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Esther Jane Williams · America's Mermaid
- Туған күні:
- 1921-08-08
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 2013-06-06
- Туған жері:
- Inglewood, California, USA
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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.
Фильмографиясы
Esther Williams : La Sirène d'Hollywood
2024
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Послушай меня, Марлон
2015
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Legenden
2004
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Self
Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
2003
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Self (archive footage)
The Original Mermaid
2002
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Herself (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
Self (archive footage)
Glorious Technicolor
1998
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Self
Вот это развлечение! Часть 3
1994
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Self - Host
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991
Self
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Self
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Self
That's Dancing!
1985
TMDb 6.8 / 10
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
Вот это развлечение! Часть 2
1976
TMDb 7.0 / 10
(archive footage)
Вот это развлечение!
1974
TMDb 7.4 / 10
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Self (archive footage)
La fuente mágica
1963
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hyacinth Tower
The Big Show
1961
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Hillary Allen
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Sheila Brooks (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raw Wind in Eden
1958
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Laura
The Unguarded Moment
1956
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Lois Conway
Jupiter's Darling
1955
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Amytis
Easy to Love
1953
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Julie Hallerton
Dangerous When Wet
1953
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Katy Higgins
Миллион долларов для русалки
1952
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Annette Kellerman
Skirts Ahoy!
1952
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Whitney Young
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Esther Williams (uncredited)
Карнавал в Техасе
1951
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Debbie Telford
Pagan Love Song
1950
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Mimi Bennett
Duchess of Idaho
1950
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Christine Riverton Duncan
The Costume Designer
1950
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Self (archive footage)
Screen Actors
1950
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Self (uncredited)
Дочь Нептуна
1949
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Eve Barrett
Возьми меня с собой на бейсбол
1949
TMDb 6.6 / 10
K.C. Higgins
On an Island with You
1948
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Rosalind Rennolds
На этот раз насовсем
1947
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Nora Cambaretti
Фиеста
1947
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Maria Morales
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)
Easy to Wed
1946
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Connie Allenbury
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Kay Lorrison
Безумства Зигфилда
1945
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet")
Parade of Aquatic Champions
1945
TMDb 2.5 / 10
Herself
Медовый месяц втроем
1945
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Cynthia Glenn
Прекрасная купальщица
1944
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Caroline Brooks
Парень по имени Джо
1944
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Ellen Bright
Twenty Years After
1944
TMDb 8.0 / 10
(archive footage)
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Sheila Brooks
Inflation
1942
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mrs. Smith
Personalities
1942
Sheila Brooks (screen test footage) (uncredited)