Editing Hedda Hopper

{{Short description|American gossip columnist and actress (1885–1966)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Hedda Hopper
| image              = Hedda Hopper Stars of the Photoplay.jpg
| alt                =
| caption            = Hopper in 1930
| birth_name         = Elda Furry
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1885|5|2|mf=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1966|2|1|1885|5|2|mf=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = Rose Hill Cemetery in [[Altoona, Pennsylvania]]
| occupation         = Actress, gossip columnist
| years_active       = 1908–1966
| known_for          = Writing "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[DeWolf Hopper]]|1913|1922|end=divorce}}
| children           = [[William Hopper]]
| party              = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
}}
'''Elda Furry''' (May 2, 1885{{snds}}February 1, 1966), 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. A strong supporter of the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] (HUAC) hearings, Hopper named suspected [[Communist Party USA|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 feud with [[Louella Parsons]], an arch-rival and fellow gossip columnist.

==Early life==
Hopper was born Elda Furry in [[Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania]], the daughter of Margaret ([[née]] Miller; 1856–1941) and David Furry, a butcher, both members of the [[German Baptist Brethren]]. Her family was of [[Pennsylvania Dutch]] (German) descent.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-r3WAAAAMAAJ&q=%22He+is+the+ancestor+of+Hedda+Hopper,+nee+Elda+Furry%22 | title=The Pennsylvania Dutchman| year=1953}}</ref> The family moved to [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]] when Elda was three.

==Career==
===Acting===
[[File:Hedda-Hopper-1929.jpg|thumb|Hopper in 1929]]
[[File:Hedda Hopper and Carole Lombard in The Racketeer.jpg|thumb|Hopper and [[Carole Lombard]] in ''The Racketeer'' (1929)]]
She eventually ran away to [[New York City]] and began her career in the chorus on the [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] stage. Hopper was not successful in this venture. [[Florenz Ziegfeld]] called the aspiring starlet a "clumsy cow" and brushed off her pleas for a slot in his lavish [[Ziegfeld Follies|Follies]]. After a few years, she joined the theater company of matinee idol [[DeWolf Hopper]], whom she called "Wolfie" and would later marry. {{Citation needed|date=June 2013}}

She remained in the chorus and they toured the country. While in the Hopper company, she realized that chorus and [[understudy]] jobs were not acting. She wanted to act, and she knew she would have to prove herself before she could hope to get anywhere in the theater. Hearing that Edgar Selwyn was casting his play ''The Country Boy'' for a road tour, she went to his office and talked him into letting her audition for the lead. She was given the role and that show toured for thirty-five weeks through forty-eight states. She studied singing during the summer and, in the fall, toured with ''The Quaker Girl'' in the second lead, the [[prima donna]] role. The show closed in [[Albany, New York|Albany]].

In 1913, she became the fifth wife of [[DeWolf Hopper]], whose previous wives were named Ella, Ida, Edna and Nella. The similarity in names caused some friction, as he would sometimes call Elda by the name of one of his former wives. Consequently, Elda Hopper paid a [[numerology|numerologist]] $10 to tell her what name she should use, and the answer was "Hedda".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3EEEAAAAMBAJ |title=LIFE – Google Boeken |date=1944-11-20 |access-date=2014-01-29|publisher=Time }}</ref> She began acting in [[silent film|silent movies]] in 1915. Her motion picture debut was in ''[[The Battle of Hearts]]'' (1916) with [[William Farnum]], but she made a major splash in ''[[Virtuous Wives]]'' (1918), in which she established her pattern of playing society women.<ref name=Collins>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/rivalry-hedda-hopper-louella-parsons-gossip-columnists| title=The Powerful Rivalry of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons| author=Amy Fine Collins| magazine=Vanity Fair| date=1997-04-01| access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref> Hopper decided to upstage the film's headline starlet, [[Anita Stewart]], by spending all of her $5,000 salary on a lavish wardrobe from the upscale boutique [[Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon|Lucile]], which she wore in the film. By 1920, she was commanding $1,000 per week as a free agent in New York; in 1923 she moved to Hollywood and became a contract player for [[Louis B. Mayer]] Pictures.<ref name=Collins/> She appeared in more than 120 movies over her 23 year acting career.

===Writing===
[[File:Hedda Hopper in the early 1920s - LCCN2014715583 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Hopper in the early 1920s]]
As Hopper's movie career waned in the mid-1930s, she looked for other sources of income. In 1935, she agreed to write a weekly Hollywood [[gossip column]] for ''[[The Washington Herald]]'' at $50 a week ({{Inflation|US|50|1935|fmt=eq}}), which was cancelled after four months when she refused to take a $15 pay cut.<ref name=Collins/> In 1937, Hopper was offered another gossip column opportunity, this time with the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Her column, entitled "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood", debuted on February 14, 1938.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~schneppn/hedda.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705160245/http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~schneppn/hedda.html|title=Hedda Hopper Timeline|archivedate=July 5, 2008}}</ref> Hopper could not type, nor spell very well, so she dictated her column to a typist over the phone. Hopper used her extensive contacts forged during her acting days to gather material for her column.<ref name="Vanity Fair">{{cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/rivalry-hedda-hopper-louella-parsons-gossip-columnists |title=The Powerful Rivalry of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons |last=Collins |first=Amy Fine |website=vanityfair.com |date=April 1997 |access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref> Her first major scoop had national implications: in 1939, Hopper printed that President [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s son [[James Roosevelt]] was divorcing his wife Betsey after being caught in an affair with a nurse at the [[Mayo Clinic]].<ref name="Collins" />

