Esther Williams
Birthday
1921/08/08
Day of death
2013/06/06 (91 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Inglewood, California, USA
Also know as
Esther Jane Williams, America's Mermaid
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...Read more
Acting
(1949) Take Me Out to the Ball Game
as K.C. Higgins
(2004) Hollywood Legenden
as Self
(1943) A Guy Named Joe
as Ellen Bright
(1953) Easy to Love
as Julie Hallerton
(1951) Texas Carnival
as Debbie Telford
(1942) Andy Hardy's Double Life
as Sheila Brooks
(1953) Dangerous When Wet
as Katy Higgins
(1952) Million Dollar Mermaid
as Annette Kellerman
(1949) Neptune's Daughter
as Eve Barrett
(1948) On an Island with You
as Rosalind Rennolds
(1945) Thrill of a Romance
as Cynthia Glenn
(1944) Bathing Beauty
as Caroline Marie Brooks
(1947) Fiesta
as Maria Morales
(1946) Easy to Wed
as Connie Allenbury
(1947) This Time for Keeps
as Nora Cambaretti
(1946) Till the Clouds Roll By
as Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)
(1950) Pagan Love Song
as Mimi Bennett
(1946) The Hoodlum Saint
as Kay Lorrison
(1956) The Unguarded Moment
as Lois Conway
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
(1950) Duchess of Idaho
as Christine Riverton Duncan
(1972) Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1955) Jupiter's Darling
as Amytis
(1958) Raw Wind in Eden
as Laura
(1952) Skirts Ahoy!
as Whitney Young
(1998) Glorious Technicolor
as Self
(1961) The Big Show
as Hillary Allen
(1942) Inflation
as Mrs. Smith
(1990) Dance Crazy in Hollywood
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1951) Callaway Went Thataway
as Esther Williams (uncredited)
(1963) Magic Fountain
as Hyacinth Tower
(1985) Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(2024) Esther Williams: Hollywood's Mermaid
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
(1945) Ziegfeld Follies
as Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet")
(2000) Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
as Self (archive footage)
(1990) Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
as Self
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1944) Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1950) The Costume Designer
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) That's Dancing!
as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
(1945) Parade of Aquatic Champions
as Herself
(2002) The Original Mermaid
as Herself (archive footage)
(1942) Personalities
as Sheila Brooks (screen test footage) (uncredited)
(1950) Screen Actors
as Self (uncredited)
(2003) Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
as Self
(1958) Andy Hardy Comes Home
as Sheila Brooks (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1987) Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
(1996) The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
Private Screenings
as Self
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Vicki
(1958) The Donna Reed Show
as ---
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1992) MGM: When the Lion Roars
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sarah Harmon
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Swimmer
(1991) Pebble Mill
as Self
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1992) Querida Concha
as ---
(1954) The Jimmy Durante Show
as Self
(1955) MGM Parade
as Self - Water Ballerina in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
(1991) Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1959) The Big Party
as Self
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
(1954) Reflets de Cannes
as Self
(1998) Parkinson
as Self