Annette Andre

Summary

Annette Andre (born 24 June 1939)[1] is an Australian actress best known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s and 1970s.[2]

Annette Andre
Born
Annette Christine Andreallo

(1939-06-24) 24 June 1939 (age 84)
Drummoyne, NSW, Australia
Years active1958–1988
Spouse
Arthur Weingarten
(m. 1989)
Signature

Early life and early career edit

The daughter of an upholsterer, Annette Andre was born in Drummoyne,[1] Australia, as Annette Christine Andreallo.[1] She was raised in Sydney[2] and educated at Brigidine College, Sydney.[citation needed]

She began work as a ballet dancer at the age of 4 at an academy linked to the Australian Ballet. At the age of 15, she decided to quit ballet and pursue acting because she realised that she was not yet 16, the legal age to work in acting. Andre enrolled in a radio training school and her first radio role was in the serial radio drama called Kid Grayson Rides the Range.[3] Her first role was in the television movie If It's a Rose. Her other Australian television performances included Slaughter of St Teresa's Day.[4]

Later career edit

She moved to the UK in 1963 and was cast in Emerald Soup.[5]

Her first film role was in This Is My Street (1964), and her other film credits include The Heroes of Telemark (1965), He Who Rides a Tiger (1965), Up Jumped a Swagman (1965), with Frank Ifield, and the Charlie Drake comedy Mister Ten Per Cent (1967). She also played Philia, a beautiful virgin concubine from the house of procurer Marcus Lycus (Phil Silvers) in the 1966 film version of the Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. She played in the stage musical Vanity Fair in London's West End.[6]

Her longest running role was as Marty Hopkirk's widow Jeannie Hopkirk in the ITC series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969–70).[7][8] She also made guest appearances in other shows such as Whiplash, The Avengers, The Saint, Adam Adamant Lives!, The Troubleshooters, The Baron and The Prisoner.

During the 1970s, Andre guest starred in episodes of The Persuaders!, The New Avengers and Return of the Saint. In the 1980s, she appeared in the soap opera Crossroads as well as returning to Australia to play Jennifer Brent in Taurus Rising and Camilla Wells in Prisoner (retitled Prisoner: Cell Block H in the US and UK).

During 1985 and 1986, she appeared onstage in London's West End in the mystery thriller The Business of Murder at the Mayfair Theatre.[citation needed]

Andre is now semi-retired from acting, and devotes much of her time to animal welfare issues. She spearheads the new BFF Support Group and, with her producer husband Arthur Weingarten, works closely with Virginia McKenna of the Zoo Check campaign.[9] She made one of her rare appearances at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Aberdeen, Maryland, US in September 2007.

Personal life edit

She was once linked romantically with George Best, the footballer.[10]

In the early 1960s, she turned down a proposal of marriage from Benny Hill.[11]

She became pregnant before turning 40 and had a daughter. She chose not to reveal the identity of the father.[12]

Memoir edit

In 2018, Andre published her memoir Where Have I Been All My Life,[13] with a foreword by Sir Roger Moore and an appreciation by her Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) co-star, Kenneth Cope.[citation needed]

