Annette Kellerman


Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann (6 July 1886 - 6 November 1975) [1] was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, and writer, usually known as Annette Kellerman . Kellermann was one of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, instead of the then-accepted pantaloons, and inspired others to follow her example.

Learn how Annette Kellerman, the early 20th-century swimmer and actress, broke swimming records, dove off cliffs, and appeared nude in films. Discover her scandalous one-piece swimsuit, her Harvard study, and her Hollywood career.

Learn about the life and achievements of Annette Kellerman, Australia's own fearless mermaid who became a champion swimmer, movie star and health activist. From overcoming adversity to stardom, from controversy to perfection, from swimming to film, from vaudeville to Hollywood, discover how she dazzled the world with her fearless and diverse career.

Annette Kellerman was an Australian-born swimmer, actress, and health authority who popularized swimming as a sport for women. She was known as "The Diving Venus" and "The American Venus" for her achievements in the water and on the stage. She also devised the single-piece swimsuit and introduced the minimal swimwear.

Annette Kellerman was a silent movie star and underwater ballerina who defied expectations of women in the early 20th century. She was the first woman to appear naked on film, had a passion for driving fast cars, and performed all her own stunts. She also had a flair for marketing and a controversial lifestyle. Learn more about her life and legacy in this exhibition by the National Film and Sound Archive.

Annette Kellerman in one of her more scandalous swimming ensembles. (Photo: State Library of New South Wales) In the summer of 1907, an Australian woman by the name of Annette Kellerman made a...

Biography Awards Trivia FAQ IMDbPro All topics Annette Kellerman (1887-1975) Actress Additional Crew IMDbPro Starmeter See rank Annette Kellerman was born on 6 July 1887 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Venus of the South Seas (1924), Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy (1909) and Queen of the Sea (1918).

Annette Kellerman was a silent film star who started her career in vaudeville and became famous for her underwater stunts and eroticism. She co-directed and starred in Neptune's Daughter (1914), the first film to feature a nude mermaid, and other films such as A Daughter of the Gods (1916) and Venus of the South Seas (1924). Learn more about her life, filmography, and legacy.

Learn about the life and achievements of Annette Kellerman, the first Australian woman to star in US silent films and a champion swimmer, diver and vaudeville performer. Explore her surviving film roles, rare footage of her underwater ballet, photos and oral history in this curated collection from the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.

Annette Kellerman, the woman who was to become internationally known as swimming's first "Aqua Queen", was born in Marrickville, New South Wales, in 1887, the daughter of two professional musicians. She high-kicked her way though the social barriers of the Victorian era, paving the way for women to compete in Australian and international sport.

Annette Kellermann was a swimmer-turned-actress who starred in early films like Neptune's Daughter and A Daughter of the Gods. She was also a health advocate, a one-piece swimsuit trailblazer, and a cultural icon. Learn about her life, career, and legacy in this look back at her life and career.

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Other articles where Annette Kellerman is discussed: physical culture: Women and athletics: …and vaudeville and movie star Annette Kellerman epitomized the physical culture ideal. In 1905 Kellerman swam from Dover to Ramsgate, England, a distance of 20 miles (32 km), in 4 hours and 28 minutes. She also introduced the one-piece bathing suit at a beach near Boston, Massachusetts.

Annette Kellerman was an Australian actress who became famous for her nude scenes in movies and her attempts to swim the English Channel. She was born in 1887, married to James R. Sullivan, and died in 1975. Learn more about her life, career, and legacy on IMDb.

Learn 11 interesting facts about Annette Kellerman, the Australian-born swimmer and actress who dared to wear a one-piece suit, perform in a water ballet, and propose to her husband. Discover how she influenced women's health, fashion, and film with her swimming and diving skills.

2nd November 2017, 02:52 PDT By Luke Buckmaster Features correspondent Alamy The extraordinary Australian woman broke records in the swimming pool before becoming a vaudeville performer, fitness...

Annette Kellerman was born in Darlinghurst, Sydney in 1886. She spent part of her childhood in Marrickville before catching what she called 'mermaid fever' when she learned to swim at Cavill's Baths in Lavender Bay, North Sydney. As a teenager, she won her first NSW championship in 1902 and in 1904, Kellerman moved to England with her ...

