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Laura Elizabeth Campbell (born 24 May 1953), better known as Nell Campbell or by her stage name Little Nell, is an Australian actress, singer, and former club owner. She is best known for her role as Columbia in the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the original stage play from which it was adapted. Campbell released her EP, The Musical World of Little Nell (Aquatic Teenage Sex & Squalor), through A&M Records in 1978. She appeared as Nurse Ansalong in the 1981 film Shock Treatment.

Nell Campbell
Campbell at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2019
Born	Laura Elizabeth Campbell (1953-05-24) 24 May 1953 (age 69) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other names	Little Nell
Occupation	Actress singer club owner
Years active	1973–present
Children	1
Relatives	Cressida Campbell (sister)
Musical career
Genres	Pop disco
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	A&M Records Festival Records
Musical artist

Early life

Campbell was born in Sydney, to Ruth and Ross Campbell. Ross, a writer,[1] referred to her as "Little Nell" (after a character in Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop) in his family life column in the Sydney Daily Telegraph. She grew up with three siblings: Sally, Patrick, and Cressida. Elder sister Sally was a property master, a set designer, and (subsequently) a fashion designer; younger sister Cressida Campbell is an artist; elder brother Patrick (who died in 2020) was a solar engineer at the University of New South Wales. Nell began dancing when she was 10, in order to remain healthy following being diagnosed with hepatitis A. She was called Laura E. Campbell until the age of about 17, when she went by the nickname "Sonny" (pronounced to rhyme with "Donny"), short for "Sonata". She attended high school at Abbotsleigh School for Girls in Sydney, supporting herself as a waitress.

Career

Campbell decided to use the name "Little Nell" as a stage name after her arrival in Britain in the early 1970s with her family. She sold clothes at Kensington Market; her stall was next to Freddie Mercury's.^{[citation needed]} She also worked as a busker and as a soda jerk in a café, where her tap dancing is often noted as the reason why she was cast as Columbia in the original production of The Rocky Horror Show following an impromptu audition.[2] She reprised the role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show,[3] released in 1975, and starred as Nurse Ansalong in the 1981 sequel, Shock Treatment.

After The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Campbell signed a recording contract with A&M Records. Her debut single was "Stilettos and Lipstick" backed with "Do the Swim", released in 1975. She also recorded a disco version of the song "Fever" in 1976, which was again backed with "Do the Swim". The B-side of both of these releases became better-known, perhaps helped by a performance on British television in which she accidentally (and repeatedly) exposed her breasts. While edited out of the original broadcast in 1975, the unedited version was shown worldwide on bloopers shows (beginning with the British show It'll be Alright on the Night in 1977).[4] Following this notoriety, another effort was made to promote the recordings made in 1975 and 1976. In 1978, a "triple B-side" extended play titled The Musical World of Little Nell (Aquatic Teenage Sex & Squalor) was released which featured both "Do the Swim" and "Stillettos and Lipstick" along with the track "Dance that Cocktail Latin Way" (also known as "Tropical Isle") which originally appeared as the B-side of her second single from 1976. Following some success with the EP, the other two tracks, singles "Fever" and "See You Round like a Record", were released as a single but that was to be her last release on A&M. A final single, "Beauty Queen" from the film The Alternative Miss World, was released on PRE Records in 1980.

Campbell has also appeared in several stage productions, including the Off-Broadway play You Should Be So Lucky and the Broadway musical Nine.[5] She appeared as Sandra LeMon in the British TV series Rock Follies of '77.

In 1986, Campbell opened the nightclub Nell's on West 14th Street in Manhattan (New York) with Keith McNally and Lynn Wagenknecht. In 1995 she opened two restaurants in New York: The Kiosk (uptown) and E&O (downtown). Nell's was sold in 1998 to Noel Ashman and his business partner, actor Chris Noth, right before Campbell gave birth to her daughter, Matilda Violet, with ex-boyfriend and business partner, Eamon Roche.^{[citation needed]} The club closed in 2004.[6]

