Hedda Nova
{{Short description|American actress (1899–1981)}}
{{Infobox person
| image = The Spitfire of Seville (1919) - 1.jpg
| caption = Nova in 1919
| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|5|15}}
| birth_place = Odessa, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|1|16|1899|5|15}}
| death_place = Atascadero, California, U.S.
| othername =
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1917–1926
| spouse = Paul Hurst
}}
Hedda Nova (May 15, 1899 – January 16, 1981) was a Russian-born American film actress.{{cite book |last1=Goble |first1=Alan |title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film |date=1999 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |page=30}}
Biography
Born on May 15, 1899, in Odessa,{{Cite journal|date=December 1, 1917|title=Vitagraph Adds Another to Roster|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435063698070&view=1up&seq=778&size=125|journal=The New York Dramatic Mirror|pages=14|via=Internet Archive}} Nova received her schooling at a Parisian convent.{{cite news |title=At the Strand |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50372374/hedda-nova/ |access-date=May 7, 2020 |work=Napa Journal |date=January 3, 1920 |location=California, Napa |page=8|via = Newspapers.com}}
Nova appeared in 16 films, mostly westerns, from 1917 through 1926. The Spitfire of Seville (1919) provided her first starring role. In 1926, she was featured in a six-episode series of two-reel jungle films produced by Chesterfield.{{cite book |last1=Rainey |first1=Buck |title=Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956 |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0448-0 |page=129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vL_eCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hedda+Nova%22&pg=PA129 |access-date=May 7, 2020 |language=en}}
Nova was married to Paul Hurst, an actor, director and screenwriter.{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-4693-3 |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkOeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hedda+Nova%22&pg=PA281 |access-date=May 7, 2020 |language=en}} She died on January 16, 1981, aged 81, in Atascadero, California.
Selected filmography
- The Bar Sinister (1917)
- The Woman in the Web (1918)
- The Changing Woman (1918)
- By the World Forgot (1918)
- The Spitfire of Seville (1919)
- The Crimson Gardenia (1919)
- Calibre 38 (1919)
- The Turning Point (1920)
- The Mask (1921)
- The Miracle Baby (1923)
- Folly of Youth (1925)
- My Own Pal (1926)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0636763}}
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Category:Russian film actresses
Category:Russian silent film actresses
Category:Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
Category:Western (genre) film actresses
Category:Film serial actresses
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