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    Esther Williams

    American swimmer and actress

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  1. esther-williams .com. 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 ...

  2. Esther Williams was a swimming champion and a Hollywood star who made aqua musicals at MGM. She was married four times, had five children, and died in 2013 at age 91.

    • August 8, 1921
    • June 6, 2013
  3. Apr 27, 2024 · Esther Williams (born August 8, 1921, Inglewood, California, U.S.—died June 6, 2013, Beverly Hills, California) was an American swimming champion who became one of the most popular and profitable Hollywood movie stars of the 1940s and ’50s. Williams was a teenaged swimming champion who set a record for the 100-metre breaststroke in 1939 and ...

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  4. Esther Jane Williams was born in Los Angeles on Aug. 8, 1921, the fifth and last child of Lou and Bula Williams. Her father was a sign painter; her maternal grandparents had come west to Utah in a ...

  5. Esther Williams. Actress: Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Esther Jane Williams was born on August 8, 1921 in Inglewood, California. Her youth was spent as a teenage swimming champion and she won three United States National championships.

    • Actress, Writer, Soundtrack
    • August 8, 1921
    • 4 min
    • June 6, 2013
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  7. Jun 7, 2013 · The web page is an obituary of Esther Williams, who starred in aquatic musicals of the 1940s and 1950s. It covers her life, career, marriages and achievements in swimming and entertainment.

  8. Jun 6, 2013 · Lamas’ son, actor Lorenzo Lamas, tweeted Thursday: “My stepmom Esther Williams passed peacefully this morning. The best swim teacher and soul mom. RIP.” Esther Jane Williams grew up destined for a career in athletics. She was born Aug. 8, 1921, in Inglewood, a suburb southwest of Los Angeles, one of five children.

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