Hedda Hopper
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The Whole Truth and Nothing But [1963]
From Under My Hat [1952]
 

Hedda Hopper Biography
Her father was a butcher. In 1913 she met and married matinée idol DeWolf Hopper Sr. and in 1915 they moved to Hollywood, where both began active film careers. He became a star with Triangle Company, she began in vamp parts and turned to supporting roles. After her divorce she appeared in dozens of films, becoming known as "Queen of the Quickies". In 1936 she started a gossipy radio show and two years later commenced a 28-year stint as a newspaper gossip columnist, rival of Louella Parsons. In her last films she mostly played herself, a tribute to her influence in Hollywood. Her son became famous as investigator Paul Drake in the "Perry Mason" (1957) series

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    Name Hedda Hopper
    (Elda Furry)
    Height 5' 7"  (170 cm)
    Build Slim
    Hair Color Grey
    Date of Birth May 2, 1885
    Birthplace Hollidaysburg, PA
    Star Sign Taurus
    Died February 1, 1966 (Aged 81)
    Location of Death Hollywood, California, USA
    Cause of Death double pneumonia
    Nationality American
    Ethnicity White
    Occupation Actress
    Celebrity Index He
    Claim to Fame crazy hats

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  • And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume.
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  • At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of responsibility.
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  • She looks like she combs her hair with an egg beater.
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  • Dancing came easy to me.
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  • Nobody`s interested in sweetness and light.
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  • [on Joan Crawford] Whenever she came to the realization that the men she loved simply didn`t come back, she compensated by adopting children.
  • [on Joan Crawford] Joan Crawford wouldn`t venture out of her Fifth Avenue apartment to buy an egg unless she is dressed to the teeth.
  • [on Claudette Colbert] The smartest, canniest, smoothest eighteen-carat lady I`ve ever seen cross the Hollywood pike. She knows her own mind, knows what`s right for her, has a marvelous self-discipline and a deep-rooted Gallic desire to be in shape, efficient and under control. Her career comes before anything, save possibly her marriage.
  • "In Hollywood gratitude is Public Enemy Number One."
  • "I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it`s a conversation piece."
  • "Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone."
  • (On Hollywood) "Our town worships success, the bitch goddess whose smile hides a taste for blood."
  • (On her ascerbic writing style) "Nobody`s interested in sweetness and light."
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  • Actress turned gossip columnist.
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  • Mother of actor William Hopper
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  • Hollywood Walk of Fame 6313-1/2 Hollywood Blvd (motion pictures)
  • Hollywood Columnist for The New York Daily News
  • Hollywood Columnist for Chicago Tribune
  • Is portrayed by Jane Alexander in Malice in Wonderland (1985) (TV), by Alice Backes in Gable and Lombard (1976), by Katherine Helmond in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995) (TV), and Joanne Linville in James Dean (2001) (TV).
  • Hedda`s political allies/sources in the 1940s and 1950s included such heavyweights in right-wing circles as Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Howard Hughes, Ronald Reagan, J. Edgar Hoover and William Randolph Hearst. She had unlimited sources of "dirt" on the entertainment industry through her relationship with Hoover, the longtime director of the FBI; she tried to have Citizen Kane (1941) pulled from release because of her friendship with Hearst (the film was a thinly disguised biography of Hearst); she aided McCarthy in outing "liberal" actors; she helped jump-start Reagan into politics; and she refused to board a plane unless Hughes personally inspected it.
  • Comedian Red Skelton once painted a rather cartoonish portrait in oil of Hedda and gave it to her. Her son William Hopper owned the work until his death. Today it is worth about $22,000.
  • Hedda`s husband, DeWolf Hopper Sr., was the one who made Ernest Lawrence Thayer`s poem "Casey at the Bat" famous, performing it over 10,000 times.
  • She changed her published birthdate from May 2, 1885 to June 2, 1890 in order to conceal her actual age.
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