Hedda Hopper

She died in and was interred in Altoona, Pennsylvania. This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica.. She also briefly appeared as herself in the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. Her various volumes of reminiscences contain much valuable material for the social and dramatic history of the period. She also had several acting roles during the latter part of her career, and made a cameo appearance in the 1950s television show I Love Lucy. These were followed by Records of a Girlhood (1878), Records of Later Life (1882), Notes on some of Shakespeare's Plays (1882), Far Away and Long Ago (1889), and Further Records (1891). She remained active as a writer until her death, producing six daily columns and a Sunday column for the Chicago Tribune syndicate, as well as writing for celebrity magazines like Photoplay. Besides her plays, Francis the First, unsuccessfully produced in 1832, The Star of Seville (1837), a volume of Poems (1844), and a book of Italian travel, A Year of Consolation (1847), she published a volume of her Journal in 1835, and in 1863 another (dealing with life on the Georgia plantation), and also a volume of Plays, including translations from Dumas and Schiller.

In 1937 she started a career as a gossip columnist, and in 1939 The Hedda Hopper Show debuted with Hopper as host, running until 1951. During this period Fanny Kemble was a prominent and popular figure in the social life of London. She made her screen debut in 1916 with Battle of Hearts and appeared in supporting roles in dozens of films through the early 1930s, usually portraying society women. In 1877 she returned to England, where she lived in London using her maiden name till her death. She was active on the stage before her marriage in 1913 to matinee idol DeWolf Hopper, whom she divorced in 1921. In 1847 she returned to the stage, from which she had retired on her marriage, and later, following her father's example, appeared with much success as a Shakespearian reader. Hedda Hopper was born Elda Furry in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. They were divorced in 1849.

Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 - February 1, 1966) was an American actress and newspaper gossip columnist. In 1832 she went with her father to America, and in 1834 she married there a Southern planter, Pierce Butler. She played all the principal women's parts, notably Portia, Beatrice and Lady Teazle, but Julia in Sheridan Knowles's The Hunchback, especially written for her, was perhaps her greatest success. Her attractive personality at once made her a great favorite, her popularity enabling her father to recoup his losses as a manager. She first appeared on the stage on October 26, 1829 as Juliet at Covent Garden.

Frances Anne Kemble (Fanny Kemble) (November 27, 1800 - January 15, 1893), the actress and author, was Charles Kemble's elder daughter; she was born in London, and educated chiefly in France.