Nellie Power
Nellie Power (10 April 1854 – 19 January 1887) was the stage name of Ellen Maria Lingham, an English singer, actress and popular performer in Music Hall, Victorian burlesque and pantomime, achieving national fame.
She died from pleurisy at the age of 32. Her funeral attracted three to four thousand spectators at Abney Park Cemetery and a significant crowd formed at the start of the procession from her home.
Listen to Rowan Lennon tell the story of Abney Park Cemetery's most mellifluous resident.
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