Part of Hopper's public image was her fondness for wearing extravagant hats,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jenner |first=Greg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4SQDwAAQBAJ&q=Greg+jenner |title=Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen |date=2020-03-19 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-0-297-86981-8 |pages=220 |language=en}}</ref> for which the [[Internal Revenue Service]] allowed her a $5,000 annual tax deduction as a work expense.<ref name=telegraph1/> During the Second World War, the [[Nazism|Nazis]] used photographs of Hopper in her extravagant hats for propaganda, as a symbol of "American decadence".<ref name="Lemon 1985"/> Her annual income was $250,000,{{when|date=July 2023}} enabling her to live a luxurious lifestyle and maintain a mansion in [[Beverly Hills]], which she described as "the house that fear built".<ref name=Collins/>

After Hopper printed a story about an extramarital affair between [[Joseph Cotten]] and [[Deanna Durbin]], Cotten ran into Hopper at a social event and pulled out her chair, only to continue pulling it out from under her when she sat down and then kick her in the rear.<ref>{{cite book|last=Silvester|first=Christopher|title=The Grove Book of Hollywood|publisher=Grove Press|year=2002|page=352|isbn=978-0-8021-3878-1}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |date=2020-05-18 |title=Old Hollywood's Most Scandalous Secrets, as Told by David Niven |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/david-niven-memoir-scandals-old-hollywood |access-date=2024-03-26 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> The next day, he received dozens of flower bouquet deliveries and congratulatory telegrams from others in the industry, thanking him for having the courage to do what everyone else dreamed of doing.<ref name=Collins/> Cotten later threatened Hopper that he would kick her again if she kept slandering him.<ref name=":0" />

Hopper spread rumors that [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]] and [[Stewart Granger]] had a sexual relationship. Her 1962 book ''The Whole Truth and Nothing But'', which she promoted on the CBS television series ''[[What’s My Line?]]'', included a chapter in which Hopper asserted their relationship was a fact. Wilding sued Hopper for libel and won.<!-- how much money was he awarded? --><ref>{{cite book|last=Stephens|first=Autumn|title=Drama Queens: Wild Women of the Silver Screen|publisher=Conari|year=1998|page=[https://archive.org/details/dramaqueenswildw00step/page/n211 202]|isbn=978-1-57324-136-6|url=https://archive.org/details/dramaqueenswildw00step|url-access=registration}}</ref>

Hopper was an advocate for actress [[Joan Crawford]], whose career suffered in the early 1940s after she was labelled "[[Box Office Poison (magazine article)|Box-Office Poison]]" and forced to resign from [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]. In 1945, Hopper reprinted a press release for ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)|Mildred Pierce]]'' in her column, which described Crawford as a leading contender for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] Oscar. Such was Hopper's influence that she was credited with swinging the decision in Crawford's favor when she won the award. Hopper's support has been described as the first instance of [[lobbying]] the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] to favor a certain nominee.<ref name=Collins/>

Hopper lobbied for African American actor [[James Baskett]] to receive an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for his performance in the 1946 film ''[[Song of the South]]''. Baskett would ultimately receive an honorary award for his performance.<ref name = "Frost1">{{cite journal |last=Frost |first=Frost |date= Winter 2008 |title= Hedda Hopper, Hollywood Gossip, and the Politics of Racial Representation in Film, 1946-1948 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20064255 |journal=The Journal of African American History |volume=93 |issue=1 |pages=36–63 |doi=10.1086/JAAHv93n1p36 |jstor=20064255 |s2cid=142114722 |access-date=March 23, 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Actress [[ZaSu Pitts]] compared Hopper to "a ferret".<ref name="kanfer">{{cite book|last=Kanfer|first=Stefan|title=Tough Without A Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart|publisher=Borzoi Books (Random House)|year=2011|page=[https://archive.org/details/toughwithoutgunt00kanf/page/86 86]|isbn=978-0-307-27100-6|url=https://archive.org/details/toughwithoutgunt00kanf/page/86}}</ref> [[Joan Bennett]] sent Hopper a "$35 valentine. The $35 went for a skunk which carried a note: 'Won't you be my valentine? Nobody else will. I stink and so do you.'" Hopper reportedly commented that the skunk was beautifully behaved. She called it Joan, and passed it on to actor [[James Mason]] and his wife as a present, as they had made the first bid after the story about the unusual gift made the news.<ref name="skunk">{{cite book|last=Eells|first=George|title=Hedda and Louella|publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons|year=1972|pages=260–262}}</ref>

During World War II, Hopper's only child, actor [[William Hopper|William "Bill" Hopper]], served in the [[United States Navy|Navy]] in [[Underwater Demolition Team|Underwater Demolitions]]. She chastised [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]], the son of her old friend [[Douglas Fairbanks]], because she thought the younger Fairbanks was shirking his duty to his country.{{clarify|date=March 2018}} Fairbanks Jr. recalled in his memoirs ''Salad Days'' that he was already in uniform serving in the United States Navy, and despised Hopper for her insinuations.<ref>[[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]] (1988). ''The Salad Days'' {{ISBN missing}}</ref>

Actor [[Kirk Douglas]] recounted an interaction between Hopper and [[Elizabeth Taylor]]. At the premiere of Taylor and her husband [[Richard Burton]]'s film ''[[The Sandpiper]]'' (1965), Hopper began to complain when she saw screenwriter [[Dalton Trumbo]]'s screen credit (she had led the charge in blacklisting Trumbo for his Communist party membership). This caused Taylor to turn around and say "Hedda, why don't you just shut the fuck up?"<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-smith/kirk-douglas-juicy-and-in_b_1697705.html| title=Kirk Douglas' Juicy And Informative New Memoir On How An Epic&nbsp;– And An End To Blacklisting&nbsp;– Came To Be| author=Liz Smith| work=The Huffington Post| date= 2012-07-24| access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref>

In 1963, Hopper complained in her column that three out of five Best Actor Oscar nominees were British and only two were American: "The weather's so foul on that tight little isle that, to get in out of the rain, they all gather in theatres and practise ''Hamlet'' on each other."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sellers |first1=Robert |title=Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down: How One Generation of British Actors Changed the World |date=2011 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781409049913 |page=403}}</ref>

===Feud with Louella Parsons===
When Hopper initially came to Hollywood, she and [[Louella Parsons]] had had a mutually beneficial arrangement. At the time, Hopper was a moderately successful actress, and according to Parson's successor, Dorothy Manners, "if anything happened on a set—if a star and leading man were having an affair—Hedda would give Louella a call.” In return, Hopper was guaranteed a few lines of copy under Parsons' increasingly influential byline.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/rivalry-hedda-hopper-louella-parsons-gossip-columnists|title=The Powerful Rivalry of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons|first=Amy Fine|last=Collins|magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref>

After MGM canceled her contract,{{when|date=June 2022}} Hopper struggled to maintain her career as an actress. She was offered{{when|date=June 2022}} a position as a Hollywood columnist by the Esquire Feature Syndicate due to a recommendation by Andy Hervey of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]’s publicity department.

