Annette Andre

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

Annette Andre
Born
Annette Christine Andreallo

(1939-06-24) 24 June 1939
Sydney, Australia
Years active1958–1988
Spouse(s)Arthur Weingarten
(m. 1989)
Signature

Biography

The daughter of an upholsterer, Annette Andre was born in Sydney, Australia, as Annette Christine Andreallo and educated at Brigidine College, Sydney.

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 realized that she wasn't 16 yet, 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.[2] The first TV role she starred in was a role in the TV movie If It's a Rose. Her other Australian TV performances included Slaughter of St Teresa's Day.[3]

Britain

She went to Britain in 1963 and was cast in Emerald Soup.[4]

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.[5]

Her longest running role was as Marty Hopkirk's widow Jeannie Hopkirk in the ITC series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969–70).[6][7] 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.

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

Personal life

She was once linked romantically with George Best, the footballer.[9]

She fell pregnant before turning 40 and had a daughter. She elected not to reveal who the father was.[10]

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
Year Title Role Notes
1957The House on the CornerTV Series
1958If It's A RoseAnnaTV movie
1959Act of Violenceunknown
1959Wuthering HeightsIsabellaTV Movie
1960Stormy Petrelunknown4 episodes
1960The Slaughter of St Theresa's DayThelmaTV movie
1961WhiplashFiona Merrick
Cassie
Charlene		3 episodes
1961The Merchant of VeniceJessicaTV Movie
1961MartineMartineTV Movie
1961Consider Your VerdictThe Other WomanIn the episode Queen Versus Regan
1962Boy Round the CornerCarrieTV movie
1963Our Man at St. MarksJackie HawkinsIn the episode Holier than Thou
1963The Sentimental AgentBetsy AnnIn the episode Finishing School
1963Emerald SoupPenny Dalton3 episodes
1964The AvengersJudyIn the episode Mandrake
1964CranePetraIn the episode Two Rings for Dinner
1964Sergeant CorkMary BriggsIn the episode The Case of the Two Poisons
1964Story ParadeRosie SullivanIn the episode The Little White God
1964Emergency-Ward 10Sally Graham3 episodes
1964The Human JungleJaneIn the episode Dual Control
1965Gideon C.I.D.Sue YoungIn the episode The Nightlifers
1965The Mill on the FlossLucy Deane4 episodes
1965Front Page StoryIngarIn the episode They Don't Grow on Trees
1966Adam Adamant Lives!PaulaIn the episode Beauty Is an Ugly Word
1964-1967The SaintMadeline Gray
Linda Henderson
Madeline Dawson
Carmen
Annette		5 episodes
1967MogulTammy GervaisIn the episode Home and Dry
1967The BaronSamantha BallardIn the episode Roundabout
1967The Dick Emery ShowHerselfEpisode 6.1
1967Half Hour StoryAngieIn the episode What Will You Do About Christmas?
1967The Revenue MenJane QuestIn the episode Conflict of Interests
1967The PrisonerWatchmaker's DaughterIn the episode It's Your Funeral
1968The Guns of Will SonnettLeah GaltIn the episode The Sins of the Father
1968DetectiveAnna PrydeIn the episode Cork on the Water
1969-1970Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)Jeannie Hopkirk25 episodes
1971The Persuaders! Pekoo RayneIn the episode Powerswitch
1972Owen, M.D.Mary Jane PhillipsIn two parter called Saddler's Challenge
1972The BrothersSally Wolfe5 episodes
1972Man at the TopTricia KennedyIn the episode Living Like a Lord
1973Nobody Is Norman WisdomMoriaEpisode 1.3
1975The Rough with the SmoothIrene FellowesEpisode 1.6
1976The New AvengersSuzy MillerIn the episode House of Cards
1977Cop Shop??
1978Return of the SaintSandyIn the episode Yesterday's Hero
1980Company and Co.LucyIn the episode A Little Confidence
1981Sporting ChanceIn the episode A Perfect 10
1982Taurus RisingJennifer Brant
1984Prisoner: Cell Block HCamilla Wells4 episodes
1988MaigretJudith HollenbeckTV movie

Films
Year Title Role
1964This Is My StreetJinny
1964Panic ButtonDrama student
1965He Who Rides a TigerJulie
1965The Heroes of TelemarkGirl Student
1965Up Jumped a SwagmanPatsy
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumPhilia
1967Mister Ten Per CentMuriel
2017NobisMargaret

Music videos
Year Title
1965You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (The Righteous Brothers) [11]

Works

References
  1. Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2020). "Annette Andre: My Brilliant Early Australian Career". Filmink.
  2. 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.
  3. Vagg, Stephen (19 October 2020). "Forgotten Australian TV Plays – The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day". Filmink.
  4. "TV serial a multi-nation affair". The Australian Women's Weekly. 31 (21). Australia. 23 October 1963. p. 17. Retrieved 29 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Plays and players, Issues 382–387. Hansom Books. 1995.
  9. "George Best not worried by 'sacking'". The Canberra Times. 47 (13, 300). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 December 1972. p. 36. Retrieved 29 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Annette Andre: Combining the roles of actress and single parent". The Australian Women's Weekly. 50 (12). Australia. 8 September 1982. p. 21. Retrieved 29 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "The Righteous Brothers – You've lost that loving feeling 1965". archive.org.
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