Novella Nelson

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.

Cast

White Lies

Leon's Mother

The Devil's Advocate

Botanica Woman

Orphans

Mattie

Weekend at Bernie's II

Mobu

Judy Berlin

Carol

An Unmarried Woman

Jean

Premium

Jayme

Antwone Fisher

Mrs. Tate

The Gilded Six Bits

Mama Banks

Nancy, Please

Dr. Bannister

Head of State

Moderator

Privilege

Yvonne Washington

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Self

Stephanie Daley

Dr. Peterson

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Librarian

A Perfect Murder

Ambassador Alice Wills

Griffin & Phoenix

Maya Restaurant Owner

The Ten

Sophia Jackson

Green Card

Marriage Celebrant

Preaching to the Choir

Aunt June

Harambee!

Queenesther

Dear Wendy

Clarabelle

The Cotton Club

Madame St. Clair

Birth

Lee

You Were Never Really Here

Diner Woman

Girl 6

Angela's Aunt

Strictly Business

Olivia

Citizen Cohn

Second Annie Lee Moss

Dead Funny

Frances

The Flamingo Kid

Lizzy the Housekeeper

He's Fired, She's Hired

Serena Cole

The Summer of Ben Tyler

Rosetta Tyler

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Carla Willis

The Keeper

Mrs. Lemont, Mother

A Doctor's Story

Mrs. Thornton

Manny & Lo

Georgine

Mercy

Angela

Kojak: The Price of Justice

Pearl

Daybreak

Mrs. Chaney

Abuse

Street Interviewee

Mr. SOUL!

Self

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

Unknown

The Littlest Victims

Mrs. Munson

Notes For My Daughter

Shirley