Hedda Nova

Known for

Acting

Born

May 15, 1899

Birthplace

Odessa, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]

Died

January 16, 1981 (aged 81)

Biography

Hedda Nova (1899–1981) was a Russian-born American film actress.

She was a silent film actress for 17 years with the "Universal Film Studios Company". She did not transfer to talking films most probably because of her thick Russian accent.

Best known work

The Crimson Gardenia

1919

Shadows of the West

1921

The Mask

1921

My Own Pal

1926

The Miracle Baby

1923

Calibre 38

1919

Golden Silence

1923

Mary Regan

1919

The Spitfire of Seville

1919

Folly of Youth

1925

Filmography

1926
My Own Pal
as Mrs. Jud McIntire
1925
The Were-Tiger
1925
Folly of Youth
as Leona Haynes
1924
The Man Who Would Not Die
1923
The Miracle Baby
as Violet
1923
Golden Silence
1921
Shadows of the West
as Mary
1921
The Mask
as Helen Traynor
1919
The Spitfire of Seville
1919
The Crimson Gardenia
as Madelon Dorette
1919
Mary Regan
as Nina Cordova
1919
Calibre 38
as Joan
1918
The Woman in the Web
as Princess Olga Muratoft
1918
The Sign Invisible
as Winona
1917
The Show Down
1917
The Bar Sinister
as Belle Davis