Annette Kellerman (1886-1975), swimmer and entertainer, was among the early twentieth century's most recognisable women. Born in Sydney, Kellerman was diagnosed with rickets as a child and learnt to swim when the sport was recommended as a means of strengthening her legs. In 1902, aged fifteen, Kellerman became the state champion for the 100 ...

Known as Australia's "diving Venus", Annette Kellerman was a beauty and a talent, dabbling in everything from competitive swimming to acting, female advocacy and even the quirky theatrics of ...

Annette Kellerman was a champion swimmer, vaudeville star, swimwear designer and health-and-fitness guru who appeared nude in a Hollywood film in 1916. She also created the first one-piece "figure suit" for women's swimming and became a pioneer of underwater ballet and high diving. Learn more about her life and achievements.

A Deadly Disaster, A Daring Australian — And Modern Women's Swimwear 10:34Resume July 31, 2020 Martin Kessler Not long after leaving Manhattan on June 15, 1904, the General Slocum caught fire....

People 1.1M subscribers Subscribe 13K views 2 years ago In 1914, a one-piece bathing suit was simply called an "Annette Kellerman" after the swimmer-turned-designer-turned Hollywood star wore a...

Annette Kellerman, the Australian mermaid, was a champion swimmer, a Hollywood movie star, and a pioneer for healthy living and women's rights. Floating Baths, Lavender Bay. Annette Kellerman was born in Marrickville, Sydney, on July 6, 1886. Her parents were musicians. Her father, Frederick, played the violin, her mother, Alice, the piano.



