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Hedda Hopper (Elda Furry) was born on 2 May, 1885 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA, is an actress,soundtrack. Discover Hedda Hopper's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

Popular As Elda Furry
Occupation actress,soundtrack
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 2 May, 1885
Birthday 2 May
Birthplace Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of death 1 February, 1966
Died Place Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Hedda Hopper Height, Weight & Measurements

At 81 years old, Hedda Hopper height is 5' 7" (1.7 m) .

Physical Status
Height 5' 7" (1.7 m)
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
Eye Color Not Available
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Who Is Hedda Hopper's Husband?

Her husband is DeWolf Hopper Sr. (8 May 1913 - 29 January 1924) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

Family
Parents Not Available
Husband DeWolf Hopper Sr. (8 May 1913 - 29 January 1924) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Hedda Hopper Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Hedda Hopper worth at the age of 81 years old? Hedda Hopper’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Hedda Hopper's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Virtuous Wives (1918)$5,000
Sunset Blvd. (1950)$5,000

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1885

She changed her published birthdate from May 2, 1885 to June 2, 1890 in order to conceal her actual age.

1913

Her father was a butcher. In 1913 she met and married matinée idol DeWolf Hopper Sr..

1915

and in 1915 they moved to Hollywood, where both began active film careers. He became a star with Triangle Company, she began in vamp parts and turned to supporting roles. After her divorce she appeared in dozens of films, becoming known as "Queen of the Quickies".

1917

First worked as a silent film actress for Samuel Goldwyn's film company under dismal conditions in Fort Lee, New Jersey, probably around 1917. The dressing rooms and offices were in an abandoned barn with thin wooden partitions and no ceilings.

1920

She left Pennsylvania for New York with theatrical stars in her eyes and met and married actor De Wolfe Hopper. In 1920 she moved to Hollywood with her son to work in films. In 1936 she started a show business gossip radio programe and two years later began her film column which became syndicated in 100's of American newspapers.

1924

Filed for divorce from Hopper in New York, July 1923. Granted her interlocutory decree and custody of son, Billy, on January 30, 1924.

1931

She died on the same day as Buster Keaton, her co-star in The Stolen Jools (1931), Speak Easily (1932) and Sunset Boulevard (1950).

1936

In 1936 she started a gossipy radio show and two years later commenced a 28-year stint as a newspaper gossip columnist, rival of Louella Parsons. In her last films she mostly played herself, a tribute to her influence in Hollywood.

1940

Hedda's political allies/sources in the 1940s and 1950s included such heavyweights in right-wing circles as Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Howard Hughes, Ronald Reagan, J. Edgar Hoover and William Randolph Hearst. She had unlimited sources of "dirt" on the entertainment industry through her relationship with Hoover, the longtime director of the FBI; she tried to have Citizen Kane (1941) pulled from release because of her friendship with Hearst (the film was a thinly disguised biography of Hearst); she aided McCarthy in outing "liberal" actors; she helped jump-start Reagan into politics; and she refused to board a plane unless Hughes personally inspected it.

1950

Her gossip column had a rich assortment of attacks on several film stars of the day. In particular, Joan Bennett was Hopper's No. 1 subject of disdain. In response, Bennett mailed Hopper a skunk as a Valentine's Day gift in 1950 with a note that read, "You Stink!".

1964

In 1964, was sued by Michael Wilding for $3 million over implications in her book "The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth" that Wilding was a homosexual. The suit was eventually settled for $100,000.

1972

A dual biography of Hopper and Louella Parsons, "Hedda and Louella," by George Eells was published as a mass market paperback by Warner Books in 1972.

2008

The Equitable Building at Hollywood and Vine where Hedda Hopper had an office is shown in Hollywood Mouth (2008). Another Hopper office was in the Guaranty Building at Hollywood Blvd. and Ivar, which is shown in Hollywood Mouth 2 (2014). The director of those films, Jordan Mohr, had played Simone Signoret in the stage play "Two Simones: de Beauvoir and Signoret in Hollywood" in which Signoret talked about her appearance with Hopper on Edward R. Murrow's Small World (1958)--the two women were political opposites--and how Hopper's newspaper column announcing the Oscar nominees left out Signoret's name (she won for Room at the Top (1959)).

2017

She was portrayed by Judy Davis in the FX original series, Feud: Bette and Joan (2017).