The Original Million Dollar Mermaid

The extraordinary 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. The original Million Dollar Mermaid, she is one of the great unsung Australian heroines. 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. Her name was Annette Kellerman. Born into a musical family in suburban Sydney in 1886