Novella Nelson
Date of birth: 1939-12-17
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Novella Christine Nelson
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.
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White Lies
1997-04-01
A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant dir
The Devil's Advocate
1997-10-17
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes ge
Orphans
1987-09-18
Brothers Treat and Philip have only had each other since they were kids, when a small-time criminal
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993-07-09
Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a d
Judy Berlin
1999-10-06
Judy Berlin is an aspiring actress whose idealism is at odds with her small suburban community, wher
An Unmarried Woman
1978-05-24
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sex
Premium
2006-01-02
Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American ro
Antwone Fisher
2002-12-19
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to o
The Gilded Six Bits
2001-02-18
The lives of a loving husband and wife collide with that of a wealthy hustler.
Nancy, Please
2012-04-20
A graduate student's vengeful ex-roommate refuses to let him retrieve an important book that he need
Head of State
2003-03-28
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party
Privilege
1990-09-26
Privilege is an intelligently conceived, boldly anarchic, and wickedly insightful exposition on the
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023-11-03
Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey
Stephanie Daley
2007-04-20
Stephanie collapses in a pool of blood while on a school skiing trip. A doctor discovers that the bl
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014-09-18
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murder
A Perfect Murder
1998-06-05
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the lov
Griffin & Phoenix
2006-09-12
A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent tog
The Ten
2007-08-03
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Green Card
1990-12-23
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board
Preaching to the Choir
2005-10-12
Estranged since the death of their parents years ago, twin brothers Teshawn and Wesley Tucker have t
Harambee!
1996-12-01
During a Kwanzaa celebration, a recovering drug addict who now counsels drug users inspires the resi
Dear Wendy
2005-02-04
In a blue-collar American town, a group of teens bands together to form the Dandies, a gang of gunsl
The Cotton Club
1984-12-14
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of en
Birth
2004-10-29
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of
You Were Never Really Here
2017-11-08
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spin
Girl 6
1996-03-22
A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
Strictly Business
1991-11-08
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless lo
Manny & Lo
1996-07-26
A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they belie
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979-08-17
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointmen
A Doctor's Story
1984-04-23
A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984-12-18
Advertising executive, Alex Grier, is fired and is unable to find another position, being over-quali
The Flamingo Kid
1984-12-21
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-w
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987-02-21
When the bodies of two young boys are discovered in the Harlem River, their mother is the obvious su
Citizen Cohn
1992-08-22
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his p
Daybreak
1993-05-08
When a substantial portion of the nation's populace falls victim to a deadly plague, the tyrannical
Dead Funny
1994-05-21
When her practical joker boyfriend dies, a young woman recalls all the pranks he pulled as she tries
The Keeper
1995-09-15
Paul Lamont, a corrections officer and law student, leads a comfortable if culturally bankrupt, midd
Mercy
1995-10-19
A couple of people steal the daughter of a famous lawyer. Now they want money to give her back, but
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996-12-15
Set early during World War II, the film has a lot to say about love, honor, relationships, commitmen
Abuse
1983-04-15
Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who
Mr. SOUL!
2018-04-27
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissan
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980-01-01
In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them t
The Littlest Victims
1989-04-23
A true account of the life of pioneering AIDS doctor James Oleske.
Notes For My Daughter
1995-04-06
A teen girl struggles to deal with her mother's breast cancer.