Campbell has written several magazine articles, including regular segments called "MamaTalks" and "FirstLook" in the now defunct Talk magazine, starting in the December 1999 issue.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Barry McKenzie Holds His Own	Nerida Brealey	Australian feature film
1975	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	Columbia (A Groupie)	Feature film UK
	Lisztomania	Olga
	Alfie Darling	Party Guest	Feature film UK
1976	Summer of Secrets	Kym	Australian feature film
1977	Jubilee	Crabs	Feature film UK
	Journey Among Women	Meg	Australian feature film
1980	The Alternative Miss World	Herself
1981	Shock Treatment	Nurse Ansalong	Feature film US
1982	Pink Floyd – The Wall	A Groupie	Feature film UK
1983	Dead on Time	Female Teller	Short film
	Stanley: Every Home Should Have One	Amy Benton	Australian feature film
1984	The Killing Fields	Beth	Feature film US
1985	I Wanna Be a Beauty Queen	The Opening Act
1998	Great Expectations	Erica Thrall
2000	Joe Gould's Secret	Tamara
	The Intern	The Host
2013	The Last Impresario	Herself	Australian feature film documentary
2019	Palm Beach	Unimpressed Grandmother	Australian feature film
2021	Seriously Red	Doc Nell

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	The London Weekend Show	Herself / Performer	1 episode
1977	Rock Follies of '77	Sandra LeMon	6 episodes
	It'll be Alright on the Night	Herself
1979	Hazell	Pamela	1 episode
	Shoestring	Joanna Lomas
1980	Armchair Thriller	Zoe Summers	3 episodes
1981	Funny Man	Fiona	1 episode
1981	Countdown	Little Nell performs “Beauty Queen”	Australian TV music show
1983	Bergerac	Mrs. Moberley
1984	TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes	Herself	1 episode
1987	Saturday Night Live	Herself / Performer	1 episode
1989	After Dark	Herself
1993	Tracey Ullman Takes on New York	Herself
1995	Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show	Herself	Video
2001	Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines	Herself
2008	Spicks and Specks	Herself 2 episodes	Australian music quiz show
2010	Rake	Flick Moyers	Australian TV series
2016	Today Extra	Herself	Australian TV show
2018	Horror Kung-Fu Theatre	Herself
2020	Midnight Movie Macabre	Herself
2021	The Morning Show	Herself	Australian TV show
2022	Studio 10	Herself	Australian TV show
2022	Weekend Sunrise	Herself	Australian TV show

Theatre

• 1973: The Rocky Horror Show, at The Royal Court Theatre
• 1975: And They Used to Star in Movies, at the Soho Theatre
• 1976: The Rocky Horror Show, in Australia
• 1977: A Streetcar Named Desire, at the Oxford Playhouse
• 1977: Censored Scenes From King Kong, at the Open Space Theatre
• 1985: Women Behind Bars, at the Footbridge Theatre at Sydney University
• 2003: NINE, on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
• 2006: The Rocky Horror Tribute Show, The Royal Court Theatre

Discography

Singles / EPs

• "Stillettos and Lipstick" / "Do the Swim" (A&M, 1975)
• "See You Round like a Record" / "Dance that Cocktail Latin Way" (A&M, 1976)
• "Fever" / "Do the Swim" (A&M, 1976)
• The Musical World of Little Nell (Aquatic Teenage Sex & Squalor) (A&M, 1978)
• "Fever" / "See You Round like a Record" (reissue) (A&M, 1978)
• "Beauty Queen" (Pre Records, 1980)

Guest vocals

• Tuff Little Surfer Boy (featured as "Roxanne" for the song by Truth & Beauty) (1974)

Soundtracks and Cast Recordings

• The Rocky Horror Show (Original London Cast) (1973)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
• Shock Treatment (1981)

References

External links

• Website
• Nell Campbell at IMDb
• Little Nell at RockyMusic.org

На других языках

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[de] Nell Campbell

Laura „Little Nell“ Campbell (* 24. Mai 1953 in Sydney) ist eine australische Schauspielerin und Sängerin.

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[it] Nell Campbell

Laura Elisabeth "Little Nell" Campbell (Sydney, 24 maggio 1953) è un'attrice e cantante australiana.

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