Hedda Hopper In 2015, Helen Mirren played Hedda Hopper in the movie "Trumbo" directed by Jay Roach. In 2016, Tilda Swinton played in "Hail, Caesar!" the double part of Thora and Thessaly Thacker, two identical twin sister gossip columnists (mimicking the rivalry between Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, but both heavily based on Hopper herself). In 2017, in the first season of "Feud", Hopper was played by Judy Davis and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the portrayal of the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. The New York City Opera announced that it will stage the East Coast premiere
George Givot newspaper gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, notorious gangster Bugsy Siegel was a friend of Givot's and once inadvertently saved his life. Siegel persuaded the comedian to stay an extra day in Chicago; the plane he was going to take crashed, with the loss of 17 lives. George Givot died of a heart attack on June 7, 1984, in Palm Springs, California. His interment was in California. George Givot George David Givot (February 18, 1903 – June 7, 1984) was a Russian-born American comedian and actor on Broadway and in vaudeville, movies, television and radio. He was known for speaking in a