Esther Williams

Esther Williams

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.

  • Sehlooho: Esther Williams
  • Ho Tuma: 6.196
  • Tsejoa ka: Acting
  • Letsatsi la tsoalo: 1921-08-08
  • Sebaka sa tsoalo: Inglewood, California, USA
  • Leqephe la lapeng:
  • E boetse e tsejoa e le: Esther Jane Williams, America's Mermaid
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Esther Williams Lifilimi

  • 1949
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    Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    6.7 1949 HD

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  • 2004
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    Hollywood Legenden

    Hollywood Legenden

    2 2004 HD

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  • 1943
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    A Guy Named Joe

    A Guy Named Joe

    6.5 1943 HD

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  • 1953
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    Easy to Love

    Easy to Love

    6.1 1953 HD

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  • 1951
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    Texas Carnival

    Texas Carnival

    4.4 1951 HD

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  • 1942
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    Andy Hardy's Double Life

    Andy Hardy's Double Life

    4.6 1942 HD

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  • 1952
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    Million Dollar Mermaid

    Million Dollar Mermaid

    6.4 1952 HD

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  • 1953
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    Dangerous When Wet

    Dangerous When Wet

    6 1953 HD

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  • 1949
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    Neptune's Daughter

    Neptune's Daughter

    5.8 1949 HD

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  • 1948
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    On an Island with You

    On an Island with You

    5.3 1948 HD

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  • 1945
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    Thrill of a Romance

    Thrill of a Romance

    6.2 1945 HD

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  • 1944
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    Bathing Beauty

    Bathing Beauty

    5.8 1944 HD

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  • 1946
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    Easy to Wed

    Easy to Wed

    6.2 1946 HD

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  • 1947
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    Fiesta

    Fiesta

    4.7 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

    5.2 1947 HD

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  • 1946
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    Till the Clouds Roll By

    Till the Clouds Roll By

    5.6 1946 HD

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  • 1950
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    Pagan Love Song

    Pagan Love Song

    4.8 1950 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Hoodlum Saint

    The Hoodlum Saint

    5.2 1946 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Unguarded Moment

    The Unguarded Moment

    6.2 1956 HD

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  • 1994
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    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

    6.943 1994 HD

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  • 1950
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    Duchess of Idaho

    Duchess of Idaho

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1972
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    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    6 1972 HD

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  • 1955
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    Jupiter's Darling

    Jupiter's Darling

    4.3 1955 HD

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  • 1958
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    Raw Wind in Eden

    Raw Wind in Eden

    5.1 1958 HD

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  • 1952
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    Skirts Ahoy!

    Skirts Ahoy!

    5 1952 HD

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  • 1998
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    Glorious Technicolor

    Glorious Technicolor

    6.7 1998 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Big Show

    The Big Show

    5 1961 HD

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  • 1942
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    Inflation

    Inflation

    5 1942 HD

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  • 1990
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    Dance Crazy in Hollywood

    Dance Crazy in Hollywood

    6 1990 HD

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  • 1974
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    That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

    7.2 1974 HD

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  • 1951
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    Callaway Went Thataway

    Callaway Went Thataway

    5.1 1951 HD

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  • 1963
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    La fuente mágica

    La fuente mágica

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1985
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    Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

    8 1985 HD

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  • 2024
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    Esther Williams : La Sirène d'Hollywood

    Esther Williams : La Sirène d'Hollywood

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2002
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    Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

    Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

    7.7 2002 HD

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  • 1945
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    Ziegfeld Follies

    Ziegfeld Follies

    6.1 1945 HD

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  • 2000
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    Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

    Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1990
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    Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash

    Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash

    6.6 1990 HD

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  • 1976
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.8 1976 HD

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  • 1944
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    Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After

    6 1944 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Costume Designer

    The Costume Designer

    1 1950 HD

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  • 1985
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    That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

    7 1985 HD

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  • 1945
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    Parade of Aquatic Champions

    Parade of Aquatic Champions

    1 1945 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Original Mermaid

    The Original Mermaid

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1942
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    Personalities

    Personalities

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1950
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    Screen Actors

    Screen Actors

    6 1950 HD

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  • 2003
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    Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

    Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1958
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    Andy Hardy Comes Home

    Andy Hardy Comes Home

    4.5 1958 HD

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  • 1996
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    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    3.5 1996 HD

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  • 1952
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    6 1952 HD

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  • 1970
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    Private Screenings

    Private Screenings

    7.5 1970 HD

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6 1950 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

    6.3 1958 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    5.3 1956 HD

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  • 1992
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    MGM: When the Lion Roars

    MGM: When the Lion Roars

    7.8 1992 HD

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  • 1956
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    5.5 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1991
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    Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

    3.1 1991 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

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  • 1992
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    Querida Concha

    Querida Concha

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1954
    imgS2 E27

    The Jimmy Durante Show

    The Jimmy Durante Show

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1955
    imgS1 E30

    MGM Parade

    MGM Parade

    1 1955 HD

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  • 1991
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    Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

    Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...

    6 1991 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Big Party

    The Big Party

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

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  • 1954
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    Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1998
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    Parkinson

    Parkinson

    1 1998 HD

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