Filmography and works edit

Television edit

Year Title Role Type
1957 The House on the Corner TV series
1960 Stormy Petrel Ann Bligh TV series, 4 episodes
1961 Whiplash Fiona Merrick
Cassie
Charlene
TV series, 3 episodes
1961 Consider Your Verdict The Other Woman TV series, episode: Queen Versus Regan
1963 Our Man at St. Mark's Jackie Hawkins TV series, episode: Holier than Thou
1963 The Sentimental Agent Betsy Ann TV series, episode: Finishing School
1963 Emerald Soup Penny Dalton TV series, 3 episodes
1964 The Avengers Judy TV series, episode: Mandrake
1964 Crane Petra TV series, episode: Two Rings for Dinner
1964 Sergeant Cork Mary Briggs TV series, episode: The Case of the Two Poisons
1964 Story Parade Rosie Sullivan TV series, episode: The Little White God
1964 Emergency-Ward 10 Sally Graham TV series, 3 episodes
1964 The Human Jungle Jane TV series, episode: Dual Control
1965 Gideon C.I.D. Sue Young TV series, episode: The Nightlifers
1965 The Mill on the Floss Lucy Deane TV series, 4 episodes
1965 Front Page Story Ingar TV series, episode: They Don't Grow on Trees
1966 Adam Adamant Lives! Paula TV series, episode: Beauty Is an Ugly Word
1964-67 The Saint Madeline Gray
Linda Henderson
Madeline Dawson
Carmen
Annette
TV series, 5 episodes
1967 Mogul Tammy Gervais TV series, episode: Home and Dry
1967 The Baron Samantha Ballard TV series, episode: Roundabout
1967 The Dick Emery Show Herself TV series, episode 6.1
1967 Half Hour Story Angie TV series, episode: What Will You Do About Christmas?
1967 The Revenue Men Jane Quest TV series, episode: Conflict of Interests
1967 The Prisoner Watchmaker's Daughter TV series, episode: It's Your Funeral
1968 The Guns of Will Sonnett Leah Galt TV series, episode: The Sins of the Father
1968 Detective Anna Pryde TV series, episode: Cork on the Water
1969-70 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) Jeannie Hopkirk TV series, 25 episodes
1971 The Persuaders! Pekoo Rayne ITV series, episode: Powerswitch
1972 Owen, M.D. Mary Jane Phillips TV series, 2-part episode:Saddler's Challenge
1972 The Brothers Sally Wolfe TV series, 5 episodes
1972 Man at the Top Tricia Kennedy TV series, episode: Living Like a Lord
1973 Nobody Is Norman Wisdom Moria TV series, episode 1.3
1975 The Rough with the Smooth Irene Fellowes TV series, episode: 1.6
1976 The New Avengers Suzy Miller TV series, episode: House of Cards
1978 Return of the Saint Sandy TV series, episode: Yesterday's Hero
1980 Company & Co. Lucy TV series, episode: A Little Confidence
1981 Sporting Chance TV series, episode 6: A Perfect 10
1982 Taurus Rising Jennifer Brant TV series
1982-83 Cop Shop Yvonne Holmes
Elizabeth Bakos
TV series, 15 episodes
1984 Prisoner: Cell Block H Camilla Wells TV series, 4 episodes

Films edit

Year Title Role Type
1958 If It's a Rose Anna TV movie
1959 Act of Violence TV movie
1959 Wuthering Heights Isabella TV movie
1960 The Slaughter of St Theresa's Day Thelma TV movie
1961 The Merchant of Venice Jessica TV movie
1961 Martine Martine TV movie
1962 Boy Round the Corner Carrie TV movie
1964 This Is My Street Jinny Feature film
1964 Panic Button Drama student Feature film
1965 He Who Rides a Tiger Julie Feature film
1965 The Heroes of Telemark Girl Student Feature film
1965 Up Jumped a Swagman Patsy Feature film
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Philia Feature film
1967 Mister Ten Per Cent Muriel Feature film
1988 Maigret Judith Hollenbeck TV movie
2017 Nobis Margaret

Music videos edit

Year Title Artist
1965 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Righteous Brothers [14]

Writing edit

  • Where Have I Been All My Life? (2018)[13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Births". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 July 1939. p. 16. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2020). "Annette Andre: My Brilliant Early Australian Career". Filmink.
  3. ^ Byrne, John (18 April 2017). "My First Job: Annette Andre – 'I didn't get stage fright on radio'". The Stage. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (19 October 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays – The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day". Filmink.
  5. ^ "TV serial a multi-nation affair". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 31, no. 21. Australia. 23 October 1963. p. 17. Retrieved 29 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Brian Gibson (30 June 1965). "Annette's in top gear". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  7. ^ Chapman, James (2002). Saints and avengers: British adventure series of the 1960s. Popular Television Genres, I.B.Tauris. p. 202. ISBN 1-86064-754-5.
  8. ^ Porter, Toby (1 November 2018). "Sixties movie and TV star Annette Andre talks about her life on both screens". London News Online. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. ^ Plays and players, Issues 382–387. Hansom Books. 1995.
  10. ^ "George Best not worried by 'sacking'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 47, no. 13, 300. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 December 1972. p. 36. Retrieved 29 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ Today newspaper, 23 April 1992
  12. ^ "Annette Andre: Combining the roles of actress and single parent". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 50, no. 12. Australia. 8 September 1982. p. 21. Retrieved 29 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ a b Andre, Annette (2018). Where Have I Been All My Life? A Memoir. ISBN 9781911537106. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  14. ^ "The Righteous Brothers – You've lost that loving feeling 1965". archive.org.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Annette Andre at IMDb