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Robert Ames, Ina Claire, and Hedda Hopper in Rebound (1931)

Phillips Holmes and Hedda Hopper in Beauty for Sale (1933)

Hedda Hopper, Larry Kent, Bert Lytell, and Edna Murphy in Obey the Law (1926)

Hedda Hopper and Jack Mulhall in Pleasures of the Rich (1926)

Hedda Hopper and Catherine Dale Owen in Such Men Are Dangerous (1930)

Edward Everett Horton, Robert Ames, Mabel Forrest, Creighton Hale, Ann Harding, and Hedda Hopper in Holiday (1930)

Owen Davis Jr., Hedda Hopper, and Louise Latimer in Bunker Bean (1936)

Cliff Edwards, Hedda Hopper, and Joan Marsh in Shipmates (1931)

Elmo Billings, Mario Carillo, Estelle Clark, Douglas Gilmore, Hedda Hopper, Joyzelle Joyner, Belva McKay, Conrad Nagel, and Claire Windsor in Dance Madness (1926)

Gustav von Seyffertitz, Hedda Hopper, Nance O'Neil, and Catherine Dale Owen in His Glorious Night (1929)

Helena D'Algy, Hedda Hopper, Daniel Makarenko, Jack Rollens, Evelyn Selbie, and Lou Tellegen in The Silver Treasure (1926)

Hedda Hopper and May Robson in Men Must Fight (1933)

Lew Ayres, Hedda Hopper, and Dorothy Revier in Night World (1932)

William Collier Sr., Janet Gaynor, and Hedda Hopper in High Society Blues (1930)

Joan Fontaine, Hedda Hopper, and Hilda Vaughn in Maid's Night Out (1938)

Eleanor Boardman, Hedda Hopper, and Conrad Nagel in Sinners in Silk (1924)

June Allyson, Hedda Hopper, and Dinah Shore

Helen Hayes, Hedda Hopper, and Mary Martin

Gene Kelly, Jackie Gleason, and Hedda Hopper in Gigot (1962)

Gene Kelly, Jackie Gleason, and Hedda Hopper

Cosmo Kyrle Bellew and Hedda Hopper in Men Call It Love (1931)

Bob Hope, Ginger Rogers, Jerry Colonna, and Hedda Hopper

"Ingrid Bergman Party" Hedda Hopper, Ingrid Bergman

"The Beverly Hillbillies" Hedda Hopper, Irene Ryan circa 1966

Elizabeth Taylor and columnist Hedda Hopper on the set of "Giant"

Clark Gable and Hedda Hopper during the filming of "Huckster, The." 1947 MGM

Ciro's Nightclub George Gobel, Hedda Hopper, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher c. 1955

Louella Parsons (left), Hedda Hopper (far right), 1939. Gossip Columnists, rarely photographed together,

Clive Brook, Louise Fazenda, Rockliffe Fellowes, Corinne Griffith, Gale Henry, Hedda Hopper, Lloyd Hughes, Bertram Johns, Eddie Lyons, Lilyan Tashman, and Paul Weigel in Déclassé (1925)

Louise Beavers, Sally Blane, Minna Gombell, Hedda Hopper, and Linda Watkins in Good Sport (1931)

Gloria Holden, Hedda Hopper, and Edward Van Sloan in Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Tom Breneman, Nat 'King' Cole, Bonita Granville, Hedda Hopper, Zasu Pitts, Andy Russell, and Edward Ryan in Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)

Hedda Hopper in Has the World Gone Mad! (1923)

George Barbier, Eleanor Holm, Hedda Hopper, George Meeker, and Glenn Morris in Tarzan's Revenge (1938)

Hedda Hopper in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)

William B. Davidson, Charles K. Gerrard, and Hedda Hopper in Conceit (1921)

Her father was a butcher. In 1913 she met and married matinée idol DeWolf Hopper Sr. and in 1915 they moved to Hollywood, where both began active film careers. He became a star with Triangle Company, she began in vamp parts and turned to supporting roles. After her divorce she appeared in dozens of films, becoming known as "Queen of the Quickies". In 1936 she started a gossipy radio show and two years later commenced a 28-year stint as a newspaper gossip columnist, rival of Louella Parsons. In her last films she mostly played herself, a tribute to her influence in Hollywood. Her son became famous as investigator Paul Drake in the Perry Mason (1957) series.

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