Hedda Hopper
American gossip columnist and actress (1885-1966) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 80
Elda Furry, known professionally as Hedda Hopper, was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, more than 35 million people read her columns.
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Irving Thalberg Produced As You Desire Me (1932)
Adolph Zukor Produced Wings and Children of Divorce
Robert Z. Leonard Directed Heedless Moths and Adam and Evil
Albert Parker Directed Sherlock Holmes (1922)
Edward H. Griffith Directed Holiday, Another Scandal and Rebound
Irving Cummings Directed Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Joan Crawford Also in The Women and The Stolen Jools
Oscar Apfel Produced The Battle of Hearts (1916)
Norma Shearer Also in The Women and The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
William A. Wellman Directed Wings and Nothing Sacred
Carl Laemmle Produced The Teaser and Skinner's Dress Suit
Harry Beaumont Produced Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced Wings and Children of Divorce
Mitchell Leisen Directed Midnight and I Wanted Wings
Alan Crosland Directed Don Juan and Miami
J. Farrell MacDonald Also in The Stolen Jools and The Easiest Way
Monta Bell Directed The Snob (1924)
Hobart Henley Directed Sinners in Silk and Night World
William A. Seiter Directed The Teaser and Skinner's Dress Suit
Hunt Stromberg Produced The Women and The Easiest Way
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced Midnight and I Wanted Wings- Victor Young Wrote Reap the Wild Wind and I Wanted Wings
Gary Cooper Also in Wings and The Stolen Jools
Cecil B. DeMille Produced Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
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A strong supporter of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearings, Hopper named suspected Communists and was a major proponent of the Hollywood blacklist. Hopper continued to write her gossip column until her death in 1966. Her work appeared in many magazines and later on radio. She had an extended public feud with Louella Parsons, an arch-rival and fellow gossip columnist.
