- Mother of Arthur Last (born Arthur Howard Last 1913, died 18 May 1979) and Clifford Last (born Frank Clifford Last, 13 December 1918, died 1991). Arthur Last occasionally acted on the BBC, he became a bookbinder and had his own bookshop, he was Ian Fleming's bookbinder for some time. Clifford Last emigrated to Australia in 1947 and went on to become a noted sculptor.
- Portrayed by Victoria Wood in Housewife, 49 (2005).
- As part of the government's wartime Mass Observation scheme, she kept a very detailed diary of the ways in which the Second World War affected her life as a housewife in the Lancashire ship-building town of Barrow-in-Furness, describing the changing role of women in 1940s Britain as a result of the war, her reactions to her sons' wartime service and injuries, and her love/hate relationship with her dour and depressed husband.
- Grandmother of Peter Last (born 11 June 1948), Christopher Last (born 1951) and Jerry Last (born Jeremy Last, 1954).
- Nella's husband Will Last was born William Arthur S Last on 11 December 1887 and died on 19 May 1969, less than a year after she died.
- Mother-in-law of Edith Last (born Edith Janet Picken, died 30 May 1985), wife of her son Arthur.
- Daughter of John Lord who was a railway clerk by profession.
- Mother of Ronald W Last (born 1911, died 1911).
- Portrayed by Stacey Payne in A Wartime Diary (2017).
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