Actress. She shall undoubtedly be remembered as Rydell High’s sexy villainess “Cha-Cha” DiGregorio of the 1978 hit movie “Grease”. Born Annette Cardona, she was raised in Southern California, broke into show business around 1968, and was seen in such television fare of the day as “The High Chapparral”, “Mod Squad”, “Banacek”, “Gunsmoke”, “The Flying Nun”, “Barnaby Jones”, “Emergency!”, and “The Bionic Woman”. Annette made her silver screen debut dancing with John Travolta in “Grease” and despite earning praise as “Cha-Cha” was only seen in one further movie, 1985’s “Latino”. She received her last television credit with a 1987 episode of “Magnum, P.I.” and in 2001 earned a degree in social work from New York University. At the time of her death from cancer Annette held a teaching position at Cal State University, Northridge. (bio by: Bob Hufford)