Briercliffe, Nellie (1889–1966)
Briercliffe, Nellie (1889–1966)
English actress and singer. Born 1889 in England; died Dec 12, 1966; m. George Thirlwater Phillipson (div.).
Made London debut in A Dear Little Wife (1913); was a popular member of D'Oyly Carte Co. (1914–18, 1919–20, 1929–30); appeared at the Adelphi in the musical Our Boys (1918–19), followed by The Wild Geese, Kate, A Most Immoral Lady and Escape; appears on all 7 full-length D'Oyly Carte recordings made for H.M.V. (1929–32), as Phoebe, Edith, Iolanthe, Hebe, Angela, Margaret and Melissa.
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