Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Dec 17, 1939 (85 years old)
Death date
Aug 31, 2017
Novella Nelson
Known For
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry...
You Were Never Really Here
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls...
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.
Acting
2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2018
Mr. SOUL!
2017
You Were Never Really Here
2014
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2012
Nancy, Please
2007
Stephanie Daley
2005
Dear Wendy
2003
Head of State
2001
The Gilded Six Bits
1998
Mama Flora's Family
1998
A Perfect Murder
1997
White Lies
1996
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
Harambee!
1995
Mercy
1995
Notes For My Daughter
1994
Dead Funny
1993
Daybreak
1990
Green Card
1989
The Littlest Victims
1987
Orphans
1987
Kojak: The Price of Justice