Acting
Novella Nelson
Born December 17, 1939 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died August 31, 2017 · aged 77
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 Devil's Advocate · 1997The Devil's Advocate
★ 7.51997
MovieHorrorDrama
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
You Were Never Really Here · 2017You Were Never Really Here
★ 6.52017
MovieCrimeDrama
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
A Perfect Murder · 1998A Perfect Murder
★ 6.61998
MovieCrimeThriller
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
A Walk Among the Tombstones · 2014A Walk Among the Tombstones
★ 6.32014
MovieCrimeDrama
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Strictly Business · 1991Strictly Business
★ 5.41991
MovieComedyRomance
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to attract her on his own, he seeks the help of his friend Bobby, a free-spirited smooth talker who works in the mail room at Waymon's firm and utilizes the predicament as leverage to advance in the company.
Mr. SOUL! · 2018Mr. SOUL!
★ 7.02018
MovieDocumentaryComedy
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage. He was hip. He was smart. He was innovative, political, and gay. In his personal fight for social equality, this man ensured the Revolution would be televised. The man was Ellis Haizlip. The Revolution was soul!
Birth · 2004Birth
★ 6.02004
MovieDramaMystery
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.
The Cotton Club · 1984The Cotton Club
★ 6.51984
MovieCrimeDrama
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Movies
The Devil's Advocate · 1997The Devil's Advocate
★ 7.51997
MovieHorrorDrama
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
You Were Never Really Here · 2017You Were Never Really Here
★ 6.52017
MovieCrimeDrama
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
A Perfect Murder · 1998A Perfect Murder
★ 6.61998
MovieCrimeThriller
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.
A Walk Among the Tombstones · 2014A Walk Among the Tombstones
★ 6.32014
MovieCrimeDrama
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Strictly Business · 1991Strictly Business
★ 5.41991
MovieComedyRomance
Waymon has a great job in real estate and a promising future, but he's also trapped in a loveless longterm relationship. He meets Natalie, a beautiful club-hopping hipster, and quickly falls in love. Realizing he's just not cool enough to attract her on his own, he seeks the help of his friend Bobby, a free-spirited smooth talker who works in the mail room at Waymon's firm and utilizes the predicament as leverage to advance in the company.
Mr. SOUL! · 2018Mr. SOUL!
★ 7.02018
MovieDocumentaryComedy
On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage. He was hip. He was smart. He was innovative, political, and gay. In his personal fight for social equality, this man ensured the Revolution would be televised. The man was Ellis Haizlip. The Revolution was soul!
Birth · 2004Birth
★ 6.02004
MovieDramaMystery
It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.
The Cotton Club · 1984The Cotton Club
★ 6.51984
MovieCrimeDrama
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
An Unmarried Woman · 1978An Unmarried Woman
★ 6.71978
MovieDramaRomance
A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.
Girl 6 · 1996Girl 6
★ 5.01996
MovieComedyDrama
A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
Antwone Fisher · 2002Antwone Fisher
★ 6.92002
MovieDramaHistory
A sailor prone to violent outbursts is sent to a naval psychiatrist for help. Refusing at first to open up, the young man eventually breaks down and reveals a horrific childhood. Through the guidance of his doctor, he confronts his painful past and begins a quest to find the family he never knew.
Head of State · 2003Head of State
★ 5.62003
MovieComedyDrama
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman as his replacement.
Green Card · 1990Green Card
★ 6.11990
MovieComedyRomance
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
The Flamingo Kid · 1984The Flamingo Kid
★ 6.01984
MovieComedyDrama
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.
Weekend at Bernie's II · 1993Weekend at Bernie's II
★ 5.11993
MovieComedyCrime
Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lomax, embezzled $2 million and placed it in a safe deposit box in the Caribbean. Now, the boys are ready to go after the loot, but they can't do it alone -- they need poor Bernie's help. Can the buddies give their ex-boss new life?
