Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper was an American actress and one of Americas bestknown gossip columnists, notorious for feuding with her archrival Louella Parsons. She had been a moderately successful actress of stage and screen for years before being offered the chance to write the column Hedda Hoppers Hollywood for the Los Angeles Times in 1938. In the McCarthy era she named suspected Communists. Hopper continued to write gossip to the end, her work appearing in many magazines and later on radio.

Hopper was born Elda Furry in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Margaret and David Furry, a butcher, both members of the German Baptist Brethren. Her siblings included Dora, Sherman, Cameron, Edgar, Frank and Margaret. Her family was of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. The family moved to Altoona when Elda was three.

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