Nelly Savage was an showgirl and actress recognized for her very lengthy hair
She was born on March 5, 1893 in New York Metropolis. Her mom, Marie Savage,was a profitable opera singer. Nelly danced with the Fokine’s ballet and the Covent Backyard opera in London. In 1920 she made her Broadway debut in musical Mecca. Then she joined the forged of the Ziegfeld Follies. She shortly turned recognized for having the longest hair on the stage. Her darkish locks had been 36 3/4 inches lengthy! Nelly stared working as an additional and landed a small function within the 1923 movie The Mad Dancer. She turned mates with Natasha Rambova who received her a component in Rudolph Valentino’s drama Monsieur Beaucaire. D.W. Griffith forged her in his films Is not Life Great and The Sorrows Of Devil (she was usually credited as Nellie Savage).
In an interview she stated “Being a Follies lady would not actually assist you to a lot in Photos. A Follies lady until she’s occurs to be simply fortunate has to undergo the mill like another additional lady” . Nelly, who normally performed unique roles, was nicknamed “The Lady With The Candy Wickedness”. She returned to Broadway within the 1926 musical The Jeweled Tree. By 1930 her movie profession had stalled and he or she determined to stop present enterprise. Her closing movie was the drama the Gap In The Wall with Claudette Colbert. Nelly spent her later years dwelling in Florida. She died in December of 1969 on the age seventy-six.
