Biografia

Her gossip column had a rich assortment of attacks on several film stars of the day. In particular, Joan Bennett was Hopper's No. 1 subject of disdain. In response, Bennett mailed Hopper a skunk as a Valentine's Day gift in 1950 with a note that read, "You Stink!".

She died on the same day as Buster Keaton, her co-star in The Stolen Jools (1931), Pernas de Perfil (1932) and Crepúsculo dos Deuses (1950).

Mother of actor William Hopper

Hedda's husband, DeWolf Hopper Sr., was the one who made Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat" famous, performing it over 10,000 times.

Comedian Red Skelton once painted a rather cartoonish portrait in oil of Hedda and gave it to her. Her son William Hopper owned the work until his death. Today it is worth about $22,000.

[on her acerbic writing style] Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.

[on Hollywood] Our town worships success, the bitch goddess whose smile hides a taste for blood.

[on Hollywood] Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.

I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece.

In Hollywood gratitude is Public Enemy Number One.