One of the first papers to pick up “Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood” was the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', a morning paper like Louella's ''Examiner''. Hopper first publicly [[scoop (news)|scooped]] Parsons with the divorce{{when|date=June 2022}} of the president's son [[James Roosevelt|Jimmy Roosevelt]] (a Goldwyn employee), who was involved with a Mayo Clinic nurse, from his wife, [[Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney|Betsey]]. The story became front-page news across the country.<ref name='Vanity Fair'/>

====''Citizen Kane''====
When rumors began to surface that [[Orson Welles]]’ debut film ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' was inspired by the life of [[William Randolph Hearst]], Parsons lunched with the director, and believed his evasions and denials.<ref name='Vanity Fair'/> Hopper arrived uninvited to an early screening of the film and wrote a scathing critique, calling it a "vicious and irresponsible attack on a great man".<ref name="Orson Welles">{{cite book |last=Leaming |first=Barbara |title=Orson Welles, A Biography. |publisher=New York: Viking Press. |isbn=978-0-618-15446-3 |year=2001 }}</ref>{{Rp|205|December 2014}} As a result, Hearst sent Parsons a letter complaining that he had learned about ''Citizen Kane'' from Hopper, and not her.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

====Ingrid Bergman====
In the early 1950s, the ''[[Los Angeles Examiner]]'' ran on its front page above Parsons's byline: "Ingrid Bergman Baby Due in Three Months at Rome". Bergman left her husband, neurologist Peter Lindstrom, to live in Italy with director [[Roberto Rossellini]], but the news that she might be pregnant was met with some skepticism. Bergman was well known for the angelic role of Sister Benedict in ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]''.<ref name="Vanity Fair"/>

Hopper, who had been a public supporter of Bergman, believed the actress's denial of the pregnancy, and printed a fervent repudiation of the rumor.<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/trumbo/hedda-hopper-woman-who-scared-hollywood/| title=Hedda Hopper: the woman who scared Hollywood| newspaper=The Daily Telegraph| author=Karen Krizanovich| date=2015-11-05| access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref> However, Bergman was indeed pregnant and Hopper, enraged at being scooped, launched a PR campaign decrying Bergman for being pregnant out of wedlock, and carrying a married man's child.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/news/a9774/who-was-hedda-hopper/|title=Who Was Hedda Hopper?|date=March 3, 2017|website=Town & Country}}</ref> Parsons had allegedly received the tip from [[Howard Hughes]],<ref name="Vanity Fair"/> who was incensed at Bergman for being unable to shoot a film for him as promised.

====Reaction====
Reportedly, whereas Hopper was more inclined to see their much-publicized antagonism as funny and good for business, Parsons took it personally and saw Hopper as a rival in every possible way. Hopper also referred to [[Harry Martin (urologist)|Doc Martin]] (Parsons' third husband) as "that goddamn clap doctor", which infuriated Parsons.<ref name="Vanity Fair"/> [[Louis B. Mayer]] assisted Hopper in establishing herself as a columnist, and her role was supported by other studio chiefs, which saw it as a step in offsetting Louella's monopolistic power. Gossip columnist [[Liz Smith (journalist)|Liz Smith]] stated: "The studios created both of them. And they thought they could control both of them. But they became Frankenstein monsters escaped from the labs."<ref name="Vanity Fair" /> Hopper and Parsons had a combined readership of 75 million in a country of 160 million.<ref name="Vanity Fair" /><ref name="The Telegraph">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/trumbo/hedda-hopper-woman-who-scared-hollywood/ |title=Hedda Hopper: the woman who scared Hollywood |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2016 |website=telegraph.co.uk |access-date=2019-10-11}}</ref>

==Politics==
Hopper was a fervent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. During the [[U.S. presidential election, 1944|1944 presidential election]], she spoke before a massive rally organized by [[David O. Selznick]] in the [[Los Angeles Coliseum]] in support of the [[Thomas E. Dewey|Dewey]]-[[John W. Bricker|Bricker]] ticket, as well as Governor [[Earl Warren]] of California, who later became Dewey's running mate in 1948, and later the [[Chief Justice of the United States]]. The gathering drew 93,000, with [[Cecil B. DeMille]] as the [[master of ceremonies]] and [[Walt Disney]] as one of the speakers. Others in attendance included [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Barbara Stanwyck]], [[Ann Sothern]], [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Randolph Scott]], [[Adolphe Menjou]], [[Dick Powell]], [[Gary Cooper]], [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]], and [[William Bendix]]. Despite the good turnout at the rally, most Hollywood celebrities who took a public position sided with the [[Franklin Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]-[[Harry Truman|Truman]] ticket.<ref>David M. Jordan, ''FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944'' (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2011), pp. 231–232</ref>

