![]() ![]() Hollywood beckoned and Annette quickly became the darling of the silent film era, starring in the first-ever million-dollar film, Daughter of the Gods. After winning over Londoners with her death-defying swims in the Thames and the English Channel, she was soon wowing them at the Palladium with her trademark vaudeville act: a performance that included diving into a giant glass tank where she captivated the crowds with her graceful and athletic underwater ballet. ![]() It was to be the start of a dazzling international career. ![]() When the Depression hit, Annette and her father headed for England to seek their fortune. Yet when she took up swimming to overcome a childhood illness, she quickly found herself breaking records and beating the boys - and loving it. Her name was Annette Kellerman.īorn into a musical family in suburban Sydney in 1886, Annette's first love was performing. In the early twentieth century, a young Australian woman became one of the highest paid and most adored Hollywood and vaudeville stars of the day. ![]() The original Million Dollar Mermaid, she is one of the great unsung Australian heroines. The story of Annette Kellerman, who started swimming to overcome a childhood illness and went on to become an international swimming sensation and a Hollywood star. ![]()
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