Hedda Hopper

Biography

Elda Furry, known professionally as Hedda Hopper, was an American actress and gossip columnist born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on May 2, 1885. A moderate success on stage and screen, she became a renowned gossip columnist, commanding a massive readership of over 35 million at the height of her influence in the 1940s. Her writing was marked by strong conservative views and a role in naming suspected communists during the McCarthy era.