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Esther Williams' youth was spent as a teenage swimming champion. 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 a 1942 "Andy Hardy" picture called Andy Hardy's Double Life. She became Mickey Rooney's love interest in the movie, and her character was called "Sheila Brooks"... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (30 titles)
1991 Burt Reynolds' Conversation With (TV series)
 
1963 Magic Fountain
 
1961 The Big Show
Hillary Allen
 
1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Sarah Harmon
The Black Wagon (1960) … Sarah Harmon
 
1960 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
Molly
The Career Woman (1960) … Molly
 
1958 Raw Wind in Eden
Laura
 
1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Vicki
The Armed Venus (1957) … Vicki
 
1956 The Unguarded Moment
Lois Conway
 
1955 Jupiter's Darling
Amytis
 
1953 Easy to Love
Julie Hallerton
 
1953 Dangerous When Wet
Katie Higgins
 
1952 Million Dollar Mermaid
Annette Kellerman
 
1952 Skirts Ahoy!
Whitney Young
 
1951 Texas Carnival
Debbie Telford
 
1950 Pagan Love Song
Mimi Bennett
 
1950 Duchess of Idaho
Christine Riverton Duncan
 
1949 Neptune's Daughter
Eve Barrett
 
1948 On an Island with You
Rosalind Rennolds
 
1947 This Time for Keeps
Leonora 'Nora' Cambaretti
 
1947 Fiesta
Maria Morales
 
1946 Easy to Wed
Connie Allenbury Chandler
 
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
Kay Lorrison
 
1945 Thrill of a Romance
Cynthia Glenn
 
1944 Bathing Beauty
Caroline Brooks
 
1943 A Guy Named Joe
Ellen Bright
 
1942 Personalities (short)
Sheila Brooks (screen test footage) (uncredited)
 
1942 Inflation (short)
Mrs. Smith
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (12 titles)
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary) (performer: "Ten Percent Off" 1947 - uncredited)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (performer: "Water Ski Ballet" 1953 - uncredited)
 
1958 Raw Wind in Eden (performer: "THE MAGIC TOUCH")
 
1955 Jupiter's Darling (performer: "I Had A Dream")
 
1953 Easy to Love (performer: "That's What a Rainy Day Is For")
 
1953 Dangerous When Wet (performer: "Ain't Nature Grand", "I Got Out Of Bed on the Right Side")
 
1952 Skirts Ahoy! (performer: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" - uncredited, "What Good Is a Gal? Without a Guy?" - uncredited, "What Makes a Wave?" - uncredited, "We Will Fight" - uncredited / "The Navy Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1950 Pagan Love Song (performer: "The Sea of the Moon" - uncredited)
 
1949 Neptune's Daughter (performer: "Baby, It's Cold Outside")
 
1949 Take Me Out to the Ball Game (performer: "Strictly U.S.A." - uncredited / "Take Me Out to the Ball Game")
 
1948 On an Island with You ("All Aboard" - uncredited)
 
1946 Easy to Wed (performer: "Acercate más" Come Closer To Me, "Bonecu de Pixe")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1954 Athena (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (52 titles)
2004 Hollywood Legenden (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Musicals (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2000 Parkinson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 11 March 2000 (2000) … Herself
 
1999 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 September 1999 (1999) … Herself
Episode dated 21 January 1999 (1999) … Herself
 
1998 Glorious Technicolor (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995-1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1996 Pebble Mill (TV series)
 
1996 Private Screenings (TV series)
Herself
Esther Williams (1996) … Herself
 
1994 Vincent à l'heure (TV series)
Herself
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Herself - Co-Host/Narrator (also archive footage)
 
1994 Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (TV movie)
Herself
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III Behind the Screen (video documentary)
Herself (interview)
 
1993 Querida Concha (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 April 1993 (1993) … Herself
 
1993 Vicki! (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 11 January 1993 (1993) … Herself
 
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
The Lion in Winter (1992) … Herself
 
1991 One on One with John Tesh (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.4 (1991) … Herself
 
1991 The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1991 Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1990 The Geraldo Rivera Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 14 November 1990 (1990) … Herself
 
1990 The 35th Annual Thalians Gala (TV movie)
Herself
 
1990 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1989 Más estrellas que en el cielo (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #1.15 (1989) … Herself
 
1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV movie)
Herself
 
1977 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1973 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 19 April 1973 (1973) … Herself
 
1961 The National Sports Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1961 The Annual National Sports Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1955-1960 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #8.3 (1960) … Herself
Episode #2.24 (1955) … Herself
 
1960 Esther Williams at Cypress Gardens (TV movie)
Herself
 
1959 The Big Party (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.1 (1959) … Herself
 
1955-1959 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 6 September 1959 (1959) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 27 July 1958 (1958) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 12 January 1958 (1958) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 16 January 1955 (1955) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1957-1959 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Swimmer
Episode #4.18 (1959) … Herself - Swimmer
Episode #2.26 (1957) … Herself - Swimmer
 
1958 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.5 (1958) … Herself
 
1955-1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest Host
Episode #12.7 (1958) … Herself - Guest Host
Episode #11.41 (1958) … Herself
Episode #8.19 (1955) … Herself
 
1955-1958 Omnibus (TV series)
Herself
The Submariners (1958) … Herself
Advice to Bathers (1955) … Herself
 
1958 You Asked for It (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 6 February 1958 (1958) … Herself
 
1957 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.9 (1957) … Herself
 
1956 The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (TV movie)
Herself - Host
 
1955-1956 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Actress
Episode #8.10 (1956) … Herself - Actress
Episode #8.1 (1955) … Herself
 
1956 The Jimmy Durante Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.16 (1956) … Herself
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.20 … Herself
 
1955 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1954 The 26th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Film Editing
 
1951 Callaway Went Thataway
Herself, Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
 
1950 Screen Actors (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By
Herself (uncredited)
 
1945 Ziegfeld Follies
Herself ('A Water Ballet')
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (18 titles)
2011 Terenci (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2010 Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2008 Tough Baby: Torch Song (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2007 The Pursuit of Excellence (TV series documentary)
 
2006 Voces (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Love Find Andy Hardy Intro (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2004 Haunts of the Black Masseur (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The Milton Berle Show: The Lost Elvis (video)
Herself
 
2002 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2002 The Original Mermaid (documentary)
Herself
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary)
Herself, film clip
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Easy to Love'
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clips from 'Bathing Beauty' & 'Million Dollar Mermaid' etc.
 
1958 Andy Hardy Comes Home
Sheila Brooks (in Clip from "Andy Hardy's Double Life")
 
1956 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1955 The Tender Trap
Actress in Film on TV (clip from 'Easy to Love') (uncredited)
 
1950 The Costume Designer (documentary short)
Herself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

In 1959, she starred in an unsold pilot for a proposed anthology series called, "The Esther Williams Show". See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Print Biographies  | 10 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The popular "Andy Hardy" series movies were MGM's tests for its promising stars such as Judy Garland, Lana Turner and Donna Reed. If you didn't make it in those pictures, you were never heard from again. See more »

Trivia:

Stepmother of Lorenzo Lamas. See more »

Trademark:

Being an acclaimed swimming champion, her films usually had elaborate dance sequences involving swimming. See more »

Nickname:

America's Mermaid See more »

Star Sign:

Leo