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If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.
Nellie Melba
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Nellie Melba
Age: 69 †
Born: 1861
Born: May 19
Died: 1931
Died: January 1
Autobiographer
Opera Singer
Operatic Soprano
Singer
Melbourne
Australia
Dame Nellie Melba
Helen Porter Mitchell
Helen Porter Armstrong
Helping
Art
Women
Housemaid
Best
Housemaids
Australia
Perfection
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