Hopper strongly supported the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] (HUAC) hearings, and was a guest and speaker of the Women's Division at the [[1956 Republican National Convention]] held in [[San Francisco]] to renominate the [[Dwight Eisenhower|Eisenhower]]–[[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] ticket.<ref name ="Frost2">{{cite book|last=Frost|first=Jennifer|title=Hedda Hopper's Hollywood: Celebrity Gossip and American Conservatism|year=2011|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-814-72824-6|pages=139–140}}</ref> She was so well known for her conservatism that rumor had it she planned to stand up, unfurl an American flag, and walk out of the [[23rd Academy Awards]] ceremony in March 1951 if [[Jose Ferrer]], who was known to be a socialist, should win [[Best Actor]]. The rumor was untrue but Hopper joked that she wished she had thought of it. Screenwriter [[Jay Bernstein]] related that when he told Hopper that many people in Hollywood privately called her a [[Nazi]] because of her extreme conservatism, the gossip columnist began to cry and replied: "Jay, all I've ever tried to be is a good American."<ref name="Lemon 1985">{{cite magazine| url=http://people.com/archive/the-warrior-queens-of-gossip-vol-23-no-19/| title=The Warrior Queens of Gossip| author=Richard Lemon| magazine=People Magazine| date=May 13, 1985| access-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

==Blacklisting==
Hopper was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the [[Hollywood blacklist]], using her 35 million strong readership to destroy the careers of those in the entertainment industry whom she suspected of being a Communist, having [[communist]] sympathies, being [[homosexual]], or leading dissolute lives.<ref name="telegraph1"/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.salon.com/2015/11/04/trumbo_and_the_long_dark_shadow_of_the_blacklist_how_a_hollywood_gossip_columnist_launched_the_culture_wars/| title="Trumbo" and the long, dark shadow of the blacklist: How a Hollywood gossip columnist launched the culture wars| author=Andrew O'Hehir| publisher=Salon Magazine| date=2015-11-04| access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref> She was a leading member of the [[Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals]], founded in 1944 and devoted to rooting out suspected Communists in Hollywood.<ref>{{cite book| title=The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-1960| author=Larry Ceplair, Steve Englund| publisher=University of California Press| year=1983| page=211}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Film Study: An Analytical Bibliography |year=1990 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |isbn=978-0-8386-3412-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSKLfQYNYDAC&pg=PA1081 |first=Frank |last=Manchel |access-date=August 10, 2010 |page=1081}}</ref> She considered herself to be a guardian of moral standards in Hollywood and bragged that she need only wag her finger at a producer and he would break off an adulterous affair instantly.<ref name=Collins/>

One of Hopper's victims was screenwriter [[Dalton Trumbo]], who was blacklisted throughout the late 1940s and 1950s partially through Hopper's consistently negative coverage of his [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]] membership. When actor [[Kirk Douglas]] hired Trumbo to write the screenplay for ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'' (1960), Hopper denounced the film in her column, stating that "[the script is based on] a book written by a Commie and the screen script was written by a Commie, so don't go see it."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/12-spartacus| title=Spartacus| author=Stephen Farber| publisher=Criterion.com| date=2001-04-23| access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/12-spartacus| title=Spartacus (1960)| author=Mark Frankel| publisher=TCM.com| access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref> The film was a critical and financial success.

[[Charlie Chaplin]] was another target of Hedda Hopper's vitriol because of his alleged Communist sympathies and his relationships with much younger women, which she considered immoral despite her own marriage to a man 27 years her senior.<ref name=frost>{{cite journal |last1=Frost|first1=Jennifer|title='Good Riddance to Bad Company': Hedda Hopper, Hollywood Gossip, and the Campaign Against Charlie Chaplin, 1940-1952 |journal=Australasian Journal of American Studies |date=2007 |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=74–88 |jstor=41054077 }}</ref> She also objected to him for remaining a [[History of British nationality law|British citizen]] and not becoming an American, which she considered an act of ingratitude towards a country which had given him so much. When in 1943, he denied that he was the father of 22-year old actress [[Joan Barry (American actress)|Joan Barry’s]] child, Hopper assisted Barry in filing a [[paternity suit]] against Chaplin, launching a campaign of attrition against him through her column, and calling for him to be deported for his "[[moral turpitude]]".<ref name="Chaplin">{{cite news| url=https://web.viu.ca/davies/H323Vietnam/CharlieChaplin.McCarthyism.pdf| title=Booting a Tramp: Charlie Chaplin, the FBI, and the Construction of the Subversive Image in Red Scare America| author=John Sbardellati & Tony Shaw| publisher=Pacific Historical Review, University of California Press| year=2003| pages=507–508| access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> She defended her behavior by stating that she wished to make an example of Chaplin as "a warning to others involved in dubious relationships".<ref name=Collins/> Her grudge deepened when, later in the year, Chaplin married 18-year old [[Oona O'Neill]] and gave the scoop to Louella Parsons out of dislike for Hopper.<ref name=Collins/> For years after the paternity trial, Hopper cooperated with the [[FBI]] to destabilize Chaplin's career. This involved her printing damaging information leaked by the FBI concerning Chaplin's past Communist affiliations, while Hopper in turn provided the agency with unsavory gossip about Chaplin's personal life gleaned from her informants.<ref name="Chaplin"/> Her sustained criticism of Chaplin was one of the factors which contributed to his being denied re-entry to the United States in 1952.<ref name="telegraph1"/><ref name= frost/>

Actress [[Ingrid Bergman]] was also blacklisted as a result of Hedda Hopper's sustained negative coverage in her columns. Hopper had supported Bergman in her column throughout the 1940s, advocating for her to land starring roles in ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]'' (1945) and ''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1948).<ref name=Collins/> She was enraged when Bergman lied to her about being pregnant with married director [[Roberto Rossellini]]'s baby.<ref name= "telegraph1"/> Hopper had believed Bergman's denial of the pregnancy, printing a fervent repudiation of the rumor in 1949. However, Bergman was indeed pregnant, and the news was leaked to Hopper's arch-rival Louella Parsons, who gained the scoop.<ref name="telegraph1"/> Seeking revenge, Hopper launched a PR campaign decrying Bergman for being pregnant out of wedlock and carrying a married man's child.<ref name="auto"/>

