Annette Kellerman
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Annette Kellerman (6 July 1887, Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia – 5 November 1975, Southport, Queensland, Australia) was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville and film star, writer, and advocate for the change of women's swimwear.
She is often credited for inventing the sport of synchronised swimming after her 1907 performance of the first water ballet in a glass tank at the New York Hippodrome. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Filmography
- The Bride of Lammermoor: A Tragedy of Bonnie Scotland (1909)
- Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy (1909)
- The Gift of Youth (1909)
- Entombed Alive (1909)
- Siren of the Sea (1911)
- The Mermaid (1911)
- Neptune's Daughter (1914)
- A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
- National Red Cross Pageant (1917)
- Queen of the Sea (1918)
- What Women Love (1920)
- Venus of the South Seas (1924)
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As herself
- Miss Kellerman's Diving Feats (1907)
- Miss Annette Kellerman (1909)
- The Perfectly Formed Woman (1910)
- The Universal Boy (1914/I)
- The Art of Diving (1920)
- Annette Kellerman Performing Water Ballet (1925)
- Annette Kellerman Returns to Australia (1933)
- Water Ballet: Sydney (1940)
- Water Ballet (1941)
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Archive Footage
- The Love Goddesses (1965)
- The Original Mermaid (2002)
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