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Annette Kellerman

Annette Kellerman

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Born July 6, 1887 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died November 5, 1975

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Australian-born swimming champion and actress, she played a significant role in the popularization of swimming as a sport, especially for women. Also known as "The Million Dollar Mermaid". Born Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman in Sydney, Australia, on July 6, 1886; died in Southport, Queensland, Australia, on the 6th November 1975; married James R. Sullivan (her manager), in 1912.

She suffered from a form of Poliomyelitis that had left her partially crippled as a child. She had to wear an iron brace up to her hips. Her father pushed her to swim as a therapeutic means of overcoming this condition. Her legs were normal by the time she was 13 as a result. She began swimming competions while still a teenager and won the New South Wales swimming championships in 1902. She went to England in 1904 with her father and she won a 26-mile race on the Thames.

With her brother as manager, came to U.S. and made first public appearance (1907); made first film, a kind of documentary, as early as 1909, and her last just before the end of the silent era; a champion swimmer, recognized health authority, and exponent of physical culture, was the first woman swimmer to achieve acclaim; is said to have devised the idea of formation swimming as an art, is credited with having introduced the single-piece swimsuit (even arrested for indecent exposure for wearing it) and did much to facilitate the entry of women into the aquatic sports by gradually making acceptable the kind of minimal swimwear necessary to allow freedom of movement and speed in the water; retired to her native Australia (1935). Awards: Holder of the world record for the two-, five- and ten-minute swimming championships.

She was also the first woman to appear fully nude in a movie; "A Daughter of the Gods" (1916).

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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies Poster

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies Documentary2020Self

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second Poster

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second Documentary2003Self

The Original Mermaid Poster

The Original Mermaid Documentary2002Self

The Love Goddesses Poster

The Love Goddesses Documentary1965Self

Water Ballet Short Film1941Self

Water Ballet: Sydney Short Film1940Self

A Penny a Peep Poster

A Penny a Peep Short Film1934Self

Annette Kellerman Returns to Australia Short Film1933Self

Annette Kellerman Performing Water Ballet Short Film1925Self

Venus of the South Seas Poster

Venus of the South Seas Feature Film1924Shona Royale

Annette Kellerman in High Diving Short Film1920Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 2 Documentary1920Self

The Art of Diving Documentary1920Self

What Women Love Poster

What Women Love Feature Film1920Annabel Cotton

Queen of the Sea Poster

Queen of the Sea Feature Film1918Merrilla, Queen of the Sea

National Red Cross Pageant Poster

National Red Cross Pageant Feature Film1917The Mediterranean - Italian episode

A Daughter of the Gods Poster

A Daughter of the Gods Feature Film1916Anitia - Daughter of the Gods

Animated Weekly, No. 109 Short Film1914Self

Neptune's Daughter Poster

Neptune's Daughter Feature Film1914Annette, Neptune's daughter

The Universal Boy Short Film1914Annette Kellerman - Swimmer

Animated Weekly, No. 95 Short Film1913Self

Gaumont Weekly, No. 32 Documentary1912Self

Siren of the Sea Short Film1911Siren of the Sea

The Mermaid Short Film1911Mermaid

The Perfectly Formed Woman Poster

The Perfectly Formed Woman Short Film1910Self

Entombed Alive Short Film1909

Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy Poster

Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy Short Film1909Jepthah's Daughter

Miss Annette Kellerman Poster

Miss Annette Kellerman Short Film1909Self

The Bride of Lammermoor: A Tragedy of Bonnie Scotland Poster

The Bride of Lammermoor: A Tragedy of Bonnie Scotland Short Film1909

The Gift of Youth Short Film1909

Miss Kellerman Diving Short Film1907Self

Miss Kellerman's Diving Feats Short Film1907Self

Exhibition of Diving and Swimming Short Film1906Self

Miss Kellerman Swimming the English Channel Short Film1906Self

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Million Dollar Mermaid Poster

Million Dollar Mermaid Feature Film1952

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