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. | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1917–1926 | spouse = Paul Hurst }} '''Hedda Nova''' (May 15, 1899 – January 16, 1981) was a Russian-born American film actress.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goble |first1=Alan |title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film |date=1999 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |page=30}}</ref>

==Biography== Born on May 15, 1899, in Odessa,<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> Nova received her schooling at a Parisian convent.<ref name="nj">{{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}}</ref>

Nova appeared in 16 films, mostly westerns, from 1917 through 1926.<ref name="bd" /> ''The Spitfire of Seville'' (1919) provided her first starring role.<ref name=nj/> In 1926, she was featured in a six-episode series of two-reel jungle films produced by Chesterfield.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Nova was married to Paul Hurst, an actor, director and screenwriter.<ref name="bd">{{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}}</ref> She died on January 16, 1981, aged 81, in Atascadero, California.

==Selected filmography== * ''The Bar Sinister'' (1917)<ref name=":0" /> * ''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== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0636763}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nova, Hedda}} Category:1899 births Category:1981 deaths Category:Russian film actresses Category:Russian silent film actresses Category:Actresses from Odesa Category:Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Category:Western (genre) film actresses Category:Film serial actresses