==Radio and television==
[[File:Lizabeth Scott, Hedda Hopper, and Mark Stevens, 1946.jpg|thumb|Hopper (middle) with [[Lizabeth Scott]] and [[Mark Stevens (actor)|Mark Stevens]] in 1946]]
Hopper had an acting role in a radio soap opera, playing Portia Brent on the [[Blue Network]]'s ''Brenthouse'' beginning in February 1939.<ref name="dunningota">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi5wPDBiGfMC&dq=%22Brenthouse,+serial+drama%22+%22Hedda+Hopper%22&pg=PA118 |last=Dunning |first=John |author-link=John Dunning (detective fiction author) |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |date=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 |page=118 |edition=Revised |access-date=2019-10-29}}</ref> She debuted as host of her own radio program, ''The Hedda Hopper Show'', on November 6, 1939. Sponsored by [[Sunkist Growers, Incorporated|Sunkist]], she was heard on [[CBS]] three times a week for 15 minutes until October 30, 1942. From October 2, 1944, to September 3, 1945, [[Treet|Armour Treet]] sponsored a once-a-week program. On September 10, 1945, she moved to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], still sponsored by Armour, for a weekly program that continued until June 3, 1946. Hopper moved back to CBS beginning on October 5, 1946 with a weekly 15-minute program, ''This Is Hollywood'', sponsored by [[Procter & Gamble]]. It ran until June 28, 1947.

Expanding to 30 minutes on [[NBC]], she was host of a variety series, ''The Hedda Hopper Show'', broadcast from October 14, 1950, to November 11, 1950 on Saturdays, then from November 19, 1950, to May 20, 1951 on Sundays. This program featured music, talk and dramatized excerpts from movies with well-known guests, such as [[Broderick Crawford]] reprising a scene from ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]'' (1949).

On January 10, 1960, a television special, ''Hedda Hopper's Hollywood'', aired on [[NBC]]. Hosted by Hopper, guest interviews included an eclectic mix of past, current and future stars: [[Lucille Ball]], [[Francis X. Bushman]], [[Liza Minnelli]], [[John Cassavetes]], [[Robert Cummings]], [[Marion Davies]], [[Walt Disney]], [[Janet Gaynor]], [[Bob Hope]], [[Hope Lange]], [[Anthony Perkins]], [[Debbie Reynolds]], [[James Stewart]], and [[Gloria Swanson]]. {{Citation needed|date=June 2013}}

Hopper had several acting roles during the latter part of her career, including brief [[cameo role|cameo]] appearances as herself in the movie ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1950) and ''[[The Patsy (1964 film)|The Patsy]]'' (1964), as well as episodes of ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', ''[[The Ford Show|The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford]]'', and ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]],'' starring [[Buddy Ebsen]]. Her [[autobiography]], ''From Under My Hat'' (Doubleday, 1952) was followed by ''The Whole Truth and Nothing But'' (1962), also published by Doubleday. She remained active as a writer until her death, producing six daily columns and a Sunday column for the [[Tribune Media Services|''Chicago Tribune'' syndicate]], as well as writing articles for celebrity magazines such as ''[[Photoplay]]''.

==Personal life==
On May 8, 1913, Hopper married actor and singer [[DeWolf Hopper]] in [[New Jersey]]. They had one child, [[William Hopper|William]], who later played [[Paul Drake (character)|Paul Drake]] in the ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' series.<ref>{{cite book|last=Donnelley|first=Paul|title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries|publisher=Omnibus|year=2005|page=497|isbn=978-1-84449-430-9}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1922.<ref>{{cite book|last=Houseman|first=Victoria|title=Made in Heaven: The Marriages and Children of Hollywood Stars|publisher=Bonus Books|year=1991|page=[https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s6q7/page/150 150]|isbn=978-0-929387-24-6|url=https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_s6q7/page/150}}</ref>

