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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 ...
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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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. She eventually was spotted by a MGM talent scout while working in a Los Angeles department store. She made her film debut with MGM in an "Andy Hardy" picture ...
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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.
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Thu 6 Jun 2013 18.14 EDT. Esther Williams, "Hollywood's Mermaid", who has died aged 91, swam her way through more than a dozen splashy MGM musicals in the 1940s and early 50s. While smiling at the ...
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Jun 6, 2013 · 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 ...
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.