Griffin & Phoenix · 2006Griffin & Phoenix
★ 7.12006
MovieComedyDrama
A terminally ill man falls in love with a woman who has a secret that threatens their time spent together.
The Ten · 2007The Ten
★ 4.82007
MovieComedy
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.
Orphans · 1987Orphans
★ 5.71987
MovieDramaCrime
Brothers Treat and Philip have only had each other since they were kids, when a small-time criminal abruptly upends their routine lives.
A Doctor's Story · 1984A Doctor's Story
★ 6.71984
MovieDramaTV Movie
A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
Manny & Lo · 1996Manny & Lo
★ 6.31996
MovieDramaComedy
A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.
The Seduction of Joe Tynan · 1979The Seduction of Joe Tynan
★ 5.91979
MovieDrama
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.
Judy Berlin · 1999Judy Berlin
★ 5.91999
MovieComedyDrama
Judy Berlin is an aspiring actress whose idealism is at odds with her small suburban community, where a solar eclipse induces town inhabitants (a lonely housewife, a frustrated schoolteacher, and a struggling filmmaker) to search for solace and understanding in themselves and one another.
The Keeper · 1995The Keeper
★ 5.71995
MovieDramaThriller
Paul Lamont, a corrections officer and law student, leads a comfortable if culturally bankrupt, middle-class existence. Lamont's marriage is already in trouble when he bails out a mysterious Haitian, Jean Baptiste, in the belief that Baptiste has been wrongly accused. Baptiste insinuates himself in Lamont's life and leads him on a journey of discovery. Lamont then finds that acts of conscience can have unforeseen consequences.
White Lies · 1997White Lies
★ 3.81997
MovieComedyRomance
A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a SoHo art gallery overhears him, she offers to exhibit his work. He plays along, which leads to a series of complications following his newfound double life. He starts falling in love with the assistant director, but her art critic fiancé grows suspicious.
TV Shows
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
★ 8.01999
SeriesCrimeDrama
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Law & Order · 1990Law & Order
★ 7.31990
SeriesCrimeDrama
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
The West Wing · 1999The West Wing
★ 8.31999
SeriesDrama
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
Damages · 2007Damages
★ 7.42007
SeriesMysteryDrama
Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protégée, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.
Sex and the City · 1998Sex and the City
★ 7.41998
SeriesDramaComedy
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.
Third Watch · 1999Third Watch
★ 7.91999
SeriesDramaCrime
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.
30 Rock · 200630 Rock
★ 7.52006
SeriesComedy
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
Army Wives · 2007Army Wives
★ 7.52007
SeriesDrama
Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families.
The Equalizer · 1985The Equalizer
★ 7.11985
SeriesCrime
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
New York Undercover · 1994New York Undercover
★ 7.31994
SeriesDramaCrime
New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases.
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd · 1987The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
★ 7.01987
SeriesDramaComedy
Molly Dodd, a divorced woman in her mid-thirties living in New York, navigates the ups and downs of a rapidly changing career, the challenges of apartment life, and the complexities of love and its consequences.
The Starter Wife · 2007The Starter Wife
★ 4.42007
SeriesComedyDrama
The events of one woman's life following her divorce after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio executive. Based on the best-selling novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer.
Whoopi · 2003Whoopi
★ 8.82003
SeriesComedy
Whoopi was an American situation comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg. The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City. The show aired on Tuesdays from September 9, 2003, on NBC to April 20, 2004.
Mama Flora's Family · 1998Mama Flora's Family
★ 7.61998
SeriesDrama
A black matriarch in the early 20th century is determined to free her children from the bonds of prejudice.
Chiefs · 1983Chiefs
★ 7.91983
SeriesDramaCrime
Three different police chiefs in three different eras become involved in a growing mystery -- who is the mass murderer behind the killing of transient youths in and around the fictional southern town of Delano over a forty year period?
Hothouse · 1988Hothouse
★ 7.51988
SeriesDrama
A medical drama set in a New England psychiatric clinic includes father-and-son discord between the head of the facility and its business manager.