==Death==
Hopper died on February 1, 1966, of double [[pneumonia]] at the age of 80 at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hedda Hopper, Columnist, Dies; Chronicled Gossip of Hollywood; Confidante of Leading Stars Noted for Flamboyant Hats and Caustic Comments|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/02/02/archives/hedda-hopper-columnist-dies-chronicled-gossip-of-hollywood.html|work=[[Associated Press]] in [[The New York Times]]|date=February 2, 1966|access-date=2009-02-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Donnelley|first=Paul|title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries|publisher=Omnibus|year=2005|page=498|isbn=978-1-84449-430-9}}</ref> The [[probate]] value of Hopper's estate was $472,661 gross and $306,679 net.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mendellawfirm.com/famous-estates-legacy-champ-chump-172/|title=Famous Estates – Legacy Champ or Chump? {{!}} Houstion Estate Planning Attorneys|date=2016-07-01|website=The Mendel Law Firm, L.P.|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref> She is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]], Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Toole|first=Christine |title=Pennsylvania Off the Beaten Path®, 11th: A Guide to Unique Places|year=2012|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-0-762-78615-2|page=158}}</ref> For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Hopper has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6313½ Hollywood Boulevard in [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/hedda-hopper|title=Hollywood Star Walk|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 2, 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1916
| ''[[The Battle of Hearts]]''
| Maida Rhodes
| '''Lost''' film <br> Credited as Elda Furry
|-
| 1917
| ''[[Her Excellency, the Governor]]''
| Sylvia Marlowe
| '''Lost''' film <br> Credited as Elda Milar
|-
| 1917
| ''[[The Food Gamblers]]''
| June Justice
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1917
| ''[[Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917 film)|Seven Keys to Baldpate]]''
| Myra Thornhill
| Credited as Elda Furry
|-
| 1917
| ''[[Nearly Married]]''
| Hattie King
| Abridged version extant
|-
| 1918
| ''[[The Beloved Traitor]]''
| Myrna Bliss
|
|-
| 1918
| ''[[By Right of Purchase]]''
| Society Woman
| '''Incomplete''' film <br> Uncredited
|-
| 1918
| ''[[Virtuous Wives]]''
| Irma Delabarre
| '''Lost''' film <br> Credited as Mrs. DeWolf Hopper
|-
| 1919
| ''[[The Third Degree (1919 film)|The Third Degree]]''
| Mrs. Howard Jeffries, Sr
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1919
| ''[[Sadie Love]]''
| Mrs. James Wakeley
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1919
| ''[[The Isle of Conquest]]''
| Mrs. Harmon
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1920
| ''[[The Man Who Lost Himself (1920 film)|The Man Who Lost Himself]]''
| Countess of Rochester
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1920
| ''[[The New York Idea (1920 film)|The New York Idea]]''
| Vida Phillimore
|
|-
| 1921
| ''[[Heedless Moths]]''
| His Wife
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1921
| ''[[The Inner Chamber]]''
| Mrs. Candor
| '''Lost''' film <br> Credited as Mrs. DeWolf Hopper
|-
| 1921
| ''[[Conceit (1921 film)|Conceit]]''
| Mrs. Agnes Crombie
| Credited as Mrs. DeWolf Hopper
|-
| 1922
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1922 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''
| Madge Larrabee
|
|-
| 1922
| ''[[What's Wrong with the Women?]]''
| Mrs. Neer
| '''Lost''' film <br> Credited as Mrs. DeWolf Hopper
|-
| 1922
| ''[[Women Men Marry (1922 film)|Women Men Marry]]''
| Eleanor Carter
|
|-
| 1923
| ''[[Has the World Gone Mad!]]''
| Mrs. Adams
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1923
| ''[[Reno (1923 film)|Reno]]''
| Mrs. Kate Norton Tappan
|
|-
| 1924
| ''[[Gambling Wives]]''
| Madame Zoe
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924
| ''[[Why Men Leave Home (film)|Why Men Leave Home]]''
| Nina Neilson
|
|-
| 1924
| ''[[Happiness (1924 film)|Happiness]]''
| Mrs. Chrystal Pole
|
|-
| 1924
| ''[[Miami (1924 film)|Miami]]''
| Mary Tate
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924
| ''[[Another Scandal]]''
| Cousin Elizabeth MacKenzie
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924
| ''[[Sinners in Silk]]''
| Mrs. Stevens
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1924
| ''[[The Snob (1924 film)|The Snob]]''
| Mrs. Leiter
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1925
| ''[[Her Market Value]]''
| Mrs. Bernice Hamilton
|
|-
| 1925
| ''[[Declassee|Declassée]]''
| Lady Wildering
|
|-
| 1925
| ''[[Dangerous Innocence]]''
| Muriel Church
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1925
| ''[[Zander the Great]]''
| Mrs. Caldwell
|
|-
| 1925
| ''[[Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925 film)|Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman]]''
| Mrs. Clarice Vidal
|
|-
| 1925
| ''[[The Teaser]]''
| Margaret Wyndham
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1925
| ''[[Borrowed Finery]]''
| Mrs. Bordon
| 
|-
| 1926
| ''[[Dance Madness]]''
| Valentina
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926
| ''[[The Caveman (1926 film)|The Caveman]]''
| Mrs. Van Dream
|
|-
| 1926
| ''[[Pleasures of the Rich]]''
| Mona Vincent
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926
| ''[[Skinner's Dress Suit (1926 film)|Skinner's Dress Suit]]''
| Mrs. Colby
|
|-
| 1926
| ''[[Lew Tyler's Wives]]''
| Virginia Philips
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926
| ''[[The Silver Treasure]]''
| Mrs. Gould
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1926
| ''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]''
| Marchesia Rinaldo
|
|-
| 1926
| ''[[Fools of Fashion]]''
| Countess de Fragni
|
|-
| 1926
| ''[[Obey the Law (1926 film)|Obey The Law]]''
| Society Woman
|
|-
| 1927
| ''[[Orchids and Ermine]]''
| The Modiste
|
|-
| 1927
| ''[[Venus of Venice]]''
| Jean's Mother
|
|-
| 1927
| ''[[Children of Divorce (1927 film)|Children of Divorce]]''
| Katherine Flanders
|
|-
| 1927
| ''[[Matinee Ladies]]''
| Mrs. Aldrich
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1927
| ''[[Wings (1927 film)|Wings]]''
| Mrs. Powell
| Uncredited
|-
| 1927
| ''[[Black Tears (1927 film)|Black Tears]]''
|
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1927
| ''[[The Cruel Truth]]''
| Grace Sturdevant
|
|-
| 1927
| ''[[Adam and Evil (1927 film)|Adam and Evil]]''
| Eleanor Leighton
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1927
| ''[[One Woman to Another]]''
| Olive Gresham
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1927
| ''[[The Drop Kick]]''
| Mrs. Hamill
|
|-
| 1927
| ''[[A Reno Divorce]]''
| Hedda Frane
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1927
| ''[[French Dressing (1927 film)|French Dressing]]''
|
| '''Lost''' film <br /> Uncredited
|-
| 1928
| ''[[Love and Learn (1928 film)|Love and Learn]]''
| Mrs. Ann Blair
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928
| ''[[The Whip Woman]]''
| Countess Ferenzi
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928
| ''[[The Port of Missing Girls (1928 film)|The Port of Missing Girls]]''
| Mrs. C. King
|
|-
| 1928
| ''[[The Chorus Kid]]''
| Mrs. Garrett
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928
| ''[[Harold Teen (1928 film)|Harold Teen]]''
| Mrs. Hazzit
|
|-
| 1928
| ''[[Green Grass Widows]]''
| Mrs. Worthing
| 
|-
| 1928
| ''[[Undressed (1928 film)|Undressed]]''
| Mrs. Stanley
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928
| ''[[Runaway Girls]]''
| Mrs. Hartley
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1928
| ''[[Companionate Marriage]]''
| Mrs. Moore
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1929
| ''[[Girls Gone Wild (film)|Girls Gone Wild]]''
| Mrs. Holworthy
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1929
| ''[[The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929 film)|The Last of Mrs. Cheyney]]''
| Lady Maria
|
|-
| 1929
