself
Released: 1942-10-05

Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at...

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Cat, Dog & Co.

as Be Kind to Animals Society President
Released: 1929-09-14

Farina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the...

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Bunker Bean

as Mrs. Dorothy Kent
Released: 1936-06-26

A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.

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The Easiest Way

as Mrs. Clara Williams (uncredited)
Released: 1931-02-07

Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and...

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Maid's Night Out

as Mrs. Harrison
Released: 1938-03-03

A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While...

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Night World

as Mrs. Rand
Released: 1932-05-04

"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful...

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Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Myra Thornhill (as Elda Furry)
Released: 1917-10-16

A writer bets a publisher friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The...

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Tarzan's Revenge

as Penny Reed
Released: 1938-01-07

Eleanor and her parents are hunting big game, acompanied by her wimpish fiance.

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Dance Madness

as Valentina
Released: 1926-01-04

May s married to Roger, an alcoholic hell-raiser. During one of their riotous parties, she tests...

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The Isle of Conquest

as Mrs. Harmon
Released: 1919-10-26

A 1919 film directed by Edward José.

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Artists & Models

as Mrs. Townsend
Released: 1937-08-04

An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.

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Reno

as Mrs. Kane Norton Tappan
Released: 1923-12-09

After obtaining a divorce from his second wife Emily, Roy Tappan marries Dora Carson, who has...

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Zander the Great

as Mrs. Caldwell
Released: 1925-05-01

Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly...

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Men Call It Love

as Callie
Released: 1931-03-14

Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 5

as Self
Released: 1942-01-01

Fifth film in the Hedda Hopper documentary series.

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That's Right - You're Wrong

as Hedda Hopper (Uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-24

J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader...

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The Man Who Played God

as Mrs. Alice Chittendon
Released: 1932-02-09

While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royale is...

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Rebound

as Liz Crawford
Released: 1931-08-28

A woman struggles to rekindle the affection of her husband.

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West of Broadway

as Edith Trent
Released: 1931-11-28

A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to...

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Ship Cafe

as Tutor
Released: 1935-11-09

The singing stoker and the vamp.

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Our Blushing Brides

as Mrs. Russ-Weaver
Released: 1930-07-19

Three department store girls--Connie, Franky, and Gerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street...

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Dangerous Holiday

as Lottie Courtney
Released: 1937-06-06

A young violin prodigy is assumed kidnapped after he runs away from home.

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Vogues of 1938

as Mrs. Van Klettering
Released: 1937-08-18

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was...

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Men Must Fight

as Mrs. Chase
Released: 1933-02-17

Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.

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By Right of Purchase

as Society Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1918-02-01

A 1918 film directed by Charles Miller.

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1960-01-10

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

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Disneyland '59

as Self
Released: 1959-06-15

Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that...

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As You Desire Me

as Ines Montari
Released: 1932-05-28

Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with...

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Orchids and Ermine

as The Modiste
Released: 1927-03-06

Set in New York City, flapper Pink Watson works a telephone operator at a cement factory who...

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His Glorious Night

as Mrs. Collingswood Stratton
Released: 1929-09-28

Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in...

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The Corpse Came C.O.D.

as Herself
Released: 1947-06-02

Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and...

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3 Kids and a Queen

as Mrs. Cummings
Released: 1935-10-21

An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She...

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I Live My Life

as Alvin's Mother
Released: 1935-10-04

A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.

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The Third Degree

as Mrs. Howard Jeffries Sr
Released: 1919-05-19

An expose of the methods used by a police-department to extract a confession from a suspect,...

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The Snob

as Mrs. Leiter
Released: 1924-11-10

Two schoolteachers, married for love, are parted by the husband's obsessive desire for wealth...

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Let Us Be Gay

as Madge Livingston
Released: 1930-07-11

Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress...

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Happiness

as Mrs. Chrystal Pole
Released: 1924-03-09

The adventures of a young shopgirl who learns that having money is not the key to happiness.

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The Cave Man

as Mrs. Van Dream
Released: 1926-02-06

A bored society girl cuts a hundred dollar bill in half, writes a message on one half for...

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Bombay Mail

as Lady Daniels
Released: 1934-01-06

In India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta...

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War Nurse

as Matron
Released: 1930-11-22

Untrained, volunteer Nurses from America treat Allied soldiers behind and on the lines in...

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Nearly Married

as Hattie King
Released: 1917-11-18

Silent comedy, based on a 1913 stage play of the same title.

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Flying High

as Mrs. Smith
Released: 1931-11-14

An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.

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Good Sport

as Mrs. Atherton
Released: 1931-12-12

Marilyn Parker decides not to accompany her husband Rex on his business trip to Europe when she...

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Shipmates

as Auntie
Released: 1931-04-25

A sailor falls in love with the admiral's daughter but finds they can't marry because of his...

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Such Men Are Dangerous

as Muriel Wyndham
Released: 1930-03-09

A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that...

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The Prodigal

as Christine
Released: 1931-02-21

An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his...

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The Mystery Train

as Mrs. Marian Radcliffe
Released: 1931-08-01

A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.

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French Dressing

as (uncredited)
Released: 1927-12-10

Philip and Cynthia Grey are a pair of recently-wed Bostonians, and Cynthia is properly back-bay...

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3

as Self
Released: 1942-01-01

Hedda reports on a dog training school and a Hemingway hunting trip.

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Society Fever

as Mrs. Vandergriff
Released: 1935-07-15

A mother starts to get worried when she finds out that some wealthy friends have been invited to...

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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-05-22

Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her...

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Harold Teen

as Mrs. Hazzit
Released: 1928-04-28

Farmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his...

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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

as Herself - Host
Released: 1941-10-02

Hedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay...

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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

as Mrs. Clarice Vidal
Released: 1925-05-23

Raffles is an English gentleman with a secret life—he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The...

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Gambling Wives

as Madame Zoe
Released: 1924-02-10

Bank clerk Vincent Forrest loses his savings in a gambling den run by Madame Zoe and her...

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Déclassé

as Lady Wildering
Released: 1925-04-11

The last of the impetuous Varicks, Lady Helen Haden is married to Sir Bruce Haden, a brute who...

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Obey the Law

as The Society Woman
Released: 1926-11-05

When his old prison-friend's daughter is about to wed a wealthy man, the friend steals a...

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The Chorus Kid

as Mrs. Garrett
Released: 1928-04-09

A Silent Comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton.

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A Reno Divorce

as Hedda Frane
Released: 1927-10-22

An attractive heiress, Carla (May McAvoy), and David (Ralph Graves), a successful artist, fall...

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Women Men Marry

as Eleanor Carter
Released: 1922-12-27

When he loses both his wife and child, Montgomery Rogers adopts his servants' little girl and...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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The Beverly Hillbillies

as Herself
First aired: 1962-09-26

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...

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I Love Lucy

as Hedda Hopper
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

as Hedda Hopper
First aired: 1957-11-06

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from...

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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-06

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu...

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