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…
Known For
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
A Guy Named Joe
Ellen Bright
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
K.C. Higgins
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Ziegfeld Follies
Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet")
Million Dollar Mermaid
Annette Kellerman
That's Dancing!
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
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Filmography
Acting (69)
Movies (50)
Esther Williams: Hollywood's Mermaid
2024as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Legenden
2004as Self
Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
2003as Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002as Self (archive footage)
The Original Mermaid
2002as Herself (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000as Self (archive footage)
Glorious Technicolor
1998as Self
That's Entertainment! III
1994as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991as Self
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987as Self
That's Dancing!
1985as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
1985as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974as (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972as Self (archive footage)
Magic Fountain
1963as Hyacinth Tower
The Big Show
1961as Hillary Allen
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958as Sheila Brooks (archive footage) (uncredited)
Raw Wind in Eden
1958as Laura
The Unguarded Moment
1956as Lois Conway
Jupiter's Darling
1955as Amytis
Easy to Love
1953as Julie Hallerton
Dangerous When Wet
1953as Katy Higgins
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952as Annette Kellerman
Skirts Ahoy!
1952as Whitney Young
Texas Carnival
1951as Debbie Telford
Callaway Went Thataway
1951as Esther Williams (uncredited)
Duchess of Idaho
1950as Christine Riverton Duncan
Screen Actors
1950as Self (uncredited)
The Costume Designer
1950as Self (archive footage)
Pagan Love Song
1950as Mimi Bennett
Neptune's Daughter
1949as Eve Barrett
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949as K.C. Higgins
On an Island with You
1948as Rosalind Rennolds
Fiesta
1947as Maria Morales
This Time for Keeps
1947as Nora Cambaretti
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946as Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
1946as Kay Lorrison
Easy to Wed
1946as Connie Allenbury
Ziegfeld Follies
1945as Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet")
Parade of Aquatic Champions
1945as Herself
Thrill of a Romance
1945as Cynthia Glenn
Twenty Years After
1944as (archive footage)
Bathing Beauty
1944as Caroline Brooks
A Guy Named Joe
1944as Ellen Bright
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942as Sheila Brooks
Personalities
1942as Sheila Brooks (screen test footage) (uncredited)
Inflation
1942as Mrs. Smith
Television (19)
Parkinson
1998as Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996as Self
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992 Pebble Mill
1991as Self
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991as Self
The Big Party
1959as Self
The Donna Reed Show
1958as Molly Duncan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956as Sarah Harmon
The Steve Allen Show
1956as Self - Swimmer
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956as Self
MGM Parade
1955as Self - Water Ballerina in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954as Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954as Self
The Oscars
1953as Self
Omnibus
1952
What's My Line?
1950as Self - Mystery Guest
Lux Video Theatre
1950as Vicki
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
Private Screenings
as Self
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