Annette Andre

Annette Andre (Birth name Annette Christine Andreallo) is best-known for her work on British television throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. She began as a ballet dancer, moving on to radio, theatre and TV work in Australia, before filming small roles in "Cleopatra" and "Panic Button" in Italy and then settling in London. She immediately found work in the stage musical, "Vanity Fair", at the Queen's Theatre in London's West End. Her first film in the UK was This Is My Street (1964). Probably her most memorable role was starring as Marty Hopkirk's widow, "Jeannie Hopkirk", in the late 1960s ITV classic, My Partner the Ghost (1969). Andre also made many guest appearances on popular shows, such as Whiplash (1960), The Avengers (1961), The Saint (1962), The Prisoner (1967), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Mogul (1965), The Baron (1966) and many others. She starred with Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Michael Crawford and Buster Keaton, in the 1966 film version of the Broadway musical, A Funny