Dec 17, 1939 - 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.
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| Movie | 1997 | White Lies | Leon's Mother | |
| Movie | 1997 | The Devil's Advocate | Botanica Woman | |
| Movie | 1987 | Orphans | Mattie | |
| Movie | 1993 | Weekend at Bernie's II | Mobu | |
| Movie | 1999 | Judy Berlin | Carol | |
| Movie | 1978 | An Unmarried Woman | Jean | |
| Movie | 2006 | Premium | Jayme | |
| Movie | 2002 | Antwone Fisher | Mrs. Tate | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Gilded Six Bits | Mama Banks | |
| Movie | 2012 | Nancy, Please | Dr. Bannister | |
| Movie | 2003 | Head of State | Moderator | |
| Movie | 1990 | Privilege | Yvonne Washington | |
| Movie | 2023 | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | Stephanie Daley | Dr. Peterson | |
| Movie | 2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | Librarian | |
| Movie | 1998 | A Perfect Murder | Ambassador Alice Wills | |
| Movie | 2006 | Griffin & Phoenix | Maya Restaurant Owner | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Ten | Sophia Jackson | |
| Movie | 1990 | Green Card | Marriage Celebrant | |
| Movie | 2005 | Preaching to the Choir | Aunt June | |
| Movie | 1996 | Harambee! | Queenesther | |
| Movie | 2005 | Dear Wendy | Clarabelle | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Cotton Club | Madame St. Clair | |
| Movie | 2004 | Birth | Lee | |
| Movie | 2017 | You Were Never Really Here | Diner Woman | |
| Movie | 1996 | Girl 6 | Angela's Aunt | |
| Movie | 1991 | Strictly Business | Olivia | |
| Movie | 1996 | Manny & Lo | Georgine | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Carla Willis | |
| Movie | 1984 | A Doctor's Story | Mrs. Thornton | |
| Movie | 1984 | He's Fired, She's Hired | Serena Cole | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Flamingo Kid | Lizzy the Housekeeper | |
| Movie | 1987 | Kojak: The Price of Justice | Pearl | |
| Movie | 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Second Annie Lee Moss | |
| Movie | 1993 | Daybreak | Mrs. Chaney | |
| Movie | 1994 | Dead Funny | Frances | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Keeper | Mrs. Lemont, Mother | |
| Movie | 1995 | Mercy | Angela | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Summer of Ben Tyler | Rosetta Tyler | |
| Movie | 1983 | Abuse | Street Interviewee | |
| Movie | 2018 | Mr. SOUL! | Self | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six | ||
| Movie | 1989 | The Littlest Victims | Mrs. Munson | |
| Movie | 1995 | Notes For My Daughter | Shirley | |
| TV Show | 1998 | Sex and the City | Madame Lordes | 1 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Chiefs | Nellie Cole | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | 30 Rock | Novella Nelson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Mrs. Washington | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mrs. Mosley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | New York Undercover | Prof. Cortez | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judge Anne Sciola | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Mama Flora's Family | Pearl (1955-1970) | 2 |
| TV Show | 1987 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Jazz Singer | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | The West Wing | Gail Fitzwallace | 2 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judge | 1 |
| TV Show | 1985 | The Equalizer | Miriam Blain | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Judge Gloria Crutcher | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Whoopi | Nurse | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Third Watch | Sondra Richards | 1 |
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