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Esther Williams
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Esther Williams
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1921-08-08,Inglewood, California, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, she joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the role vacated by Eleanor Holm after the show's move from New York City to San Francisco. While in the city, she spent five months swimming alongside Olympic gold-medal winner and Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller. Williams caught the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scouts at the Aquacade. After appearing in several small roles, and alongside Mickey Rooney in an Andy Hardy film and future five-time co-star Van Johnson in A Guy Named Joe, Williams made a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as "aquamusicals", which featured elaborate performances with synchronised swimming and diving. Every year from 1945 to 1949, Williams had at least one film among the 20 highest-grossing films of the year. In 1952, Williams appeared in her only biographical role, as Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman in Million Dollar Mermaid, which went on to become her nickname while she was at MGM. Williams left MGM in 1956 and appeared in a handful of unsuccessful feature films, followed by several extremely popular water-themed network television specials, including one from Cypress Gardens, Florida. Williams was also a successful businesswoman. Before retiring from acting, she invested in a "service station, a metal products plant, a manufacturer of bathing suits, various properties and a successful restaurant chain known as Trails." She lent her name to a line of swimming pools, retro swimwear, and instructional swimming videos for children, and served as a commentator for synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Esther Williams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

6.8

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949-03-09

Hollywood Legenden

2

Hollywood Legenden
2004-01-01

A Guy Named Joe

6.5

A Guy Named Joe
1943-12-24

6.1

Easy to Love
1953-11-26

4.4

Texas Carnival
1951-10-05

Andy Hardy's Double Life

4.6

Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942-12-01

Million Dollar Mermaid

6.4

Million Dollar Mermaid
1952-12-04

Dangerous When Wet

6

Dangerous When Wet
1953-06-18

Neptune's Daughter

5.8

Neptune's Daughter
1949-06-10

On an Island with You

5.3

On an Island with You
1948-05-03

Thrill of a Romance

6.2

Thrill of a Romance
1945-05-23

5.8

Bathing Beauty
1944-06-27

6.2

Easy to Wed
1946-07-25

4.7

Fiesta
1947-06-12

This Time for Keeps

5.2

This Time for Keeps
1947-10-17

Till the Clouds Roll By

5.6

Till the Clouds Roll By
1946-12-05

Pagan Love Song

4.8

Pagan Love Song
1950-12-26

The Hoodlum Saint

5.2

The Hoodlum Saint
1946-04-04

The Unguarded Moment

6.2

The Unguarded Moment
1956-12-27

That's Entertainment! III

6.9

That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01

Duchess of Idaho

5

Duchess of Idaho
1950-07-14

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

6

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10

Jupiter's Darling

4.3

Jupiter's Darling
1955-02-18

Raw Wind in Eden

5.1

Raw Wind in Eden
1958-09-19

5

Skirts Ahoy!
1952-05-28

Glorious Technicolor

6.7

Glorious Technicolor
1998-12-07

5

The Big Show
1961-05-10

5

Inflation
1942-01-01

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

6

Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990-01-01

That's Entertainment!

7.2

That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21

Callaway Went Thataway

5.1

Callaway Went Thataway
1951-11-15

0

Magic Fountain
1963-02-04

Night of 100 Stars II

8

Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10

Esther Williams: Hollywood's Mermaid

0

Esther Williams: Hollywood's Mermaid
2024-08-11

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

7.7

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002-09-24

Ziegfeld Follies

6.1

Ziegfeld Follies
1945-08-26

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

0

Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000-09-01

Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash

6.6

Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990-11-30

That's Entertainment, Part II

6.8

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16

Twenty Years After

6

Twenty Years After
1944-01-01

The Costume Designer

0

The Costume Designer
1950-07-13

That's Dancing!

7

That's Dancing!
1985-01-18

Parade of Aquatic Champions

1

Parade of Aquatic Champions
1945-07-22

The Original Mermaid

0

The Original Mermaid
2002-02-20

0

Personalities
1942-01-01

6

Screen Actors
1950-05-13

Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

0

Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
2003-03-28

Andy Hardy Comes Home

4.5

Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958-12-22

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

3.154

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10

6

Omnibus
1952-11-09

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

Private Screenings

6

Private Screenings

Lux Video Theatre

5.5

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

The Donna Reed Show

6.1

The Donna Reed Show
1958-09-24

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

4

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05

MGM: When the Lion Roars

7.7

MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992-03-22

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

The Steve Allen Show

4

The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24

3.1

Pebble Mill
1991-10-14

7

The Oscars
1953-03-19

0

Querida Concha
1992-09-08

The Jimmy Durante Show

0

The Jimmy Durante Show
1954-10-02

0

MGM Parade
1955-09-14

Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

6

Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991-08-29

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

0

The Big Party
1959-10-08

What's My Line?

6.6

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

What's My Line?

6.6

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

Reflets de Cannes

0

Reflets de Cannes
1954-03-25

0

Parkinson
1998-01-09