Early life and early career
The daughter of an upholsterer, Annette Andre was born in Drummoyne, Australia, as Annette Christine Andreallo. She was brought up in Sydney 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 15, she decided to stop ballet and pursue acting because she realised that she was not yet 16, 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''. Her first role was in the television movie '' If It's a Rose''. Her other Australian television performances included ''Slaughter of St Teresa's Day''.Later career
She went to the UK in 1963 and was cast in ''Emerald Soup''. 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), ''