| ''[[His Glorious Night]]''
| Mrs. Collingswood Stratton
|
|-
| 1929
| ''[[Half Marriage (film)|Half Marriage]]''
| Mrs. Page
|
|-
| 1929
| ''[[The Racketeer]]''
| Mrs. Karen Lee
|
|-
| 1929
| ''[[A Song of Kentucky]]''
| Mrs. Coleman
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1930
| ''[[Such Men Are Dangerous]]''
| Muriel Wyndham
|
|-
| 1930
| ''[[High Society Blues]]''
| Mrs. Divine
|
|-
| 1930
| ''[[Murder Will Out (1930 film)|Murder Will Out]]''
| Aunt Pat
| '''Lost''' film
|-
| 1930
| ''[[Holiday (1930 film)|Holiday]]''
| Susan Potter
|
|-
| 1930
| ''[[Let Us Be Gay]]''
| Madge Livingston
|
|-
| 1930
| ''[[Our Blushing Brides]]''
| Mrs. Weaver
|
|-
| 1930
| ''[[War Nurse]]''
| Matron
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[The Easiest Way (1931 film)|The Easiest Way]]''
| Mrs. Clara Williams
| Uncredited
|-
| 1931
| ''[[The Prodigal (1931 film)|The Prodigal]]''
| Christine
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Men Call It Love]]''
| Callie
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[A Tailor Made Man]]''
| Mrs. Stanlaw
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Shipmates (film)|Shipmates]]''
| Auntie
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[The Common Law (1931 film)|The Common Law]]''
| Mrs. Clare Collis
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[The Mystery Train (film)|The Mystery Train]]''
| Mrs. Marian Radcliffe
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Rebound (1931 film)|Rebound]]''
| Liz Crawford
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Flying High (1931 film)|Flying High]]''
| Mrs. Smith
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[West of Broadway (1931 film)|West of Broadway]]''
| Mrs. Edith Trent
|
|-
| 1931
| ''[[Good Sport]]''
| Mrs. Atherton
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[The Man Who Played God (1932 film)|The Man Who Played God]]''
| Mrs. Alice Chittendon
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[Night World (1932 film)|Night World]]''
| Mrs. Rand
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[As You Desire Me (film)|As You Desire Me]]''
| Ines Montari
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[Skyscraper Souls]]''
| Ella Dwight
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[Downstairs (film)|Downstairs]]''
| Countess De Marnac
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[Speak Easily]]''
| Mrs. Peets
|
|-
| 1932
| ''[[The Unwritten Law (1932 film)|The Unwritten Law]]''
| Jean Evans
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[Men Must Fight]]''
| Mrs. Chase
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[The Barbarian (1933 film)|The Barbarian]]''
| Mrs. Loway, American Tourist
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[Pilgrimage (1933 film)|Pilgrimage]]''
| Mrs. Worth (Gary Worth's mother)
|
|-
| 1933
| ''[[Beauty for Sale]]''
| Madame Sonia Barton
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Bombay Mail (1934 film)|Bombay Mail]]''
| Lady Daniels
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Let's Be Ritzy]]''
| Mrs. Burton
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[Little Man, What Now? (1934 film)|Little Man, What Now?]]''
| Nurse
|
|-
| 1934
| ''[[No Ransom]]''
| Mrs. John Winfield
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[One Frightened Night]]''
| Laura Proctor
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Society Fever]]''
| Mrs. Vandergriff
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Lady Tubbs]]''
| Mrs. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Alice Adams (1935 film)|Alice Adams]]''
| Mrs. Palmer
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[I Live My Life]]''
| Alvin's Mother
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Three Kids and a Queen]]''
| Mrs. Cummings
|
|-
| 1935
| ''[[Ship Cafe]]''
| Tutor
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[The Dark Hour (1936 film)|The Dark Hour]]''
| Mrs. Tallman
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[Doughnuts and Society]]''
| Mrs. Murray Hill
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[Dracula's Daughter]]''
| Lady Esme Hammond
|
|-
| 1936
| ''[[Bunker Bean (film)|Bunker Bean]]''
| Mrs. Dorothy Kent
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[You Can't Buy Luck]]''
| Mrs. Agnes White
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Dangerous Holiday]]''
| Lottie Courtney
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Topper (film)|Topper]]''
| Mrs. Grace Stuyvesant
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Artists and Models (1937 film)|Artists and Models]]''
| Mrs. Townsend
|
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Vogues of 1938]]''
| Mrs. Van Klettering
| Uncredited
|-
| 1937
| ''[[Nothing Sacred (film)|Nothing Sacred]]''
| Dowager on Ship
| Uncredited
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Tarzan's Revenge]]''
| Penny Reed
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Maid's Night Out]]''
| Mrs. Harrison
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Dangerous to Know]]''
| Mrs. Emily Carson
|
|-
| 1938
| ''[[Thanks for the Memory (film)|Thanks for the Memory]]''
| Polly Griscom
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Midnight (1939 film)|Midnight]]''
| Stephanie
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[The Women (1939 film)|The Women]]''
| Dolly Dupuyster
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[What a Life (film)|What a Life]]''
| Mrs. Aldrich
|
|-
| 1939
| ''[[That's Right – You're Wrong]]''
| Herself – Newspaper Columnist
| Uncredited
|-
| 1939
| ''[[Laugh It Off (1939 film)|Laugh It Off]]''
| Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rockingham
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Queen of the Mob]]''
| Mrs. Emily Sturgis
|
|-
| 1940
| ''[[Cross-Country Romance]]''
| Mrs. North
|
|-
| 1941
| ''[[Life with Henry]]''
| Mrs. Aldrich
|
|-
| 1941
| ''[[I Wanted Wings]]''
| Mrs. Young
| Uncredited
|-
| 1942
| ''[[Reap the Wild Wind]]''
| Aunt Henrietta Beresford
|
|-
| 1950
| ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]''
| Herself
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Pepe (1960 film)|Pepe]]''
| Herself, Cameo appearance
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[The Right Approach]]''
| Newspaper Columnist
| Uncredited
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Patsy (1964 film)|The Patsy]]''
| Herself
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Oscar (film)|The Oscar]]''
| Herself
|
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1951–1963
| ''[[What's My Line?]]''
| Herself – Mystery Guest
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Goodyear Television Playhouse]]''
| Hostess
| Episode: "A. Fadeout"
|-
| 1955
| ''[[I Love Lucy]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "The Hedda Hopper Story"
|-
| 1955
| ''[[The Colgate Comedy Hour]]''
| Herself – Gossip Columnist
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1956
| ''The Bob Hope Show''
| Herself
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1956
| ''[[The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show]]''
| Herself
| Episode #1.19
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
| Various roles
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[The Garry Moore Show]]''
| Herself
| Episode #1.5
|-
| 1959
| ''Small World''
| Herself
| Episode #2.8
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "The Desilu Revue"
|-
| 1960
| ''Hedda Hopper's Hollywood''
| Host
| Television special
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Steve Allen Show]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "The Movie Premiere of 'Can-Can'"
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Here's Hollywood]]''
| Herself
| October 31, 1961 episode
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood"
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The New Alice in Wonderland (film)|The New Alice in Wonderland]]''
| Hedda, the Mad Hatter
| Voice, TV movie, (final film role & posthumous release)
|}

