Jessica Martin TV Weekly". Martin and Gary Wilmot went on to star in the West End hit show "Me and My Girl". They performed for two years at the Adelphi Theatre and did a national tour. Martin went on to play leading musical roles including Mabel in the 1996 production of "Mack and Mabel" at the Piccadilly Theatre, Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific", Mrs Lovett in "Sweeney Todd" and Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard". She also guest-starred in the 1988 "Doctor Who" serial "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy", starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor, in which she played a punk werewolf.
Nellie Farren 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 actress in the