Add/Update Information: Portia Nelson - Actor

An American actress and singer, born in Utah and grew up on a Mormon family farm. She learned to play the piano at an early stage, and after two years at Weber College in Utah, she moved to Los Angeles, where she worked as a secretary for a short time for director André de Toth, and she was a secretary in the publicity department at United Artists Pictures. Among her credits are The Sound of Music (1965), Doctor Dolittle (1967), and The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967). She died on March 6, 2001.