Nealla Gordon
{{short description|American actress}}
Nealla Gordon is an American actress. She has appeared in a number of Lee Daniels's productions, including films Precious (2009), The Paperboy (2012), and The Butler (2013).{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/lee-daniels-the-butler-review-forest-whitaker-oprah-winfrey-1200575215/|title=Film Review: 'Lee Daniels' The Butler'|first=Scott|last=Foundas|date=9 August 2013|publisher=|accessdate=29 November 2017}} She portrayed the role of Harlow Carter on the first season of Fox prime time soap opera Empire in 2015. In 2017, Gordon was cast in another Daniels's soap opera, Star playing villainous Arlene Morgan.{{cite web|url=https://2paragraphs.com/2017/01/who-is-arlene-hunters-mother-on-star/|title=Who Is Arlene, Hunter's Mother on 'Star'?|date=5 January 2017|publisher=|accessdate=29 November 2017}}
Career
Gordon began her career in early 1990s, appearing on television shows include Thirtysomething, Doogie Howser, M.D. and Murphy Brown. Her other television credits include Touched by an Angel, Will & Grace, Desperate Housewives, NYPD Blue, and Grey's Anatomy. Gordon has a minor role portraying Nancy Kassebaum in The Butler.
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2005
|Caterer | |
| 2008
|Merem Melek |Sonya | |
| 2009
|Mrs. Lichtenstein | |
| 2011
|Lydia | |
| 2012
|Colleague Jodie | |
| 2012
|Ellen Guthrie | |
| 2013
| |
| 2021
|The United States vs. Billie Holiday |Courthouse Reporter | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1991
|Kooky Coworker |Episode: "Melissa in Wonderland" |
| 1991
|Sibs |Anna |Episode: "The Big Hurt" |
| 1991
|Waitress |Episode: "Bad Day Cafe" |
| 1992
|Suzanne |Episode: "Club Medicine" |
| 1992
|Corinne |Episode: "Terms of Employment" |
| 1993
|Eileen |Episode: "Games Mother Play" |
| 1993
|Justin's Mother |Episode: "Raging Bully" |
| 1993
|Shameful Secrets |Margaret Chapman | rowspan="3" |Television film |
| 1994
|To My Daughter with Love |Mrs. Lewiston |
| 1995
|Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning |Miss Delongis |
| 1996
|Judge Randall |2 episodes |
| 1997
|Ms. Kleiger |Episode: "The Bee Story" |
| 1998
|Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction |Lucy Robins |2 episodes |
| 1998
|Young Elaine |Episode: "Elija" |
| 1999
|{{N/a}} |Episode: "Tunnel Vision" |
| 2000
|Mrs. Sepnefski |Episode: "Sneaky Feelings" |
| 2001
|Kathy |Episode: "Judy & Greg" |
| 2001
|Shirley |Episode: "Live and Leg Die" |
| 2002
|Eileen |Episode: "Someone Old, Someplace New" |
| 2003
|Eleanor |Episode: "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" |
| 2003
|Joyce |Episode: "Tricks of the Trade" |
| 2004
|Kate |Episode: "Little White Lies: Part 1" |
| 2004
|Mrs. Bukowski |Episode: "Pretty Little Picture" |
| 2005
|Esther Zell |Episode: "Lenny Scissorhands" |
| 2005
|Elisha's Mother |Episode: "Penny for Your Thoughts" |
| 2005
|Casting Director |Episode: "My Maserati Does 185" |
| 2008
|Lee Milne |Episode: "The Love Circle Overlap" |
| 2009
|Jill Boyd |Episode: "Invest in Love" |
| 2010
|Huge |Ian's mom |2 episodes |
| 2010–2011
|Judge Susan White |6 episodes |
| 2013
|Administrator |Episode: "Big Brother" |
| 2013
|Nurse Lang |Episode: "Fallout" |
| 2015
|Harlow Carter |4 episodes |
| 2016–2019
|Star |Arlene Morgan |18 episodes |
| 2018
|Holly Baxter |Episode: "Never Say Die" |
| 2021
|Denise |Episode: "Lights Out" |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0330477}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American television actresses
Category:21st-century American women
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