Nellie Lamport

Nellie Lamport (c. 1890 – 22 June 1969) was an Australian actress, known for playing the cook Hilda in the long-running ABC radio serial Blue Hills and its predecessor The Lawsons.

Biography

She was born and grew up in Southampton, England and joined the chorus of a travelling company. She married mining engineer Godfrey Stevenson and in 1911 they emigrated to Queensland. They later moved to Northwood, New South Wales, where she became an avid gardener.[1]

She was a leading member of the Studio Theatre Club.[2]

Her husband died on 20 November 1941[3] and Lamport sold up and moved into a house in Regent Street, Sydney.[1]

She died after four years' care in a private hospital in Sydney.

References
  1. ""Hilda" For 2439 Episodes". The Sydney Morning Herald (36, 130). New South Wales, Australia. 8 October 1953. p. 9. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Personal". The Sydney Morning Herald (30, 349). New South Wales, Australia. 11 April 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Probate Jurisdiction". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (5). New South Wales, Australia. 9 January 1942. p. 99. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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