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Kellerman marketed these bathing suits and the style came to be known as "the Annette Kellerman". The one-piece swimsuit becamemysterious beauty if the witch will bring his young son back to life. Annette Kellerman as Anitia (daughter of the gods) William E. Shay as Prince Omar (creditedappeared in her only biographical role, as Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman in Million Dollar Mermaid, which went on to become her nickname whileher style of one-piece suits came to be known as "the Annette Kellerman". The Annette Kellerman was considered the most offensive style of swimsuit inthe first collaboration between actress Annette Kellerman and director Herbert Brenon. It was based on Kellerman's idea of "a water fantasy movie with beautifulhalf of the 20th century. In 1907, Australian swimmer and performer Annette Kellerman was arrested on a Boston beach for wearing a form-fitting sleevelessMermaid has scenes set in the Hippodrome with Esther Williams playing Annette Kellerman in water ballets, Maria Tallchief as Anna Pavlova and Rod Rogers asA Biblical Tragedy is a 1909 American silent short film starring Annette Kellerman. The National Film and Television Archive of the British Film Institute1910. Harper's Bazaar praised the Kellerman swimsuit, writing in June 1920 (vol. 55, no. 6, p. 138) "Annette Kellerman Bathing Attire is distinguished byequipped with on-stage water tanks for the purpose. In 1907, Australian Annette Kellerman popularised the sport when she performed in a glass tank as an underwatersilent drama film directed by James R. Sullivan starring swimmer Annette Kellerman. It was one of the last films with footage in the Prizma Color processtwo aquatic musicals that featured Esther Williams (playing swimmer Annette Kellerman as a child in one of them), and as a vulnerable girl being victimizedmainstream star fully nude was A Daughter of the Gods (1916) featuring Annette Kellerman, but enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code brought anIsogawa, fashion designer; design studio located in Marrickville Annette Kellerman, professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star and writer Andy Kentsilent comedy drama film directed by Nate Watt and starring Annette Kellerman. Annette Kellerman as Annabel Cotton Ralph Lewis as James King Cotton WheelerExisting in fragmentary form, it is considered to be a lost film. Annette Kellerman as Lucy Ashton Maurice Costello as Edgar Ravenswood Based on the novelspectacular film for IMP studios was his 1914 Neptune’s Daughter. This Annette Kellerman vehicle, at seven-reels in length and filmed in Bermuda, establishedthe age of 15 when he and childhood friend Moe Howard joined the Annette Kellerman Diving Girls, a vaudeville act that included four boys. The act endedAnnette Kellerman in nude scene from A Daughter of the Gods (1915)Annette Kellerman (left) as the titular mermaid in the 1918 film Queen of the Seagave concerts. The park hosted burlesque shows, and performers like Annette Kellerman, Bill Cody and Sophie Tucker performed at the park regularly. Daredevillast films using Prizma was Venus of the South Seas (1924), starring Annette Kellerman, where Prizma was used for one reel of a 55-minute film. Venus wasaquatic-themed biopic loosely based on the life of Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman, portrayed by Esther Williams and aided by LeRoy's "competent directionTeorema 4 Sheila Ryan 54 US Actress Dressed to Kill Song of Texas 5 Annette Kellerman 88 Australia Actress Venus of the South Seas A Daughter of the Godsmillion dollar budget, with the first nude scene by a major star (Annette Kellerman). November 19 – Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn) andswimming. Bathing was segregated in the United Kingdom until 1901. Annette Kellerman, an Australian swimmer championed the use of a one-piece swimsuitBernard Darwin, Dwight D. and Edgar N. Eisenhower, Daniel Carter Beard, Annette Kellerman and Luther Halsey Gulick Jr. who have mentioned the game of BlackDressler – Marie Dressler (short) Francis Ford – The Stolen Wireless Annette Kellerman – The Bride of Lammermoor: A Tragedy of Bonnie Scotland James Kirkwoodsynchronized swimming. While historical figures such as Esther Williams and Annette Kellerman are recognized for similar contributions, important historical details2007. Gibson, Emily (2005). The Original Million Dollar Mermaid: The Annette Kellerman Story. Allen & Unwin. pp. 4, 12, 76, 97, 190–1. ISBN 1-74114-432-9Keith Television 7021 Hollywood Boulevard (2008-06-26)June 26, 2008 Annette Kellerman Motion pictures 6608 Hollywood Boulevard (1960-02-08)February 8, 1960the first silent movie in Pawhuska, Neptune's Daughter, starring Annette Kellerman, and the ticket cost was 25 cents. The Constantine Theatre openedUnited States when this was filmed. Neptune's Daughter Herbert Brenon Annette Kellerman The Gosfilmofond film archive possesses one reel, which Australia'sHanfstaengl, German-born American businessman and politician (b. 1887) Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887) November 13 – R. C. SherriffTinged Thriller 'Snap'". IndieWire. Retrieved January 20, 2015. "Annette Kellerman From SXSW 2013: A Chat With SNAP Directors Youssef Delara And VictorJohn Grimek Milo Hastings Roy Hilligenn Bob Hoffman George F. Jowett Annette Kellerman Siegmund Klein Jack LaLanne W. R. C. Latson Diocletian Lewis GilmanDollar Mermaid 1952 Musical Based on true story of Australia swimmer Annette Kellerman. Dangerous When Wet 1953 Musical A dairy farmer's daughter (EstherJohn Grimek Milo Hastings Roy Hilligenn Bob Hoffman George F. Jowett Annette Kellerman Siegmund Klein Jack LaLanne W. R. C. Latson Diocletian Lewis Gilman2004 85 6253 1960 41 ~ Ruby Keeler F 1909 1993 83 6730 1960 51 ~ Annette Kellerman F 1887 1975 88 6608 1960 73 ~ De Forest Kelley M 1920 1999 79 7021gold medalist Liesel Jones - multiple Olympic Games gold medalist Annette Kellerman - Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee Ilsa Konrads - Commonwealthleading ladies were Priscilla Dean, Kathlyn Williams, Colleen Moore and Annette Kellerman. One of his features was Mickey, a 1918 comedy-drama, in which heHotel Russ Hinze, influential and controversial Queensland politician Annette Kellerman, Female swimming pioneer Johan Meyer, owner of the Meyer's Ferry andAcquired". New York Times. p. 35. Scheuer, Philip K. (March 23, 1952). "Annette Kellerman's All for Esther Now: Original One-Piece Bathing Suit Girl Recallsexhibitions as well as competitive swimming. These notably included Annette Kellerman and Beatrice Kerr, who was billed as "Australia's Champion Lady Swimmer

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