Esther Williams
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Esther Williams: Hollywood's Mermaid
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof
2003
as Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Original Mermaid
2002
as Herself (archive footage)
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
Private Screenings
1996
as Self
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as Self - Host
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991
as Self
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991
as Self
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
That's Dancing!
1985
as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Magic Fountain
1963
as Hyacinth Tower
The Big Show
1961
as Hillary Allen
The Big Party
1959
as Self
Raw Wind in Eden
1958
as Laura
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
as Sheila Brooks (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Molly Duncan
The Unguarded Moment
1956
as Lois Conway
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sarah Harmon
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Swimmer
Jupiter's Darling
1955
as Amytis
MGM Parade
1955
as Self - Water Ballerina in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
as Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
Easy to Love
1953
as Julie Hallerton
Dangerous When Wet
1953
as Katy Higgins
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952
as Annette Kellerman
Skirts Ahoy!
1952
as Whitney Young
Omnibus
1952
Texas Carnival
1951
as Debbie Telford
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
as Esther Williams (uncredited)
Pagan Love Song
1950
as Mimi Bennett
Duchess of Idaho
1950
as Christine Riverton Duncan
The Costume Designer
1950
as Self (archive footage)
Screen Actors
1950
as Self (uncredited)
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Vicki
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949
as K.C. Higgins
Neptune's Daughter
1949
as Eve Barrett
On an Island with You
1948
as Rosalind Rennolds
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Fiesta
1947
as Maria Morales
This Time for Keeps
1947
as Nora Cambaretti
Easy to Wed
1946
as Connie Allenbury
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
as Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Kay Lorrison
Thrill of a Romance
1945
as Cynthia Glenn
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet")
Parade of Aquatic Champions
1945
as Herself
A Guy Named Joe
1944
as Ellen Bright
Bathing Beauty
1944
as Caroline Brooks
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
as Sheila Brooks
Inflation
1942
as Mrs. Smith
Personalities
1942
as Sheila Brooks (screen test footage) (uncredited)