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Hedda Hopper was born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, but she was not that city’s most famous export. Hollidaysburg just happens to be the birthplace of that stair-crawling super-toy, the Slinky. As the song goes, everyone loves a Slinky. Due to Hedda’s notoriety, it’s safe to say that more than a few people in Hollywood would rather push Hopper do...
Born to Pennsylvania Dutch parents, Hedda Hopper was originally christened Elda Furry. Not only would she change her name but the year on her birth certificate, as well. Hopper moved the date up just a smidge, to 1895 from 1890. The revision literally took years off her life, but, hey you’re only as old as you feel, right? Shutterstock
The erstwhile Elda Furry wasn’t content to stay in Hollidaysburg, and as soon as she got the chance, she hightailed it to the Big Apple. Sadly, Hopper had Broadway dreams but budget talent. An audition for the famed Ziegfeld Follies led to Florenz Ziegfeld himself calling Hopper a “clumsy cow” and shouting her offstage. Wikimedia Commons
One person who did show interest in the aspiring actress was DeWolf Hopper. The Broadway star was famous for his recitations of poetry—he was actually the one who popularized the baseball poem “Casey at the Bat.” DeWolf invited Hedda to join his theater troupe as an understudy. But that wasn’t all that he was interested in. By 1913, DeWolf and Hedd...
DeWolf Hopper was 37 years older than Hedda and had already been through four marriages. In fact, he had already divorced his first wife and married his second before Hedda was even born! DeWolf’s marriage habit earned him an especially unflattering nickname: “the Husband of the Country.” Wikimedia Commons
DeWolf taste’s in women was extremely, extremelyniche: his previous wives were named Ella, Ida, and Edna, respectively. Add “Elda” to the mix, and you could understand if DeWolf got a little confused sometimes and called her Edna or Ida. These little accidents annoyed the newest Mrs. Hopper to no end, but DeWolf just could not seem to help it. Fina...
The name Hedda came from an unlikely place. It was chosen by a fortune teller, and the newly minted Hedda Hopper paid $10 for the consultation. Sadly, the name change did little to ease the marital tensions, and the Hoppers were divorced by 1922. You’d think that fortune teller would have warned her. Shutterstock
Hedda and DeWolf had a son named William whom Hedda pushed into the family business. William began acting as a teenager and even landed a contract with Paramount Studios, but he did not much like it. World War II gave William the perfect opportunity to escape show business altogether. He spent the war serving as a frogman in the Navy and took a job...
William Hopper did eventually return to acting. In 1956, he landed the role that would define his career, that of detective Paul Drake in the long-running crime drama Perry Mason. It was a plum gig, but Hopper was disappointed—he had auditioned for the title role. Wikimedia Commons
With her marriage to DeWolf on the rocks, Hopper abandoned the stage for the exciting new world of motion pictures. Though still occasionally billed as “Mrs. DeWitt Hopper,” Hedda Hopper appeared in dozens of silent films through the 1920s. Most of Hopper’s films are now lost, but a few interesting specimens remain. Among Hopper’s credits are an ea...
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Jun 10, 2023 · Evening Standard/Getty Images. By Mina Elwell / June 10, 2023 4:30 pm EST. We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Hedda Hopper was the queen of Old Hollywood gossip. She wielded unparalleled influence over the film industry and even its biggest stars lived in fear of what she might write next.
Feb 22, 2018 · Feb 22, 2018 E.L. Hamilton. Gossip Columnist Hedda Hopper (1890-1966). (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) At the height of her power in the 1940s and 1950s, gossip columnist Hedda Hopper had so much clout she could ruin a career with a few vicious sentences.
Mar 3, 2017 · Getty Images. Gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. As famous for her flamboyant hats as she was for outing Hollywood's Blacklist in her columns, " The Most Hated Women in Hollywood " (according the...
circa 1928: American actress Hedda Hopper (1890 – 1966) formerly Elda Furry, who became a powerful gossip columnist. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
the Ryan Murphy TV show Feud. RELATED: 10 Best Documentaries About The Golden Age Of Hollywood. Hedda Hopper appears in a silent movie © Provided by ScreenRant. Time Magazine. From Under My Hat...
