Janet Blair Man" (both 1948), but was dropped by Columbia and did not return to pictures for several years. She made a rare dramatic appearance in the British horror film "Night of the Eagle" (1962). She played the wife of Tony Randall in the comedy "Boys' Night Out", a motion picture released in the same year, which starred James Garner and Kim Novak. In 1950, Blair took the lead role of Nellie Forbush in the U.S touring production of the stage musical "South Pacific", making more than 1,200 performances in three years. "[I] never missed a performance", she noted proudly. During the
Nellie Farren named after her. Nellie Farren Ellen "Nellie" Farren (16 April 1848 – 29 April 1904) was an English actress and singer best known for her roles as the "principal boy" in musical burlesques at the Gaiety Theatre. Born into a theatrical family, Farren began acting as a child. She made her professional adult debut in 1864 and joined the company at London's Olympic Theatre, performing in Shakespeare, contemporary comedies, dramas and musical burlesques. From 1868 to 1892, she performed at the Gaiety Theatre, which specialised in musical burlesque, becoming famous in the male and principal boy roles, which permitted an