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    Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown, The

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    17-year-old Jamaican pop singer Millie Small – whose My Boy Lollipop single sold 1.5 million copies – made her acting debut in this Anglia Television production, which aired on ITV on 28 December 1964 in the Play of the Week timeslot.

    Millie played Selina Brown, a lonely and disillusioned young Jamaican girl who hit the road to travel from Liverpool to London to spend her first ever English Christmas with her glamorous “world famous” second cousin, Lillabelle Astor (Elisabeth Welch).

    Her high expectations (she’s dreaming of crunchy snow, holly and carol singers) differ from reality.

    But the people she meets along the way – including elderly down-and-out stage magician Jasper Waxo (Ron Moody) and lorry driver Dave (Bryan Mosley) – make this a joyful celebration of companionship and community.

    Lillabelle turns out to be broke, but rather than disillusion Selina she pretends to be “Nellie”, her own maid – a trick which has a fairytale ending.

    The writer was Robert Gould. John Jacobs directed. The musical play featured seven new songs composed by Dolores Claman with lyrics by Robert Gould himself.

    Selina Brown
    Millie Small
    Jasper Waxo
    Ron Moody
    Lillabelle Astor/Nellie
    Elisabeth Welch
    Mr Johnson
    Harry Baird
    Dave
    Bryan Mosley
    Mr Hallan
    Tommy Godfery
    Miss Pike
    Patsy Smart
    Selina’s Mother
    Louise Nelson
    Hector
    Kenny Lynch
    Mrs Mac
    Virginia Clay
    Miss Pendleton
    Avril Fane
    Mr Jerome
    David Perry
    Ticket Clerk
    George Betton

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