Esther Williams
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
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Esther Williams : La Sirène d'Hollywood
Film • 2024
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The Fabulous Allan Carr
Film • 2017
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Marlon Brando o sobie
Film • 2015
jako Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Legenden
Film • 2004
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Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
Film • 2003
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Film • 2002
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The Original Mermaid
Film • 2002
jako Herself (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Film • 2000
jako Self (archive footage)
Glorious Technicolor
Film • 1998
jako Self
Parkinson
Serial • 1998
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Serial • 1996
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Private Screenings
Serial • 1996
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That's Entertainment! III
Film • 1994
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MGM: When the Lion Roars
Serial • 1992
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
Film • 1991
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Pebble Mill
Serial • 1991
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Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Serial • 1991
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Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
Film • 1990
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Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Film • 1990
jako Self - Actress (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Film • 1987
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Night of 100 Stars II
Film • 1985
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That's Dancing!
Film • 1985
jako From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Film • 1976
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To jest rozrywka!
Film • 1974
jako (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Film • 1972
jako Self (archive footage)
La fuente mágica
Film • 1963
jako Hyacinth Tower
The Big Show
Film • 1961
jako Hillary Allen
The Big Party
Serial • 1959
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Andy Hardy Comes Home
Film • 1958
jako Sheila Brooks (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Donna Reed Show
Serial • 1958
jako Molly Duncan
Raw Wind in Eden
Film • 1958
jako Laura
The Unguarded Moment
Film • 1956
jako Lois Conway
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Serial • 1956
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Serial • 1956
jako Sarah Harmon
The Steve Allen Show
Serial • 1956
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MGM Parade
Serial • 1955
jako Self - Water Ballerina in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
Jupiter's Darling
Film • 1955
jako Amytis
The Jimmy Durante Show
Serial • 1954
jako Self
Reflets de Cannes
Serial • 1954
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Easy to Love
Film • 1953
jako Julie Hallerton
Dangerous When Wet
Film • 1953
jako Katy Higgins
Oscary
Serial • 1953
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Million Dollar Mermaid
Film • 1952
jako Annette Kellerman
Omnibus
Serial • 1952
Skirts Ahoy!
Film • 1952
jako Whitney Young
Callaway Went Thataway
Film • 1951
jako Esther Williams (uncredited)
Texas Carnival
Film • 1951
jako Debbie Telford
Pagan Love Song
Film • 1950
jako Mimi Bennett
Lux Video Theatre
Serial • 1950
jako Vicki
Duchess of Idaho
Film • 1950
jako Christine Riverton Duncan
The Costume Designer
Film • 1950
jako Self (archive footage)
Screen Actors
Film • 1950
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What's My Line?
Serial • 1950
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Córka Neptuna
Film • 1949
jako Eve Barrett
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Film • 1949
jako K.C. Higgins
The Ed Sullivan Show
Serial • 1948
jako Self
On an Island with You
Film • 1948
jako Rosalind Rennolds
This Time for Keeps
Film • 1947
jako Nora Cambaretti
Fiesta
Film • 1947
jako Maria Morales
Till the Clouds Roll By
Film • 1946
jako Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)
Easy to Wed
Film • 1946
jako Connie Allenbury
The Hoodlum Saint
Film • 1946
jako Kay Lorrison
Ziegfeld Follies
Film • 1945
jako Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet")
Parade of Aquatic Champions
Film • 1945
jako Herself
Thrill of a Romance
Film • 1945
jako Cynthia Glenn
Bathing Beauty
Film • 1944
jako Caroline Brooks
A Guy Named Joe
Film • 1944
jako Ellen Bright
Twenty Years After
Film • 1944
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Andy Hardy's Double Life
Film • 1942
jako Sheila Brooks
Inflation
Film • 1942
jako Mrs. Smith
Personalities
Film • 1942
jako Sheila Brooks (screen test footage) (uncredited)