Esther Williams
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...
Also Known As
Esther Jane Williams, America's Mermaid
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Esther Williams's Movies
That's Entertainment!
21 Jun 1974
Ziegfeld Follies
26 Aug 1945
A Guy Named Joe
25 Feb 1944
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
09 Mar 1949
That's Entertainment, Part II
16 May 1976
That's Entertainment! III
01 Jul 1994
Bathing Beauty
27 Jun 1944
Neptune's Daughter
10 Jun 1949
Till the Clouds Roll By
05 Dec 1946
Million Dollar Mermaid
04 Dec 1952
Dangerous When Wet
18 Jun 1953
That's Dancing!
18 Jan 1985
On an Island with You
03 May 1948
Callaway Went Thataway
15 Nov 1951
Glorious Technicolor
07 Dec 1998
Andy Hardy Comes Home
22 Dec 1958
The Unguarded Moment
27 Dec 1956
Andy Hardy's Double Life
01 Dec 1942
Easy to Wed
25 Jul 1946
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
30 Nov 1990
Esther Williams's TV Shows
The Oscars
19 Mar 1953
What's My Line?
02 Feb 1950
What's My Line?
02 Feb 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
20 Jun 1948
The Donna Reed Show
24 Sept 1958
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
10 Jun 1996
MGM: When the Lion Roars
22 Mar 1992
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
05 Oct 1956
Lux Video Theatre
02 Oct 1950
The Steve Allen Show
24 Jun 1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
05 Oct 1956
Pebble Mill
14 Oct 1991
Private Screenings
Omnibus
09 Nov 1952
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
29 Aug 1991
Reflets de Cannes
25 Mar 1954
The Jimmy Durante Show
02 Oct 1954
MGM Parade
14 Sept 1955
The Big Party
08 Oct 1959
Parkinson
09 Jan 1998