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Learn about Esther Williams, an American competitive swimmer and actress who starred in aquamusicals and set records in the 1940s and 1950s. Find out about her early life, career, marriages, business ventures and legacy.
Aug 4, 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.
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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
Esther Williams, a teenage swimming champion who became an enormous Hollywood star in a decade of watery MGM extravaganzas, died on Thursday in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 91. Her death was...
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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- Inglewood, California, USA
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- Beverly Hills, California, USA
Jun 6, 2013 · US swimming champion-turned-movie star Esther Williams has died in Los Angeles aged 91. Her spokesman said she died peacefully in her sleep. She had been in declining health due to old...
Jun 6, 2013 · Esther Williams, whose success as a competitive swimmer propelled her to stardom on the silver screen in the 1940s and 1950s, died Thursday in California, her spokesman said.
