Esther Williams

Esther Williams

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...

Known For

A Guy Named Joe

as Ellen Bright

Bathing Beauty

as Caroline Brooks

Cast Credits

Magic Fountain

as Hyacinth Tower

The Big Show

as Hillary Allen

Andy Hardy Comes Home

as Sheila Brooks (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Unguarded Moment

as Lois Conway

Easy to Love

as Julie Hallerton

Dangerous When Wet

as Katy Higgins

Million Dollar Mermaid

as Annette Kellerman

Skirts Ahoy!

as Whitney Young

Callaway Went Thataway

as Esther Williams (uncredited)

Texas Carnival

as Debbie Telford

Pagan Love Song

as Mimi Bennett

Duchess of Idaho

as Christine Riverton Duncan

Neptune's Daughter

as Eve Barrett

On an Island with You

as Rosalind Rennolds

This Time for Keeps

as Nora Cambaretti

Fiesta

as Maria Morales

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Esther Williams - Signing Autographs (uncredited)

Easy to Wed

as Connie Allenbury

The Hoodlum Saint

as Kay Lorrison

Ziegfeld Follies

as Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet")

Thrill of a Romance

as Cynthia Glenn

Bathing Beauty

as Caroline Brooks

A Guy Named Joe

as Ellen Bright

Andy Hardy's Double Life

as Sheila Brooks

Inflation

as Mrs. Smith