
Novella Nelson
Acting
Born 1939-12-17 · 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.
Known for

The Devil's Advocate
1997 · Movie

A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014 · Movie

Birth
2004 · Movie

A Perfect Murder
1998 · Movie

The Cotton Club
1984 · Movie

You Were Never Really Here
2017 · Movie

Griffin & Phoenix
2006 · Movie

Antwone Fisher
2002 · Movie

Preaching to the Choir
2005 · Movie

Green Card
1990 · Movie

Head of State
2003 · Movie

An Unmarried Woman
1978 · Movie

The Littlest Victims
1989 · Movie

Citizen Cohn
1992 · Movie

The Ten
2007 · Movie

The Flamingo Kid
1984 · Movie

Mr. SOUL!
2018 · Movie

Girl 6
1996 · Movie

Dear Wendy
2005 · Movie

Manny & Lo
1996 · Movie

The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996 · Movie

Daybreak
1993 · Movie

Strictly Business
1991 · Movie

The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979 · Movie

Stephanie Daley
2007 · Movie

The Gilded Six Bits
2001 · Movie

Mercy
1995 · Movie

Judy Berlin
1999 · Movie

A Doctor's Story
1984 · Movie

Dead Funny
1994 · Movie

Premium
2006 · Movie

Harambee!
1996 · Movie

He's Fired, She's Hired
1984 · Movie

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980 · Movie

Weekend at Bernie's II
1993 · Movie

The Keeper
1995 · Movie

Orphans
1987 · Movie

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023 · Movie

Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987 · Movie

White Lies
1997 · Movie

Abuse
1983 · Movie

Nancy, Please
2012 · Movie

Privilege
1990 · Movie