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Early Life

She was born in Sydney, to Ruth and Ross Campbell, a writer, who called her "Little Nell" in his family life column in the Sydney Daily Telegraph. Campbell has three siblings, two sisters and a brother, the older sister becoming a set designer, the younger an artist. She was never called Nell at home and was called Laura E. Campbell until around 17, when she actually went by the nickname of 'Sonny' (pronounced 'saw-nee'). She began dancing at the age of ten, after being diagnosed with Hepatitis A, to keep healthy. This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Ross Campbell (born 3 July 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League. ... The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ... Species Hepatitis A virus Hepatitis A (formerly known as infectious hepatitis) is an acute infectious disease of the liver caused by the hepatovirus hepatitis A virus. ...

Fame

She decided to use the name "Little Nell" as a stage name after her arrival in Britain in the early '70s with her family. She sold clothes at the Kensington Antique Market, her stall next to Freddie Mercury's. She also worked as a busker (a street performer) and her tap dancing is often noted as the reason why she was cast as Columbia in the original The Rocky Horror Show. She reprised the role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the end of 1974, and starred as Nurse Ansalong in the 1981 follow up, Shock Treatment. Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). ... The Rocky Horror Show is a long running stage musical (opening in London initially, on June 19, 1973) that inspired the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ... The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical comedy film that parodies horror films. ... This article is about the 1981 musical comedy film. ...

After The Rocky Horror Picture Show, she managed to sign a recording contract with A&M Records, producing three singles. “Do The Swim” was a moderate hit in 1976, and she also created a disco version of the classic "Fever" in 1978. A fourth and last single to date, "Beauty Queen" was recorded in 1980. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical comedy film that parodies horror films. ... A&M Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Universal Music Group. ...

Campbell has also appeared in several stage productions, including the Off-Broadway play You Should Be So Lucky and the Broadway play NINE. She co-starred as Sandra LeMon in the British TV series Rock Follies of '77. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Rock Follies, and its sequel, Rock Follies of 77, was an innovative and groundbreaking comedy musical drama shown on British television in the mid 1970s. ...

From the mid-1980s to 1998, she eventually owned three nightclubs in New York. There was Kiosk and E&O, and she sold the most famous, (which started in 1985) called Nell's, in 1998, right before she gave birth to Matilda Violet, with Eamonn Roche, her ex-boyfriend and business partner. Nell’s was known from turning away celebrities such as Cher. At least two music videos were shot there, including one for The Notorious B.I.G and one for Dana McCoy. Nell was said to have danced on the tables, sometimes provocatively and often perform songs on stage. A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the UK) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... Nells (or Nells) was a nightclub in downtown Manhattan. ... Christopher Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), also known as Biggie Smalls (the moniker of a deceased producer who was a friend of his, Stretchs and 2Pacs, and the subject of 2Pac and Stretchs song God Bless the Dead) and Frank White (from the film King...

She has also written magazine articles, including regular segments called MamaTalks and FirstLook in the now defunct Talk Magazine, starting in the December 1999 issue. Talk was a popular American magazine edited by Tina Brown. ...

Campbell returned to Australia after selling her Boerum Hill house in Brooklyn to actor Heath Ledger in December 2005. Heath Andrew Ledger (born April 4, 1979) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor. ...

Discography

Singles

• The Musical World of Little Nell (Aquatic Teenage Sex & Squalor) (1976)
• Fever 7" (1978)
• Fever Remix (1978)
• Beauty Queen (1980)

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

Soundtracks & Cast Recordings

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

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Films

• 1974: Barry Mackenzie Holds His Own as Nerida Brealey
• 1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Columbia
• 1975: Lisztomania as Olga
• 1975: Alfie Darling as a party guest
• 1976 Sebastiane as the Emperor's guest (uncredited)
• 1977: Jubilee as Crabs
• 1977: Journey Among Women as Meg
• 1978: Summer Of Secrets as Kym
• 1981: Shock Treatment as Nurse Ansalong
• 1981: Pink Floyd The Wall as a groupie.
• 1984: Stanley: Every Home Should Have One as Amy Benton
• 1984: The Killing Fields as Morgan
• 1985: I Wanna Be a Beauty Queen as the opening act
• 1998: Great Expectations as Erica Thrall
• 1999: Joe Gould's Secret as Tamara
• 2000: The Intern as the host

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Theatre

• 1973: The Rocky Horror Show, at The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs
• 1975: And They Used to Star in Movies, at the Soho Theatre
• 1977: A Street Car Named Desire, at the Oxford Playhouse
• 1978: Stoop, in London
• 1985: Women Behind Bars, at the Footbridge Theatre at Sydney University
• 1994: You Should Be So Lucky, off-Broadway
• 2003: NINE, on Broadway
• Censored Scenes From King Kong, at the Open Space Theatre

The Rocky Horror Show is a long running stage musical (opening in London initially, on June 19, 1973) that inspired the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ...

TV Roles

• 1977: Rock Follies of '77 as Sandra LeMon
• 1977: It'll Be Alright on The Night as Herself
• 1979: Hazel as Pamela
• 1979: Shoestring as Joanna Lomas
• 1980: Dead Man's Kit as Zoe Summers
• 1983: Bererarc as Mrs. Moberley
• 1984: TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes as Herself
• 1987: Saturday Night Live as Herself
• 1993: Tracy Takes On New York
• 1995: Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show as Herself
• 2001: Visible Panty Lines as Herself

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External links

• Nell Campbell at the Internet Movie Database
• Nell's World
• Little Nell at RockyMusic.org