Annette Andre

Annette Christine Andreallo (born 24 June 1939),

Early life The daughter of an upholsterer, Annette Andre was born in Drummoyne, Australia, as Annette Christine Andreallo.

Her first role was appearing in several episodes in the religious series The House on the Corner in 1957 and she featured in her first television movie If It's a Rose the follwing year in 1958. Her other Australian television performances included Slaughter of St Teresa's Day.

She moved to the UK in 1963 and was cast in TV series Emerald Soup.

Her first feature film role was in This Is My Street (1964), in which her performance was described as "superb." 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.

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

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. She made one of her rare appearances at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Aberdeen, Maryland, US in September 2007.

Personal life She was once linked romantically with George Best, the footballer.

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

She has a daughter. She chose not to reveal the identity of the father.

Memoir

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

Filmography and works Television

Films

Music videos Year Title Artist1965 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Righteous Brothers

Writing Where Have I Been All My Life? (2018)