Nell Bowen — Bedlam Character Profile

About Nell Bowen

Lord Mortimer's protégée who seeks asylum reform with John Wilkes, is falsely committed by Mortimer and Sims, gains inmate trust through compassionate care, and is eventually rescued by Hannay.

Nell Bowen — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Anna Lee

Appears in

Bedlam (1946)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Nell Bowen — Social Friend — Dorothea the Dove (Joan Newton)

  Acquaintance or friend

• Nell Bowen — Narrative Helper — Sidney Long (Ian Wolfe)

  Ally who helps Nell

• Nell Bowen — Conflict Antagonist — George Sims (Boris Karloff)

  Primary conflict in the story

• Nell Bowen — Alliance Political Ally — 'That Devil' Wilkes (Leyland Hodgson)

  Work together to reform the asylum

• Nell Bowen — Romantic Interest — The Stonemason (Richard Fraser)

  Develops a closer relationship by the end

• Nell Bowen — Professional Mentor — Lord Mortimer (Billy House)

  Mentor and protégée relationship

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More characters from Bedlam

• George Sims (Boris Karloff)
• Lord Mortimer (Billy House)
• The Stonemason (Richard Fraser)
• Podge (uncredited) (Larry Wheat)
• The Gilded Boy (Glen Vernon)
• Sidney Long (Ian Wolfe)
• Inmate (uncredited) (Ted Billings)
• Betty, Queen of the Artichokes (uncredited) (Ellen Corby)
• Dan (uncredited) (Robert Clarke)
• Solomon (uncredited) (John Beck)
• Warder (uncredited) (Bruce Edwards)
• Varney (uncredited) (Skelton Knaggs)