Million Dollar Mermaid is a 1952 American biographical drama film about the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr. from a screenplay by Everett Freeman. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch, the cinematography by George Folsey and the choreography by Busby Berkeley.
Theatrical release poster
Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, and writer, usually known as Annette Kellerman.
Kellermann in her famous one-piece bathing suit, c. 1906
Annette Kellermann, early 1900s
Kellermann and Hugh Thompson in Queen of the Sea
Kellermann in nude scene from A Daughter of the Gods