
Novella Nelson
Known for: Acting
Born: December 17, 1939
Died: August 31, 2017
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 Gilded Six Bits
2001

Harambee!
1996

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

Privilege
1990

He's Fired, She's Hired
1984

Nancy, Please
2012

Dear Wendy
2005

Mercy
1995

Orphans
1987

Dead Funny
1994

The Keeper
1995

Premium
2006

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023

A Perfect Murder
1998

Preaching to the Choir
2005

The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996

Weekend at Bernie's II
1993

White Lies
1997

Mr. SOUL!
2018

Judy Berlin
1999

The Littlest Victims
1989
Notes For My Daughter
1995

Antwone Fisher
2002

Manny & Lo
1996

An Unmarried Woman
1978

Birth
2004

The Cotton Club
1984

Strictly Business
1991

Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987

Stephanie Daley
2007

Griffin & Phoenix
2006

Daybreak
1993

A Doctor's Story
1984

The Flamingo Kid
1984

Citizen Cohn
1992

Green Card
1990

A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014

Abuse
1983

You Were Never Really Here
2017

The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979

The Ten
2007

Girl 6
1996

The Devil's Advocate
1997

Sex and the City
1998

Law & Order
1990

30 Rock
2006

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

New York Undercover
1994

Mama Flora's Family
1998

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987

The West Wing
1999

The Equalizer
1985

Whoopi
2003

Third Watch
1999

The Starter Wife
2007

Army Wives
2007

Damages
2007

Hothouse
1988

Chiefs
1983

Head of State
2003