
Novella 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.
Filmography

Preaching to the Choir
2005 · 9.0

Whoopi
2003 · 8.4

The West Wing
1999 · 8.3

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0

Third Watch
1999 · 8.0

Chiefs
1983 · 7.9

Mama Flora's Family
1998 · 7.6

Damages
2007 · 7.5

Army Wives
2007 · 7.5

Hothouse
1988 · 7.5

30 Rock
2006 · 7.5

The Devil's Advocate
1997 · 7.5

Sex and the City
1998 · 7.4

New York Undercover
1994 · 7.3

Law & Order
1990 · 7.3

The Equalizer
1985 · 7.2

Griffin & Phoenix
2006 · 7.1

Antwone Fisher
2002 · 7.0

The Gilded Six Bits
2001 · 7.0

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980 · 7.0

Harambee!
1996 · 7.0

It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010 · 6.9

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · 6.8

An Unmarried Woman
1978 · 6.8

The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996 · 6.8

A Doctor's Story
1984 · 6.7

Mercy
1995 · 6.6

A Perfect Murder
1998 · 6.6

You Were Never Really Here
2017 · 6.5

He's Fired, She's Hired
1984 · 6.5

The Cotton Club
1984 · 6.5

A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014 · 6.4

Manny & Lo
1996 · 6.3

Citizen Cohn
1992 · 6.3

Green Card
1990 · 6.1

Birth
2004 · 6.1

The Flamingo Kid
1984 · 6.0

Dead Funny
1994 · 6.0

The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979 · 5.9

Judy Berlin
1999 · 5.9

Dear Wendy
2005 · 5.8

Stephanie Daley
2007 · 5.8

Orphans
1987 · 5.7

The Keeper
1995 · 5.7

Head of State
2003 · 5.6

Strictly Business
1991 · 5.4

Premium
2006 · 5.4

Daybreak
1993 · 5.2

Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987 · 5.2

Nancy, Please
2012 · 5.2

Weekend at Bernie's II
1993 · 5.1

Girl 6
1996 · 5.1

Abuse
1983 · 4.9

The Ten
2007 · 4.7

Privilege
1990 · 4.7

The Starter Wife
2007 · 4.4

The Toe Tactic
2009 · 4.0

White Lies
1997 · 3.8