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name: "Nell Campbell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nell-campbell"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 May 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T09:13:49.637554+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Nell Campbell

Actor. Born 24 May 1953 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 May 1953, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 1976–1998
- **Also known as:** Laura Campbell, Little Nell
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 62 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Campbell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273092, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0132752/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13476

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Great Expectations*](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-1998.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nell Campbell, also known as Little Nell, is an Australian actress and singer. Born Laura Elizabeth Campbell on 24 May 1953 in Sydney, she trained in ballet, modern dance, tap and singing from the age of ten. After moving to London at 18, she worked as a busker before being cast as Columbia in the original stage production of The Rocky Horror Show.

She reprised the role in the 1975 film *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* and appeared as Nurse Ansalong in the 1981 sequel *Shock Treatment*. Other film roles include Beth in *The Killing Fields* (1984) and Erica Thrall in *Great Expectations* (1998). She also played Sandra in the television series *Rock Follies of '77*.

Campbell released an EP, *The Musical World of Little Nell*, in 1978 and opened the New York nightclub Nell's in 1986, which she ran until 2004. Her sister is the artist Cressida Campbell.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Great Expectations* (1998), Fi1m 62, as Erica Thall — [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-1998.md)
- *The Killing Fields* (1984), Fi1m 82, as Beth — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Seriously Red* (2022), as Doc Nell
- *The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream* (2020), as Columbia
- *Palm Beach* (2019), as Woman in Shop
- *Rocky Horror Tribute Show* (2008), as Columbia
- *Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special* (2000), Actor
- *Joe Gould's Secret* (2000), as Tamar (Hostess)
- *Intern* (2000), as Lady #4
- *Great Expectations* (1998), as Erica Thall — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-1998.md)
- *Tracey Ullman Takes on New York* (1993), Actor
- *The Killing Fields* (1984), as Beth — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-fields.md)
- *Stanley: Every Home Should Have One* (1984), as Amy Benton
- *Dead on Time* (1983), as Female Teller
- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), as Groupie
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Mrs Moberley
- *Shock Treatment* (1981), as Nurse Ansalong
- *The Rocky Horror Treatment* (1981), as (archive footage)
- *Dead Man's Kit* (1980), as Zoe Summers
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, as Joanna Lomas
- *Jubilee* (1978), as Crabs (as Little Nell)
- *Journey Among Women* (1977), as Meg
- *Summer of Secrets* (1976), as Kym
- *Sebastiane* (1976), as Emperor's Guest
- *Rock Follies* (1976), series, as Sandra
- *Lisztomania* (1975), as Olga Janina
- *The Rocky Horror Picture Show* (1975), as Columbia
- *Alfie Darling* (1975), as Party Guest
- *Barry McKenzie Holds His Own* (1974), as Nerida Brealey
- *Ulla's Fete* (1974), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Nell Campbell](https://film.one/media/person/160894/gallery-927393b81ab1.jpg) Nell Campbell — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Nell_Campbell_May_2015.jpg/1280px-Nell_Campbell_May_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell speaking at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to ](https://film.one/media/person/160894/gallery-571bcf92e0c5.jpg) Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell speaking at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to  — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Barry_Bostwick%2C_Patricia_Quinn_%26_Nell_Campbell_%2817626430773%29.jpg/1280px-Barry_Bostwick%2C_Patricia_Quinn_%26_Nell_Campbell_%2817626430773%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell speaking at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to ](https://film.one/media/person/160894/gallery-b957dc3dc391.jpg) Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell speaking at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to  — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Barry_Bostwick%2C_Patricia_Quinn_%26_Nell_Campbell_%2818059300748%29.jpg/1280px-Barry_Bostwick%2C_Patricia_Quinn_%26_Nell_Campbell_%2818059300748%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell speaking at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to ](https://film.one/media/person/160894/gallery-a774472e473a.jpg) Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell speaking at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to  — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Barry_Bostwick%2C_Patricia_Quinn_%26_Nell_Campbell_%2818220647386%29.jpg/1280px-Barry_Bostwick%2C_Patricia_Quinn_%26_Nell_Campbell_%2818220647386%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell speaking at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to ](https://film.one/media/person/160894/gallery-2b9dd42a86ef.jpg) Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell speaking at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to  — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Barry_Bostwick%2C_Patricia_Quinn_%26_Nell_Campbell_%2818220866096%29.jpg/1280px-Barry_Bostwick%2C_Patricia_Quinn_%26_Nell_Campbell_%2818220866096%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell speaking at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to ](https://film.one/media/person/160894/gallery-a6052817d2fa.jpg) Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell speaking at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to  — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Barry_Bostwick%2C_Patricia_Quinn_%26_Nell_Campbell_%2818243334232%29.jpg/1280px-Barry_Bostwick%2C_Patricia_Quinn_%26_Nell_Campbell_%2818243334232%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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