Acting

Hedda Hopper

Also Known As: Elda Furry, Elda Curry, Ella Furry

Birth Date

May 2, 1885

Death Date

February 1, 1966

(passed away at 80)

Place of Birth

Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

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