Kellerman was 52 years old when her husband and manager Jimmie Sullivan filmed this rare footage of her performing the underwater adagio - a slow ballet dance.

Annette Kellerman photographed during a visit to the set of Million Dollar Mermaid (1952). Esther William starred as Kellerman and is pictured wearing a gold sequined unitard.

A compilation of three short scenes from the silent feature Neptune's Daughter (Herbert Brenon, USA, 1914) featuring Annette Kellerman.

Overcoming childhood adversity, Australian silent movie star Annette Kellerman took on the world – swimming, acting, performing and writing herself into the history books.

A timeline of Annette Kellerman's life and legacy, from her birth in 1886 to her death in 1975, and beyond.

Champion swimmer, silent movie star, underwater ballerina, entrepreneur, vaudeville entertainer and author.

Discover more about Annette Kellerman's incredible life in this compilation.

A publicity portrait of silent movie star Annette Kellerman.

Hand-tinted publicity image of Annette Kellerman from Neptune's Daughter (Herbert Brenon, USA, 1914).

Annette Kellerman speaks about her fearlessness when it comes to heights and her skill at performing high dive stunts in her movies.

Looking back over her career, Annette Kellerman describes the perfect woman label she received at 26-years-old as 'the most ghastly thing in the world'.