Hedda Hopper

Career timeline

1. 1885 · Born

   Born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA

2. 1917 · Screen debut

   Seven Keys to Baldpate (Movie)

3. 1942 · Writing debut

   Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (Movie)

4. 1950 · Breakthrough

   Sunset Boulevard (Movie)

5. 1966 · Died

   February 1, 1966

6. 2023 · Latest release

   1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year (TV)

Career in numbers

2 1910s

23 1920s

44 1930s

6 1940s

4 1950s

5 1960s

1 1970s

1 2020s

• Drama48
• Comedy34
• Romance30
• Music8
• Mystery7
• Crime7

Highest-rated title Sunset Boulevard 1950 8.3 Most popular title Sunset Boulevard 1950 8.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Hedda Hopper in our catalogue.

Albert Conti

4 titles together

Bess Meredyth

3 titles together

Robert Florey

3 titles together

Edward Brophy

3 titles together

Gary Cooper

3 titles together

Warner Baxter

3 titles together

Robert Ames

3 titles together

Robert McWade

2 titles together

Richard Arlen

2 titles together

Edward Everett Horton

2 titles together

1. 2023 1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year TV
2. 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy as (archive footage) Movie
3. 1966 Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? as Hedda Hatter Movie
4. 1966 The Oscar as Hedda Hopper Movie
5. 1964 The Patsy as Herself 6.2 Movie
6. 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies as Hedda Hopper 6.9 TV
7. 1960 Pepe as Hedda Hopper 6.4 Movie
8. 1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV
9. 1957 The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Hedda Hopper TV
10. 1951 I Love Lucy as Hedda Hopper 7.9 TV
11. 1950 Sunset Boulevard as Hedda Hopper 8.3 Movie
12. 1947 The Corpse Came C.O.D. as Herself Movie
13. 1942 Reap the Wild Wind as Aunt Henrietta 6.3 Movie
14. 1941 Life with Henry as Mrs. Aldrich Movie
15. 1940 Cross-Country Romance as Mrs. North Movie
16. 1940 Queen of the Mob as Mrs. Emily Sturgis Movie
17. 1939 That's Right – You're Wrong as Hedda Hopper (Uncredited) Movie
18. 1939 The Women as Dolly Dupuyster 7.2 Movie
19. 1939 Midnight as Stephanie 7.4 Movie
20. 1938 Thanks for the Memory as Polly Griscom Movie
21. 1938 Dangerous to Know as Mrs. Carson Movie
22. 1938 Maid's Night Out as Mrs. Harrison Movie
23. 1938 Tarzan's Revenge as Penny Reed Movie
24. 1937 Nothing Sacred as Dowager on Ship (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
25. 1937 Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 as Mrs. Van Klettering Movie
26. 1937 Artists & Models as Mrs. Townsend Movie
27. 1937 Topper as Mrs. Stuyvesant 6.7 Movie
28. 1937 Dangerous Holiday as Lottie Courtney Movie
29. 1937 You Can't Buy Luck as Agnes White Movie
30. 1936 Bunker Bean as Mrs. Dorothy Kent Movie
31. 1936 Dracula's Daughter as Lady Esme Hammond 6.0 Movie
32. 1935 Ship Cafe as Tutor Movie
33. 1935 3 Kids and a Queen as Mrs. Cummings Movie
34. 1935 I Live My Life as Alvin's Mother Movie
35. 1935 Alice Adams as Mrs. Palmer 6.7 Movie
36. 1935 One Frightened Night as Laura Proctor Movie
37. 1934 Let’s Be Ritzy as Mrs. Burton Movie
38. 1934 Bombay Mail as Lady Daniels Movie
39. 1933 Beauty for Sale as Madame Sonia Barton Movie
40. 1933 Pilgrimage as Mrs. Worth Movie
41. 1933 The Barbarian as Mrs. Loway Movie
42. 1932 The Unwritten Law as Jean Movie
43. 1932 Speak Easily as Mrs. Peets 5.8 Movie
44. 1932 Downstairs as Countess De Marnac Movie
45. 1932 Skyscraper Souls as Ella Dwight Movie
46. 1932 As You Desire Me as Ines Montari Movie
47. 1932 Night World as Mrs. Rand Movie
48. 1932 The Man Who Played God as Mrs. Alice Chittendon Movie
49. 1931 West of Broadway as Mrs. Trent Movie
50. 1931 Flying High as Mrs. Smith Movie
51. 1931 Rebound as Liz Crawford Movie
52. 1931 The Common Law as Claire Neville Collis Movie
53. 1931 The Stolen Jools as Hedda - Norma's Friend 5.6 Movie
54. 1931 Men Call It Love as Callie Movie
55. 1931 The Prodigal as Christine Movie
56. 1930 War Nurse as Matron Movie
57. 1930 Our Blushing Brides as Mrs. Russ-Weaver 5.6 Movie
58. 1930 Let Us Be Gay as Madge Livingston Movie
59. 1930 Holiday as Susan Potter 6.2 Movie
60. 1930 Such Men Are Dangerous as Muriel Wyndham Movie
61. 1929 The Racketeer as Mrs. Lee Movie
62. 1929 Half Marriage as Mrs. Page Movie
63. 1929 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Lady Maria Movie
64. 1929 Girls Gone Wild as Mrs. Holworthy Movie
65. 1928 Forgotten Faces Movie
66. 1928 Harold Teen as Mrs. Hazzit Movie
67. 1928 The Port of Missing Girls as Mrs. C. King Movie
68. 1927 The Drop Kick as Mrs. Hamill Movie
69. 1927 One Woman to Another as Olive Gresham Movie
70. 1927 Wings as Mrs. Powell (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
71. 1927 Black Tears Movie
72. 1927 Children of Divorce as Katherine Flanders 6.0 Movie
73. 1926 Don Juan as Marchesia Rinaldo Movie
74. 1926 The Silver Treasure as Mrs. Gould Movie
75. 1926 Skinner's Dress Suit as Mrs. Colby Movie
76. 1926 Pleasures of the Rich as Mona Vincent Movie
77. 1925 Zander the Great as Mrs. Caldwell Movie
78. 1925 Déclassé as Lady Wildering Movie
79. 1924 Sinners in Silk as Mrs. Stevens Movie
80. 1924 Another Scandal as Elizabeth MacKenzie Movie
81. 1923 Has the World Gone Mad! as Mrs. Adams Movie
82. 1922 Sherlock Holmes as Madge Larrabee 6.2 Movie
83. 1920 The Man Who Lost Himself as Countess of Rochester Movie
84. 1918 By Right of Purchase as Society Woman (uncredited) Movie
85. 1917 Seven Keys to Baldpate as Myra Thornhill (as Elda Furry) Movie

1. 1942 Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 Movie

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