A successful career as a film and TV actress in Los Angeles was followed by a move to New York where Nellie immersed herself in directing and producing plays. In 1998 she discovered a play called "The Man Who Was Peter Pan" written by fellow 42nd Street WorkShop member, Allan Knee. She saw it clearly as a film, and after optioning the play, found then unknown writer, David Magee, and commissioned him to write the screenplay. With the help of many people (Tracey Becker, Michelle Sy, Joan Scott, Marti Blumenthal) Nellie got it set up at Miramax Films, where Harvey Weinstein saw its potential. Thus, the film "Finding Neverland" was shot in London in 2002, starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. It premiered in LA in late October, 2004 and was nominated for 7 Oscars and 11 BAFTA awards, among others. Since then, Nellie has produced "Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day", and after returning to Los Angeles in 2013 has 5 more features in development, among them "Road to Oz" (by Josh Golden) at New Line, in association with fellow producer, Beau Flynn.
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Biography from IMDb.
- May 1, 1946 (80)
- Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Actor and producer
- 14 on MovieCove · 20 credits in all
Known for
What are Nellie Bellflower's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Mentoras Princess Ariel in Thundarr the Barbarian (1980)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nellie Bellflower's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Nellie Bellflower's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
20 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Finding Neverland(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Celebration Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Night Partners(1983)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Last Unicorn(1982)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Flight of Dragons(1982)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
East of Eden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Thundarr the Barbarian(1980)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
The Return of the King(1980)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Americathon(1979)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all filmsRendezvous Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Tunnel Vision(1976)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Starsky and Hutch(1975)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Barney Miller(1975)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Paper Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Happy Days(1974)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Career shape
Star power in the 81st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles from 1955 to 2008.
Film career
- 1979Screen debut· Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Nellie Bellflower's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 10; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Nellie Bellflower work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nellie Bellflower's MovieCove titles; David Magee shares the most, 2.
- David MageeShared titles: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Finding Neverland (2004)See all 2 shared titles with David Magee