==In popular culture==
===Portrayals===
* The character of Patty Benedict in ''[[The Big Knife]]'' (1955) played by [[Ilka Chase]] is likely inspired by Hedda Hopper. In the film, she is an influential gossip columnist who threatens to publish an old scandal involving the main character if he does not give her information on his struggling marriage. The film is an adaption of [[The Big Knife (play)|a play of the same name]] written by [[Clifford Odets]].
* [[Jane Alexander]] received a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination portraying Hopper in the [[television film]] ''[[Malice in Wonderland (1985 film)|Malice in Wonderland]]'' (1985), opposite [[Elizabeth Taylor]] as [[Louella Parsons]].
* Cynthia Adler portrayed Hedda Hopper in the documentary ''[[Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business]]'' (1995).
* Hopper was portrayed by [[Katherine Helmond]] in the television film ''[[Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story]]'' (1995).
* [[Rue McClanahan]] played Priscilla Tremaine, a thinly veiled version of Hopper, on the [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC's]] show ''[[The Lot (TV series)|The Lot]]'' (1999), a comedic [[miniseries]] about the [[Classical Hollywood cinema|Golden Age of Hollywood]].
* [[Fiona Shaw]] played Hopper in the movie ''[[RKO 281]]'' (1999), which is concerned with the making of ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' (1941).
* By [[Ingrid van Bergen]] in ''The Man in the Moon'' (2002). A Radio-ballett with Charlie Chaplin. A piece for Acoustic Stage Dt. Der Mann im Mond. Ein Radio-Ballett mit Charlie Chaplin. Stück für Akustische Bühne. Written by [[Evelyn Dörr]], and broadcast on [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]] in 2002.
* By [[Joanne Linville]] in the television film ''[[James Dean (2001 film)|James Dean]]'' (2001).
* By [[Jenn Colella]] in ''[[Chaplin (2006 musical)|Chaplin: The Musical]]'' during 2006 and on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 2012.
* [[Helen Mirren]] played Hedda Hopper in the movie ''[[Trumbo (2015 film)|Trumbo]]'' (2015), directed by [[Jay Roach]].
* [[Tilda Swinton]] played in ''[[Hail, Caesar!]]'' (2016), the double part of Thora and Thessaly Thacker, two identical twin sister gossip columnists (mimicking the rivalry between Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, but both heavily based on Hopper herself).
* In the first season of ''[[Feud (TV series)|Feud]]'' in 2017, Hopper was played by [[Judy Davis]], who received a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination.
* The [[New York City Opera]] announced that it will stage the East Coast premiere of [[Stewart Wallace]]'s ''Hopper's Wife'' – a 1997 [[chamber opera]] about an imagined marriage between painter [[Edward Hopper]] and Hedda Hopper&nbsp;– at Harlem Stage from April 28 through May 1, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/rebooted-new-york-city-opera-plans-three-premieres-1456183954|title=Rebooted New York City Opera Plans Three Premieres|first=Jennifer|last=Smith|newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=February 22, 2016|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/arts/music/new-york-city-opera-unveils-rest-of-season.html|title=New York City Opera Unveils Rest of Season|first=Michael|last=Cooper|newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 22, 2016}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Jimmie Fidler]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* "Evolution of a Vamp, The," ''[[Photoplay]]'', February 1921, p.&nbsp;26. Photo-illustrated Hedda Hopper profile.
* Frost, Jennifer. "Hedda Hopper, Hollywood Gossip, and the Politics of Racial Representation in Film, 1946–1948," ''Journal of African American History,'' 93 (Winter 2008), 36–63.
* Rogers, John E. "An Amazing Lady," ''Photoplay'', October 1932, p.&nbsp;49. "When Garbo met Hedda." "Amazing Lady" refers to Hopper.
*{{cite journal |last1=Brennen |first1=Bonnie |title=Malice in Wonderland: Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons in Hollywood |journal=The Image of Journalist in Popular Culture |date=2005 |url=http://www.ijpc.org/uploads/files/Hedda%20Hopper%20and%20Louella%20Parsons%20--%20Gossip%20Columnists.pdf}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0394407}}
* {{IBDB name|45580}}
* {{Playbill person|hedda-hopper-vault-0000078469}}
* [https://broadway.cas.sc.edu/content/hedda-hopper Hedda Hopper: Broadway Photographs (University of South Carolina)]
* [https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=hedda+hopper portraits] (NYPublic Library, Billy Rose collection)
* {{MHL catalog|65820}}

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