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Esther Williams
American swimmer and actress (1921–2013)
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| Born | Esther Jane Williams (1921-08-08)August 8, 1921 Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 2013(2013-06-06) (aged 91) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Los Angeles City College |
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| Years active | 1942–1963 |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Spouses | Leonard Kovner (m. 1940; div. 1944)Ben Gage (m. 1945; div. 1958)Fernando Lamas (m. 1969; died 1982)Edward Bell (m. 1994) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | 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
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Esther Williams
“It appeared as if I had invited the audience into the water with me and it conveyed the sensation that being in there was absolutely delicious.” –Esther Williams
Esther Williams was a beloved actress and competitive swimmer, setting regional and national records as a teenager. Born Esther Jane Williams on August 8, 1921, in Inglewood, California, she was the fifth and youngest child of Louis and Bula Williams. Her father worked as a sign painter and her mother was a teacher. Williams was born in the couple’s living room.
Over the years, the Williams family lived in the same home. Williams’s siblings were June, David, Maurine (who worked as a dressmaker from the home), and Stanton. Tragically, Williams’ brother, Stanton, passed away at 16 after his colon burst. After Stanton’s passing, the grieving parents invited a 16-year-old boy, Buddy McClure, to live with them. McClure had lost his mother. According to Williams’s autobiography, McClure sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions. Williams revealed this truth to her parents two years lat
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Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1922 - June 6, 2013) was a United States competitive swimmer and 1940s and 1950s movie star. Known as "America's Mermaid," she was famous for her musical films that featured elaborate performances with swimming, diving and "water ballet," which is now known as synchronized swimming.
A teenager when she did her first film, she was a three-time national swim champion who qualified for three events in the 1940 Olympics that would end up being canceled because of World War II.
For more than a decade during Hollywood's Golden Age Williams was one of MGM's most bankable leading ladies. Bathing Beauty was Hollywood's first swimming movie, and it created a new genre that would be called aqua musical. It was perfectly suited to Williams' beauty and athletic skills. The film was second only to Gone with the Wind as the most successful film of 1944.
In 1967, she embarked on a new career with the establishment of Esther Wil
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