Isabella Hoopes

Isabella Hoopes was an American film and television actress. She was born in Chester, Pennsylvania on April 21st, 1893. In 1968, Isabella Hoopes played the role of Bertha Blum in the 1968 true crime film, The Boston Strangler.

In 1969, Isabella played the role of elderly Edith Collins on the 1966-1971 daytime soap opera Dark Shadows. She made four appearances on the series as her character and one appearance as the Ghost of Edith Collins.

Isabella Hoopes passed away in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York on August 7th, 1987 at the age of 94.

Notes & Trivia

 * Isabella was one of two actresses on Dark Shadows to play the role of Edith Collins. The other was Terry Crawford, who played a young Edith in a storyline known as the "1840 Flashback".


 * Isabella Hoopes passed away on the same date as fellow Dark Shadows actress Grayson Hall, but outlived her by two years.


 * Isabella Hoopes shares a birthday with Dark Shadows actor Tom Gorman, who was born in 1908.


 * Isabella Hoopes is the only Dark Shadows actress who was actually alive when the "1897 Flashback" storyline took place.

Other works

 * Isabella's first credited work was the 1958 television movie Wonderful Town where she played a woman named Mrs. Wade.


 * In 1968 she played Bertha Blum in The Boston Stranger. This was shortly before her work on Dark Shadows.


 * In 1972 she played an elderly woman in Cancel My Reservation.


 * In 1974 she had a bit role as a woman on a platform in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.


 * Isabella's final film work was playing another elderly lady in the 1984 movie Grace Quigley.