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Nell Campbell on The Rocky Horror Picture Show

2022

Nell Campbell on The Rocky Horror Picture Show

2022

  • NFSA IDTK71VBK3
  • TypeOral History
  • MediumAudio
  • FormOral history
  • GenresMusic Theatre (includes Music Hall), Musical, Biographical
  • Year2022

Actor Nell Campbell in conversation with Sean O’Brien.

In this clip Nell, also known by her stage name Little Nell, talks about the birth of the 'Time Warp' and her star turn as the tap-dancing character Columbia in the original London stage production, and then in the film version, of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975).

Nell Campbell has had a long and successful career as an actor, singer and nightclub impresario.

She has appeared in films such as Journey Among Women (Tom Cowan, 1977) and Jubilee (Darek Jarman, 1978); released the EP The Musical World of Little Nell (1978); and ran the legendary New York nightclub, Nell’s.

Actor Nell Campbell in conversation with Sean O’Brien.

In this clip Nell, also known by her stage name Little Nell, talks about the birth of the 'Time Warp' and her star turn as the tap-dancing character Columbia in the original London stage production, and then in the film version, of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975).

Nell Campbell has had a long and successful career as an actor, singer and nightclub impresario.

She has appeared in films such as Journey Among Women (Tom Cowan, 1977) and Jubilee (Darek Jarman, 1978); released the EP The Musical World of Little Nell (1978); and ran the legendary New York nightclub, Nell’s.

  • Interviewer
    Sean O’Brien
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